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The World Health Organization (WHO) has published a paper on how health AI could reshape policy-making, setting out both risks and opportunities. The paper examines how AI could affect the way health problems are defined, policy options are designed and the impact of decisions is assessed. It says AI could help policymakers analyse [...]
What does healthy lifespan look like, and how long can it last? A new special report from our sister publication Agetech World explores the ‘biohacking’ quest to re-engineer ageing - and who it could benefit. Read the report in full below.
Digital health services are still failing people with the greatest health needs, with language, access and skills barriers limiting use, a World Health Organization (WHO) review has found. A scoping review led by WHO/Europe and Public Health Wales found that people with greater health needs and language barriers still struggle to use digital health services [...]
The Health Tech World Awards will recognise the health innovators and innovations helping to transform outcomes across the globe. We will be celebrating some of the best examples of leadership, innovation and impact spanning life sciences, medtech, digital health and beyond. Now in its forth year, the awards will recognise the best examples of leadership, [...]
The US ranks sixth for perimenopause knowledge, behind the UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia and the Netherlands, research by the Mayo Clinic and period tracker Flo has revealed. Perimenopause is the transition leading up to a woman’s last menstrual cycle and includes the 12 months afterwards, after which menopause is established as hormone levels change. It [...]
Widely recognized as one of the most disruptive healthcare innovators today, Xenco Medical has taken another step in its international growth with the launch of new distribution hubs across the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Singapore and Oman to serve hospitals and surgical providers in the Middle East and Southeast Asia. The expansion reflects increasing [...]
Unesco has adopted global ethical standards for neurotechnology, addressing what experts describe as a “wild west” sector driven by AI and the rise of consumer devices. The UN body’s move is the latest in an international effort to regulate technology that uses data from the brain and nervous system, as investment in the field accelerates. [...]
OpenAI says 0.07 per cent of weekly ChatGPT users show signs of possible mental health emergencies, including mania, psychosis or suicidal thoughts. The company described such cases as “extremely rare”, but critics argue this still equates to hundreds of thousands of people, given ChatGPT’s 800 million weekly active users, according to chief executive Sam Altman. [...]
The World Health Organization has launched version 2.0 of its Epidemic Intelligence from Open Sources (EIOS) system, incorporating artificial intelligence to enhance early detection of public health threats. The upgraded EIOS system, used by more than 110 member states and around 30 organisations and networks globally, analyses large volumes of publicly available data in near [...]
Millions of patients worldwide living with sickle cell disease (SCD) could soon have the power to anticipate painful vaso-occlusive crises (VOCs) before they occur, thanks to an artificial intelligence platform developed by Sanius Health, a London-based digital health company. Sanius Health uses predictive analytics to forecast crises with up to 92% sensitivity, giving patients actionable [...]
