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Canon Medical’s ‘Made For Life’ philosophy: Innovating healthcare technology for lifelong impact 

In an exclusive interview, Mark Hitchman, Canon Medical Systems UK’s Managing Director, discusses the ‘Made For Life’ philosophy, emphasising partnerships, innovation and patient-centric care in shaping the future of healthcare...

Stepping into empathy: Takeda’s ‘In Their Shoes’ programme simulates life with IBD in the UAE 

Takeda, the patient-centric biopharmaceutical company, brought its global ‘In Their Shoes’ programme to the UAE. The initiative, focused on raising awareness of the difficult symptoms of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), entailed an immersive...

Revolutionising Alzheimer’s diagnosis: Tomography advancements in blood testing for amyloid detection 

Findings indicate that a blood test could lessen the requirement for PET imaging in specific patients with mild cognitive decline. This shift enables a therapeutic focus on causes unrelated to Alzheimer’s disease, thereby widening access to...

Healthcare crisis deepens: Staff shortages, delayed recruitment and a costly band-aid   

In the midst of advancements in healthcare digitisation, the critical issue of recruitment delays remains overlooked, causing strain on staff morale and patient care. Jonathan Evans, UK Country Manager at Digidentity, explores the repercussions and advocates...

VRx Health launches Xaia on Apple Vision Pro, combining spatial computing and AI for mental health support  

VRx Health, a company working on pioneering medical extended reality, has announced the launch of Xaia (eXtended reality Artificially Intelligent Ally), a first-of-its-kind app combining spatial computing with AI for personalised mental health. Xaia’s...

AI as the architect of wellbeing: Welltory harnesses wearables and app users’ data  

As wearables and apps continuously collect users’ health data, the true potential for actionable insights has largely been untapped. Welltory bridges this gap with its AI-driven analysis, transforming data from over 1,000 wearables, devices, and apps...

Socially assistive robots ease pressure on hospital staff and reassure patients  

Next-generation socially assistive robots have been successfully tested in a healthcare setting to assist patients, alleviate their anxiety and relieve pressure on nursing staff as part of a hospital trial co-conducted by researchers from the UK’s National R...

Cloud Solutions and Extreme Networks partner to progress patient care and power the next generation of healthcare services 

Extreme Networks, a leader in cloud networking, and Cloud Solutions, a leading provider of healthcare IT services, have announced that they will expand their partnership, enabling Cloud Solutions’ customers to leverage advanced wireless and fabric networking s...

Early lung cancer detection with LungAI 

When it comes to cancer care, emerging technologies are becoming increasingly adept at carrying out life-saving work alongside researchers and healthcare professionals. The difference is that it can do it quicker and more efficiently.  For example,...

MedTech innovations to supercharge primary care

Explore the forefront of the primary care revolution with Dr Peter Scriven, an esteemed clinician with a profound interest in AI and data analytics. Discover his perspective on harnessing cutting-edge MedTech innovations to elevate primary care, offering...

The NHS’ Digital Transformation legacy

Rodolphe Malaguti, Product Strategy and Transformation at Conga, tells us about the ambitions of leaders for digital change within the NHS and the diffcult reality of delivering effective change in the healthcare sector. In his 2024 spring budget, chancellor...

A clearer vision: Unlocking accessible diabetes care through smartphone technology 

In this article, Neal K. Shah, CEO of CareYaya Health Technologies, one of the fastest-growing HealthTech startups in the US, discusses the power of smartphones in innovating diabetes-related optometry.  As the media buzzes with the promise held by Ozempic ...