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Smartphone Exercises for a Better Mood

Brief, directed smartphone exercises can help quickly improve our mood. This is the latest finding from psychologists at the University of Basel and their international colleagues, reported in the journal Frontiers in Psychology. Participants in the international study felt more alert, calmer and uplifted after - using five-minute video tutorials on their smartphones as a guide - they had, for example, practiced concentrating on their bodies.

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Agfa HealthCare - Second Quarter 2016

In spite of the good performance of the IT business, Agfa HealthCare's top line decreased by 2.0% on a currency comparable basis. The decline is mainly explained by the Imaging segment's hardcopy business, where sales were exceptionally high in the first three quarters of 2015.

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Seniors Embrace Social Technology

Contrary to popular belief, older adults enjoy emailing, instant messaging, Facebook and other forms of social technology. Not only that, but such online networking appears to reduce seniors' loneliness and even improve their health. A new study by Michigan State University researcher William Chopik finds that social technology use among older adults is linked to better self-rated health and fewer chronic illnesses and depressive symptoms.

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Yeovil Hospital to Make Significant Advances in Patient Care, Efficiency and Safety With Clinically Advanced Paperless System

Thousands of patients are to receive safer and better coordinated care now that Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has gone live with InterSystems TrakCare®, a unified healthcare information system.

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Philips Takes Cardiac Research to New Heights on Mount Kilimanjaro Climb

Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG AEX: PHIA) is among the leading organizations collaborating with the Mayo Clinic to climb Mount Kilimanjaro on a research expedition to understand how the body reacts to the rigors of high altitude and how those learnings can be applied to improving human health.

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Can Cell Phones Make You Feel Less Connected to Your Friends and Family?

In this digital age, with phones at our finger tips, you would think that access to constant communication would make us feel closer to one another. But a new study by researchers at Kent State University shows that may not be the case. In fact, cell phone use might actually lead to feeling less socially connected, depending on your gender or cell phone habits.

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Do Pokémon Go and augmented reality games offer real health benefits?

The combination of augmented reality technology, geocaching, and other novel techniques to create innovative active video games (AVGs) has potential personal and public health implications, as discussed in the Editorial "Pokémon Go, Go, Go, Gone?" published in Games for Health, a peer-reviewed publication from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers.

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Kick-off of Grants4Apps Accelerator 2016

22 August 2016, Berlin, Germany.
The Grants4Apps® Accelerator is a mentoring program for digital health startups taking place in Berlin. This year's batch with five startups runs from August until December. The program offers mentoring by entrepreneurs and Bayer experts, office space for 100 days, and funding of 50,000€.

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in silico Clinical Trials: How Computer Simulation will Transform the Biomedical Industry

The term 'in silico clinical trials' refers to: "The use of individualised computer simulation in the development or regulatory evaluation of a medicinal product, medical device, or medical intervention." While computer simulation is widely used for the development and de-risking of a number of 'mission-critical' products such as civil aircraft, nuclear power plants, etc, biomedical product development and assessment is

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Siemens and INSIGHTEC Sign Agreement to Expand Access to Exablate Neuro Technology

INSIGHTEC, the global leader in MR-guided Focused Ultrasound (MRgFUS) therapy, announced the signing of a strategic agreement with the global leader in Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Siemens Healthineers. The strategic collaboration will involve the development of compatibility between Exablate Neuro and Siemens leading 1.5T and 3T clinical MRI systems, MAGNETOM Aera and Skyra.

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