❤️ 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.
🚑 Artificial bone heals severe bone fractures
A new packaging of existing materials and drugs gives doctors a better opportunity to treat severe fractures.
🧠 The Cyborg Race is on – Musk not the only one connecting peoples brains with machines
Elon Musk's Neuralink has competition. British BIOS, German CereGate, and Swiss Mindmaze are just some of the European companies that are all working brain-machine interfaces.
🧬 From games to science breakthrough - the story of AlphaFold
The history of computers competing against humans is long, and often attracts enormous attention. But what is it good for? What does it matter if a computer can win in chess, Go, or Starcraft? We got the answer when AlphaFold solved a 50-year old grand challenge in biology.
🗣 Digital therapy provides effective help against anxiety in Covid times
Online CBT helps those who feel a great deal of anxiety about Covid to be able to manage their anxiety.
🛌 A good night's sleep reduces the risk of heart problems
Those who sleep well during the night are 42 percent less likely to have heart problems compared to those who have anxious nights.
🔬 Nanoparticles can kill resistant bacteria
By mixing water-soluble and non-water-soluble antibiotics, researchers have created a new opportunity to fight multi-resistant bacteria.
💉 Corona vaccine significantly more effective than expected
Tests indicate that both Pfizer's and Moderna's corona vaccine, which is now in phase 3 studies, provides significantly more effective protection than previously estimated.
💉 New corona vaccine registry should provide faster information on side effects
By linking registers for those who have been vaccinated with other health data registers, it will be easier to discover if an upcoming corona vaccine has any side effects.
💉 Covid-19 vaccine is 90% effective early analysis shows
Drugmaker Pfizer reports that an early data analysis of their coronavirus vaccine shows that it is more than 90% effective. This is significantly higher than expected.