❤️ 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.
💊 Pills could replace exercise
Researchers have discovered a substance that can activate the same enzyme in the body that is activated during physical exercise.
📱 Zimbabwe embraces Smart Health and Agriculture
As part of efforts to improve efficiency and production, Zimbabwe has adopted Smart Health and Smart Agriculture respectively.
🧬 Discovery could make Crispr treatments safer
By inhibiting a protein, it is possible to reduce the risk of cancer with Crispr treatments.
🩺 Better health care when AI creates meaning in big data
In modern health care, enormous amounts of data are generated. By becoming better at analyzing it, we can both produce drugs faster and use healthcare resources more efficiently, says Taha Kass-Hout, Director, Machine Learning & Chief Medical Officer at Amazon Web Services.
💊 Discovery brings hope to battle against antibiotic resistance
A group of molecules has proven able to attack bacteria that are resistant to today's antibiotics.
🧬 mRNA vaccines new key in treating Lyme Disease
Lyme Disease is a condition with potentially severe consequences for those infected. Using mRNA technology combined with a unique approach, Yale researchers have developed a new vaccine that shows great promise.
💊 AI helps find new drugs
An AI is being tasked with analyzing huge amounts of medical data, based upon which it'll be able to predict how to create medicines capable of curing serious diseases.
🩸Preventive medication and app to fight malaria
A promising new preventive measure is being introduced to, as a first step, prevent malaria in vulnerable children. Combined with an app, it could be an important step towards eradicating the disease.
🔬 Biomarker can warn of diabetes years in advance
A protein can show if you are at risk of getting type 2 diabetes almost two decades before you become ill.