❤️ 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.
🔬 Better diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer
New substances can bind to tumors and give an earlier diagnosis of life-threatening prostate cancer.
🧠 Exercise can improve memory in the elderly
A walk three times a week is enough to improve the memory of people aged 55 and older.
💧 New method reduces PFAS in water
By heating water under high pressure, it is possible to break down PFAS substances that would not otherwise degrade in nature.
👊 Pernilla Westergren makes dog food from insects: "I want to start a dog food revolution"
Pernilla Westergren changed careers from investment banking to selling dog food made from insects. That reduces the dogs climate paw prints and is also better for their health.
❤ AI can determine the risk of heart attack by looking you in the eye
A regular eye examination can show if you have an increased risk of having a heart attack.
💊 Customized medication helps patients and reduces waste
Novel technology could make taking pills less intimidating for children - and help reduce waste. The best part: it could be available in your home by 2025.
🤖 "Star" operates "significantly better" than a human surgeon
With the help of machine learning, researchers have taught a robot to perform bowel surgery on its own - and even better than human surgeons can.
🔬 Gynecological cell samples can detect breast and ovarian cancer
Cell samples from the cervix can identify risks for more cancers than just cervical cancer.
🦿 Complicated bone fractures can heal faster with "micro-robots"
A material that can take different shapes and change hardness can provide faster healing in bone fractures.