❤️ 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.
⛑ Smart bandages can detect covid
Bandages with sensors for temperature and tension in the skin can self-monitor so that the wound heals better. The same bandage could also potentially be used to alert for Covid-symptoms.
🌏 Corona makes it easy to be optimistic about coopetition
The recent vaccine race could be the first impressive example of how cooperative competition, or coopetition, on a larger scale will fold out in the 2020s, writes Anna Rennéus Guthrie.
💉 Matt Ridley: The unexpected history and miraculous success of vaccines
At a time when the miraculous success of vaccines has transformed the battle against the pandemic it is fitting to recall the general idea, and unexpected history, behind vaccination, writes Matt Ridley, bestselling author of The Rational Optimist and How Innovation Works.
💔 New method reduces the risk of recurrence in myocardial infarction
By using infrared light and ultrasound, researchers can now see plaques in the blood vessels that cannot be detected by traditional examinations.
💉 The fervor surrounding the Astra vaccine once again shows how the media drives fear - and it costs lives
The media's obsession over the AstraZeneca vaccine can be dismissed as part of the media logic and the truism "if it bleeds it leads". But in this case, and in many others, it costs lives. It can not simply be shrugged off.
👂 3D map for the inner ear can provide better treatment of hearing damage
By adapting cochlear implants to each person's cochlea, we can get more effective treatment of severe hearing damage.
💨 Air purifier instead of face mask - UV light removes 99% of viruses and bacteria in the air
UV lighting purifies the air we breathe in, through a portable air purifier - a "wearable".
🔎 App and "headband" should give a more focused brain
A neurofeedback system that everyone can use on their own will help people feel calmer and more focused.
🔬 AI helps dermatologists diagnose skin cancer
An AI is able to analyze images of melanoma and see which ones are dangerous, as good as a dermatologist.