Oct 21, 2021 | Climate, Healthcare
Climate studies show that extreme weather events — such as more powerful hurricanes, heavier rainstorms, larger wildfires and hotter and longer-lasting heat waves — are worsening worldwide due to the burning of fossil fuels for energy,...
Oct 7, 2021 | Artificial Intelligence, Featured, Healthcare
With artificial intelligence technology, medical professionals can quickly and accurately sort through breast MRIs in patients with dense breast tissue to eliminate those without cancer. Mammography has assisted in reducing breast cancer-related deaths by...
Sep 23, 2021 | Healthcare, Robots, Telepresence
Intelligent sensing and tele-presence robotic technology, enabling health practitioners to remotely assess a person’s physical and cognitive health from anywhere in the world, is being pioneered in research co-led at the University of Strathclyde. The technology...
Sep 16, 2021 | Healthcare, Robots
Two European companies are betting their futures on a so-far unexploited niche in robotic surgery—the literally tiny fields of microsurgery and supermicrosurgery. One of these vendors, Calci, Italy-based Medical Microinstruments (MMI) SpA, has already...
Sep 16, 2021 | Artificial Intelligence, Featured, Healthcare
A team of international researchers has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that can predict how much extra oxygen a COVID-19 patient might need during hospital care. To check the accuracy of the AI tool, it was tested out in a number of hospitals across...
Sep 8, 2021 | Artificial Intelligence, Featured, Healthcare
An artificial intelligence (AI) program can spot signs of lung cancer on CT scans a year before they can be diagnosed with existing methods, according to research presented at the European Respiratory Society International Congress. Lung cancer is the most...
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