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News on the medical technology breakthroughs transforming our health, from wearables and medical devices to biotechnology and medtech startups. Verdict brings you the latest medical technology news and breakthroughs, from game-changing medical tech and robotics to the software and AI-driven medical innovations shaping the disruption of healthcare. Technology has never played a greater role in your health.
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28 Sep
How key health features can boost the new smartwatches from Apple
The smartwatch has found its place in this world by primarily focusing on health and fitness, and Apple has led the way.
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24 Sep
NHS Covid-19 app launches but privacy concerns remain
Today the long-awaited NHS Covid-19 contact tracing app has been launched in England and Wales.
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17 Sep
Two thirds of people would consider undergoing human augmentation
Two thirds of people would consider undertaking some form of human augmentation, research by Kaspersky has revealed.
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14 Sep
Health-tech market continues to draw Big Tech interest
Health-tech startups will need to watch their backs as the threat of new and aggressive competition looms.
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7 Sep
Quantum-powered healthtech project boosted by £5.5m funding
A project by the university of Glasgow that uses quantum-powered sensors for healthtech monitoring has received funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.
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3 Sep
Healthtech uMotif nets £5m funding to transform clinical trials
Startup uMotif has raised £5m in a Series A funding round to speed up the clinical trials process by introducing a decentralised model.
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27 Aug
CTO Talk: Q&A with Healx’s Meri Williams
Meri Williams is the CTO of Healx, a startup using artificial intelligence (AI) to discover new treatments for rare diseases.
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18 Aug
Facebook creates “diagnostically interchangeable” MRI scans using AI
Facebook’s artificial intelligence (AI) division has shown it can use AI to produce MRI images four times faster than traditional MRI scanners.
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17 Aug
Silkworm silk shows promise for durable medical implants
Silk made by silkworms could be used to create durable medical implants, researchers have found.
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17 Aug
Researchers develop cybernetic coatings for interfacing hardware and human tissue
Scientists have developed a cybernetic coating that could make it easier to interface hardware and human tissue.
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14 Aug
Wearable technology provides health screening for construction workers
Expo 2020 Dubai has completed the first phase of a programme to monitor worker health on construction sites using wearable technology.
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14 Aug
Healthtech Practio nets €8.2m funding to expand care capabilities of pharmacies
Healthtech startup Practio has this week announced it has completed an equity funding round that, combined with a loan conversion and debt financing, has raised €8.2m for the company.
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6 Aug
Healthtech Infermedica nets $10m funding for AI triage platform
Healthtech startup Infermedica has raised $10.25m in Series A funding to expand the capabilities and availability of its artificial intelligence (AI) based platform to triage patients and provide preliminary diagnoses.
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3 Aug
“Remote by default” GP appointments could have a “huge impact” on patient experience
The switch to "remote by default" GP appointments, as proposed by health secretary Matt Hancock, could have a huge impact on "both the patient experience and in enabling GPs to facilitate more appointments".
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30 Jul
Remote monitoring harnesses AI to detect Covid-19 deterioration
Patients diagnosed with Covid-19 are being cared for using remote monitoring technologies that harness artificial intelligence (AI) to detect if there is a deterioration in their symptoms.
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28 Jul
Withings: From Nokia acquisition to $60m funding round
When you’re acquired by one of the biggest names in tech, you don’t typically announce a $60m Series B funding round four years later, but that’s exactly what healthtech pioneer Withings has done.
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20 Jul
Neurovalens raises £5m to bring neurostimulation to healthcare
Healthtech startup Neurovalens has raised £5.1m in a funding round to bring its neurostimulation technology closer to being used in clinical settings.
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7 Jul
Nucleai raises $6.5m to advance predictive oncology platform
Computational biology startup Nucleai has raised $6.5m in funding to advance its artificial intelligence (AI) platform, which analyses large datasets of tissue images to make predictions about how a patient will react to certain cancer treatments.
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24 Jun
Self-driving hospital beds and social distancing sensors: Covid-19 innovation
Digital Concepts Engineering (DCE) has used its experience in the military, agricultural and nuclear industries to repurpose its tech with the aim of responding to the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, and the result is self-driving hospital beds designed to safeguard medical staff, and social distancing sensors for unmanned vehicles.
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15 Jun
Microsoft NHS deal predicted to save hundreds of millions of pounds
The NHS could save hundreds of millions of pounds thanks to a deal between NHSX, NHS Digital and Microsoft, which enables members of staff to access Microsoft 365 digital tools.
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21 May
Coronavirus case studies: How Masks For Docs is getting PPE where it’s needed
Since Covid-19 was declared a pandemic, a continual challenge has been getting personal protective equipment (PPE) into the hands of frontline medical workers who need it.
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11 May
Coronavirus digital health passport to be supplied to 15 countries
Manchester-based cybersecurity firm VST Enterprises has signed a deal with digital health company Circle Pass Enterprises (CPE) to create a digital health passport designed to "manage a safe return to work, life, and safe travel" after the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic.
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28 Apr
Coronavirus: AI used to identify Covid-19 in lung x-rays
Researchers at Brunel University London have used artificial intelligence (AI) to correctly identify coronavirus on patients' lungs.
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27 Apr
Coronavirus to drive adoption of medical robots in India: Report
The global shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) during the coronavirus pandemic is expected to drive the adoption of medical robots in India, according to analytics firm GlobalData.
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22 Apr
Coronavirus case studies: How 8×8 is helping deliver patient care via the cloud
The coronavirus pandemic is putting immense strain on healthcare, and not just to treat patients with Covid-19.
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20 Apr
NHS trials AI system to predict coronavirus ventilator demand
The NHS is turning to artificial intelligence (AI) to help predict upcoming demand for intensive care beds and ventilators during the coronavirus pandemic across England.
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9 Apr
Facebook gifts 2,000 Portals to NHS to tackle pandemic loneliness
Facebook is providing up to 2,050 of its Portal video-calling devices to NHS hospitals and care homes in the UK to tackle the isolation felt by residents and patients during the coronavirus pandemic.
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8 Apr
Vodafone app turns your phone into a coronavirus-fighting supercomputer
Want to do your bit to help fight the coronavirus pandemic?
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7 Apr
Coronavirus case studies: How Whitgift School is manufacturing hospital visors
The shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) for front-line medical workers continues to be one of the biggest issues in the ongoing coronavirus crisis, prompting solutions to come from unusual places, including Whitgift School.
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1 Apr
NHS turns to big data, AI and the cloud to stem coronavirus
The UK’s National Health Service (NHS) has unveiled a government-initiated plan to harness the power of big data, AI and cloud computing to manage and help contain the health crisis created by Covid-19.