❤️ Health Tech
Health Tech, or digital health, helps us understand and take control of our own health. But we also cover more traditional health news like medicines, vaccines and medical procedures.
🍹 App helps those who want to drink less
An app helped those who drank a lot of alcohol to reduce their consumption by 25 percent.
💔 Dead organs can be given new life
Scientists have managed to bring organs back to life an hour after the heart stopped beating.
🩸 Blood tests show whether a person with Down syndrome has Alzheimer's
It can be difficult to diagnose whether someone with Down syndrome has Alzheimer's disease, but a new method means that a simple blood test is enough.
🧫 New method can show whether prostate cancer needs to be treated or not
A protein that can show early whether a person has prostate cancer and whether it is a harmless tumor or whether treatment must be started immediately.
📞 Others appreciate unexpected communication more than we think
People underestimate how much it is appreciated that they contact friends and acquaintances just to say hello, on how they are doing, or ask what has happened since the last time. The more surprising the communication is, the more it is appreciated by the recipient, according to new research.
🦠Easier and cheaper to map resistant bacteria
A new method makes it possible to identify resistant bacteria with much simpler equipment than the ones we use today.
🩺 E-tattoo keeps track of your blood pressure
An almost imperceptible sensor that continuously measures blood pressure can give healthcare a much better idea of what a patient's blood pressure really looks like.
💊 New molecule can cure difficult-to-treat cancer
A new molecule can treat types of cancer that were previously incurable, by exploiting weaknesses in cancer cells that were previously missed.
🧫 Immunotherapy cures cancer
An attempt provides hope that many cancer cases can be cured with immunotherapy that does not have the same serious side effects as traditional methods.