IBM and health startup docdok.health are using big data and apps to tackle lung disease
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, might not be a disease you hear about regularly but it soon will be.…
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World Mental Health Day: The founder of Head Talks on why mental health is costing businesses billions
Mental health issues will cost the global economy $925bn this year and the number of people affected is increasing. One in…
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US jobs up but wage growth remains stagnant
US employment was up by more than Wall Street economists had expected last month, Labor Department figures published on Friday…
NHS and Google’s DeepMind data-sharing partnership deemed “inappropriate”
A partnership which saw the UK’s National Health System (NHS) share the medical records of 1.6m patients with Google has…
Majority of UK workers go into the office, even if they are unwell
UK workers are three times more likely go into work when they are unwell instead of taking time off, a survey…
C. diff infections are causing havoc in hospitals in Scotland and England
Between October 2015 and October 2016, the NHS in Scotland reported 1,150 cases of C. difficile, or C. diff, infections…
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Google’s Verily wants to become a prophet of human health
Google’s life-science arm, Verily, is initiating Project Baseline -- a 10,000 person study to gain a better understanding of people's…
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Trump’s healthcare bill vote; Japanese PM scandal deepens; London recovers from terror attack
These three things will change the world today. 1. The House of Representatives votes on Trump’s new healthcare act The…