❤️ Health Tech
Health Tech, or digital health, helps us understand and take control of our own health. But we also cover more traditional health news like medicines, vaccines and medical procedures.
💔 Crispr is supposed to cure cardiac disease
Heart defects caused by genetic errors should be curable by correcting faulty genes using Crispr.
👂 Breakthrough in the treatment of tinnitus
Researchers are hopeful about the results of a new study that investigated the treatment of tinnitus.
👁 Cornea made from pigskin can restore sight to the blind
Millions of people can regain their sight through donated corneas. The great shortage of donated corneas can be solved by making new corneas from pigskin.
🍹 App helps those who want to drink less
An app helped those who drank a lot of alcohol to reduce their consumption by 25 percent.
💔 Dead organs can be given new life
Scientists have managed to bring organs back to life an hour after the heart stopped beating.
🩸 Blood tests show whether a person with Down syndrome has Alzheimer's
It can be difficult to diagnose whether someone with Down syndrome has Alzheimer's disease, but a new method means that a simple blood test is enough.
🧫 New method can show whether prostate cancer needs to be treated or not
A protein that can show early whether a person has prostate cancer and whether it is a harmless tumor or whether treatment must be started immediately.
📞 Others appreciate unexpected communication more than we think
People underestimate how much it is appreciated that they contact friends and acquaintances just to say hello, on how they are doing, or ask what has happened since the last time. The more surprising the communication is, the more it is appreciated by the recipient, according to new research.
🦠Easier and cheaper to map resistant bacteria
A new method makes it possible to identify resistant bacteria with much simpler equipment than the ones we use today.