❤️ 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.
👩⚕️ EU approves automatic AI analysis of X-ray images
AI can take care of the routine analysis of X-ray images and relieve X-ray doctors, enabling them to focus on more difficult tasks.
👶 Uterus transplantation helps the childless to have children
Transplanting a uterus from a donor is an effective and safe method to solve infertility for women who lack a functioning uterus.
👶 Researchers "rejuvenate" skin cells by 30 years
By reprogramming skin cells, it is possible to turn back the clock and make the cells function as if they were several decades younger.
💔 New cell therapy can repair damaged tissue after heart failure
Stem cells can be used as a basis for producing cells that can repair scar tissue in the heart that arises in heart attacks.
🚴♀️ App helps you exercise more and prevent disease
An app can give advice on how much and how hard you need to exercise to reduce the risk of getting many common diseases.
💊 Existing drugs also work against sleep apnea
Drugs currently used for epilepsy can also reduce respiratory arrest by more than 50 percent in those with sleep apnea.
🧠 Tiny implant could turn back the clock for Parkinson's patients
A new small implant can relieve the symptoms of those with Parkinson's and requires much less surgery than today's implants.
Warp Impact: 😟 The headset that treats depression with brain stimulation
Brain stimulation can be used against depression, but also to improve the brain's ability. "It is a very exciting field," says Erik Rehn, co-founder of Flow Neuroscience.
🔬 Tailor-made treatments - the next step in the fight against MS
Researchers have found a way to regulate the immune system that could give us better treatments for MS in the future.