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Laws of Nature Predict Cancer Evolution

Cancers evolve over time in patterns governed by the same natural laws that drive physical and chemical processes as diverse as the flow of rivers or the brightness of stars, a new study reports. Researchers believe that in the future, they could predict how a cancer will grow and develop by applying natural laws to single genetic snapshots taken from a cancer.

New App can Help Doctors Predict Risk of Preterm Birth

A new app called QUiPP could help doctors to better identify women at risk of giving birth prematurely. The app, developed at King's College London, was tested in two studies of high-risk women being monitored at ante-natal clinics. Worldwide 15 million babies are born preterm (before 37 weeks) each year and over a million of these die of prematurity-related complications.

Hebrew University Scientists Use Computational Neuroscience to Unravel Brain's Mysteries

In new research published in the prestigious journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a team of scientists from the Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School, in the Faculty of Medicine, unraveled a longstanding mystery of a fundamental property of the brain.

eHealth Ireland Announces Consultation Process for EHR Priorities

The Chief Information Officer of the HSE Richard Corbridge has launched a public consultation process on a range of matters regarding a new national Electronic Health Record (EHR). A national EHR is a comprehensive and combined solution that supports the creation, management and sharing of key patient information.

NHS SBS Facilities Management Framework could Save Health and Public Sector Millions

A part Department of Health owned joint venture, aiming to save the NHS £1 billion in efficiencies by 2020, has launched a new procurement framework designed to save the NHS, local government and the wider public sector millions of pounds on everything from security to catering.

NHS Set to Save Millions on Essential Prescribing Software through New Framework

The NHS will have the opportunity to save millions of pounds on important but traditionally costly IT prescribing systems that help healthcare professionals to choose the correct and most cost effective medicines for patients, following the launch of a new procurement framework from NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS).

National Survey of Americans' Health App Use Shows Technology's Promise and Weakness

Like the treadmills and stationary bikes that become rec room coatracks, fitness and other health-related smartphone apps are acquired in large numbers by Americans, but over time, many are left unused by those who download them. According to results of an online national survey analyzed by researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center, 58 percent of 1,604 adult smartphone users had downloaded one of the estimated 40,000 available health-related mobile applications, and 42 percent had downloaded five or more.

Research and Development News

Laws of Nature Predict Cancer Evolution

New App can Help Doctors Predict Risk of Preterm Birth

Hebrew University Scientists Use Computational Neuroscience to Unravel Brain's Mysteries

eHealth Ireland Announces Consultation Process for EHR Priorities

NHS SBS Facilities Management Framework could Save Health and Public Sector Millions

NHS Set to Save Millions on Essential Prescribing Software through New Framework

National Survey of Americans' Health App Use Shows Technology's Promise and Weakness

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