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COVID-19 and the Healthcare Backlog
The coronavirus pandemic has had a profound effect on our lives for the last few years, with 2020’s lockdown measures distancing families and networks,...
WHO highlights benefits and dangers of artificial intelligence for older people
Artificial intelligence (AI) technologies can improve older people’s health and well-being, but only if ageism is eliminated from their design, implementation, and use, said the World...
Revolution in Health Sector with AI Developments
Developments in Artificial Intelligence (AI) have taken the world by storm. Whether for military or civilian use, the hybrid character of AI has placed...
Solving the puzzle of rare diseases through international collaboration
The majority of rare diseases have no approved treatments (less than 6% have), but scientific strides have brought promising new therapeutic models.
Shortening the diagnostic...
Teleworking during COVID: Risks, benefits and steps to a ‘new normal’
More than two years since COVID-19 began disrupting office life around the world, crucial changes are needed to safeguard health while teleworking, two UN...
4IR Technologies Can Play “Game-Changer” Role in Transforming Cancer Care
Fourth Industrial Revolution Technologies can play a “game changer” role in transforming cancer care in India, according to a new white paper, FIRST Cancer...
Currently there’s no cure for rare types of cystic fibrosis, but researchers are making significant advances
Current treatments for cystic fibrosis are not suitable for all patients. The lack of treatment options is distressing for people suffering from a rare...
WHO recommends two new drugs to treat patients with COVID-19
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday reccommended two new drugs to treat patients with COVID-19, one for patients with critical disease, and another deemed effective for non-severe cases.
The first drug, baricitinib,...
Infectious diseases ‘clear and present danger’ everywhere
COVID-19 continues to demonstrate how quickly “an infectious disease can sweep across the world”, pushing health systems to the brink and upending daily life...
Benefits of LDN (Low dose naltrexone)
Just over sixty years ago, in 1960, the average lifespan for an adult in the United States was 69.7 years old. By 2015 this...