health

Googles AI subsidiary DeepMind is partnering with another UK hospital

Posted in Software on 23rd Jun, 2017
by Alex Muller

DeepMinds Streams app will help doctors and nurses access patients medical data.

Cholesterol-lowering jab to help prevent heart disease

Posted in Medicine on 21st Jun, 2017
by Alex Muller

Human trials of a cholesterol-lowering vaccine to help prevent heart disease are under way after successful studies in mice.

New headband treats depression with electric currents

Posted in Medicine on 19th Jun, 2017
by Alex Muller

Inactivity in the frontal lobe is linked with depression -- South Korean startup Ybrain hopes some light jolts can help those in need.

New deal mean a 'Monumental U-turn' on cancer drug

Posted in Medicine on 17th Jun, 2017
by Alex Muller

A pioneering and life-extending drug repeatedly deemed too expensive will now be offered on the NHS in England.

Aspirin 'major bleed' warning for over-75s

Posted in Medicine on 16th Jun, 2017
by Alex Muller

People over 75 taking daily aspirin after a stroke or heart attack are at higher risk of major - and sometimes fatal - stomach bleeds than previously thought.