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Older adults with dementia or mild cognitive impairment can improve their memory by using a smartphone personal assistant, research has found. The study was published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. Researchers studied older adults with these conditions and tracked how they performed various memory tasks over a four-week period. The participants were [...]
A “promising” immunotherapy drug can cut the risk of triple-negative breast cancer by more than a third, a recent long-term global study has found. Triple-negative breast cancer is very aggressive and has a much poorer prognosis than other types of the disease. Keytruda, also known as pembrolizumab, works with the immune system to fight the [...]
Two less-often prescribed type 2 diabetes drugs could lower the risk of heart disease by more than 50 per cent, new research suggests. The study of English and Welsh data is published in the journal, Diabetes Care. Medications for type 2 diabetes work in different ways to lower blood glucose levels. The study looked at [...]
Ageist biases need to be eliminated if artificial intelligence (AI) is to improve the lives of older people, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned. The health body issued the warning in a policy brief published on February 9. According to the brief, AI can predict health risks and events, enable drug development and support [...]
Thousands of patients are set to benefit from pioneering new cancer-detecting technology being backed by the NHS. Almost £10million has been awarded after the NHS ran an open call for innovative cancer technologies last year. Projects to receive funding include an endoscope-smartphone adapter than can turn an iPhone into a diagnostic tool for head and [...]
The age of the population is increasing; in 2016, just 18 per cent of people in the UK were aged 65 and over. By 2046, however, it’s expected that the figure will rise to 25 per cent of the UK’s population being 65 and over. So it’s no wonder firms are leaping on the agetech [...]
Artificial intelligence (AI) firm RealThing Ai has announced the UK launch of its latest fully voice assessable smartphone for people with sight loss. The RealSAM Pocket V4 has been engineered to meet the daily frustrations visually impaired people face, such as accessing choices when shopping, being independently mobile and reading text in confidential situations. New [...]
Gamers around the world are being enlisted to help further breast cancer research - by solving puzzles to generate real-world data. The GENIGMA game is the result of a three-and-a-half year long citizen research project developed by a team at Barcelona’s Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), the Centro Nacional de Análisis Genómico (CNAG-CRG) alongside pro [...]
A UK trial is underway to find out whether a cancer drug can improve recovery after a heart attack. The research is funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) and, if successful, could lead to the first treatment of its kind. The phase 2a clinical trial has shown that low doses of aldesleukin can improve [...]
A multi-million pound innovation deal to help people in the UK live longer, happier lives is set to bring new jobs and businesses to the North-East. The £5.6m joint investment brings together the North of Tyne Combined Authority covering Newcastle, North Tyneside and Northumberland with the National Innovation Centre for Ageing (NICA). The cutting-edge research [...]
