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Russian Scientists Create One-of-a-Kind Technology for Brain Disorders Treatment

A team of scientists of Ural Federal University headed by Prof. Vladimir Kublanov created a hardware-information system for brain disorders prophylaxis and treatment unrivaled both in Russia and throughout the world. The system developers published the article describing the system in the journal Mobile Information Systems (UK).

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DMEA Features Wide-Ranging Events for Young Professionals and Startups

9 - 11 April 2019, Berlin, Germany.
Be it in hospitals, medical practices and nursing homes, health insurances and digital health sector companies, the digital transformation continues. At the same time demand is high for digital health experts who are in desperately short supply. DMEA - Connecting Digital Health is bringing talented young people and companies together with health industry players.

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Senior Business Development Manager

Ada was developed by a team of doctors, scientists, and engineers who shared the belief that every person in the world should have access to quality, personalised health information, and care. Ada has millions of users and has ranked #1 in the Medical Category in over 130 countries.

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Ingestible Capsule can be Controlled Wirelessly

Researchers at MIT, Draper, and Brigham and Women's Hospital have designed an ingestible capsule that can be controlled using Bluetooth wireless technology. The capsule, which can be customized to deliver drugs, sense environmental conditions, or both, can reside in the stomach for at least a month, transmitting information and responding to instructions from a user's smartphone.

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re.flex Brings Telerehabilitation Assistants to the Healthcare Market

The surgical treatment of musculoskeletal conditions is at a high level thanks to continuous improvements in research and clinical care. The same applies to postoperative physiotherapy, which supports patients in their healing process. Most important for a comprehensive recovery however, are the patients themselves - through independent training outside the prescribed therapy sessions.

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EIT Health Looks to Create New Business Ventures Addressing the Way we Manage Mental and Brain Health and Use Digital Biomarkers for Diagnostics

EIT Health, a network of best-in-class innovators backed by the EU, has announced the second year of its innovation programme, Wild Card. The second year of high-risk innovation programme Wild Card kicks off this week, challenging talent to deliver real solutions to the healthcare market.

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Internet Therapy Apps Reduce Depression Symptoms

In a sweeping new study, Indiana University psychologists have found that a series of self-guided, internet-based therapy platforms effectively reduce depression. The work, which reviewed 21 pre-existing studies with a total of 4,781 participants, was published in the November issue of the Journal of Medical Internet Research. The study was led by Lorenzo Lorenzo-Luaces, a clinical professor in the IU Bloomington College of Arts and Sciences' Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences.

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FDA Clears Mobile Medical App to Help those with Opioid Use Disorder Stay in Recovery Programs

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration cleared a mobile medical application (app) to help increase retention (the amount of time a patient participates) in an outpatient treatment program for individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD). The reSET-O app is a prescription cognitive behavioral therapy intended to be used in addition to outpatient treatment under the care of a health care professional,

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New Study Sheds Light on Medication Administration Errors Leading to Death

Medication administration errors leading to death are common with anticoagulants and antibiotics in particular, according to a new study that analysed incidents reported in England and Wales. The most common error category was omitted medicine, followed by a wrong dose or a wrong strength. In half of the reported incidents, the patient was aged over 75.

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German Accelerator Life Sciences (GALS) Alumni Company SpinDiag Closes € 3M Funding Round

German Accelerator Life Sciences Alumni company, SpinDiag, just announced the successful closing of 3 million Series A funding round. The Freiburg-based health tech startup addresses the challenge of patients introducing drug-resistant bacteria into hospitals. SpinDiag provides a rapid point-of-care screening system, SpinDiag one, to test high-risk patients for all relevant drug-resistances.

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