❤️ 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.
🧫 An incredible breakthrough – which almost no one has heard of
Humans have struggled with one of the grand challenges of biology, namely understanding how proteins are designed. Suddenly, last year, it was solved by an AI. The event happened to be the start of something even greater...
🔬Easier to spot ALS with new method
A new method makes it easier to diagnose ALS earlier on in the disease. All that is needed from the patient is a simple blood test.
🌆 Green spaces help people feel less lonely
Studies show that adding green spaces to cities can help people feel less lonely - and become healthier.
💪 Space experiment on muscles could give us longer lives
By studying muscle tissue in microgravity, the MicroAge project hopes to enable the elderly to maintain muscle mass. This could mean healthier, more independent and longer lives.
🍗 Food printing could increase appetite in the elderly
3D-printed food could bring back the joy of eating for older people, which is associated with health benefits and an improved quality of life in general.
🔬Faster and more accurate Parkinson's diagnoses
A new method provides much more accurate Parkinson's diagnoses and may lead to new types of drugs against the disease in the future.
🧬New monitoring tools will help prevent disease
By giving people continuous access to health data and advice on how to interpret this data, health care can become more preventative and help people from developing diseases.
🩸AI shows which treatments for blood poisoning are most risky
Researchers have developed an AI that can show which treatments for sepsis are at risk of making the patient worse instead of better.
👶 Trials give hope for better treatment for children's cancer
A new treatment where several drugs were combined completely eradicated cancer in mice.