By Jonathan Amos Science correspondent, BBC News, Vancouver The futuristic idea that microchips could be implanted under a patient’s skin to control the release of drugs has taken another step forward. US scientists have been testing just such a device on women with the bone-wasting disease osteoporosis. The chip was inserted in their waist [...]
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Solutions’ Ease of Use – Key to Adoptability and Patient Adherence Scottsdale, AZ- Jan 9, 2012- MedApps, Inc., a leading mHealth (mobile telehealth) innovator is pleased to announce its alliance with MedMinder to bring connected, remote medication management to MedApps’ product and service offerings of flexible ScalableCare services. Both companies have led the [...]
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12 October 2010 The Government should do more to help people find trustworthy health websites and use online health services safely and effectively, says a new report on the ethics of ‘personalised healthcare’. The Nuffield Council on Bioethics warns that whilst online health information and services are convenient to use and extend choice, they could mislead, [...]
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The Center for Connected Health, a division of Partners Healthcare, announced Wednesday encouraging initial findings from a medication adherence study BOSTON, MA, JUNE 23, 2010 — The Center for Connected Health, a division of Partners Healthcare, announced today encouraging initial findings from a medication adherence study, using a wireless electronic pill bottle to remind patients [...]
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Pictured at today’s launch were minister Keith Brown, Sian Armour, Dr Jane Thompson (both Ubiquigent) and Sir Philip Cohen. A new company, backed by American money and tasked with the development of drugs to fight cancer and rheumatoid arthritis, was launched in Dundee today (writes Bruce Robbins). Ubiquigent Ltd., which will benefit from a £3 [...]
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Patients in Wales will soon be able to book a GP appointment or order repeat prescriptions via an NHS website. Funding of £1.7m has been announced for the bilingual My Health Online website by Health Minister Edwina Hart. Website users will also be able to get advice and information to help them manage health conditions. [...]
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Posted on Mon, Nov 09, 2009 – 02:45 pm Adolescent nonadherence has presented a major challenge to healthcare professionals in transplantation and other medical fields, who for years have tried to address the issue with little success. But researchers at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York recently published the results of a study showing that [...]
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Placebo effect ‘starts in the spine’ “Research suggests that the placebo effect works, in part, by blocking pain signals in the spinal cord from arriving at the brain in the first place”, The Times reported. The newspaper said the spinal cords of 15 healthy volunteers had been scanned while they received laser ‘pinpricks’ to their [...]
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The Evening News reported that Edinburgh pharmacists are to offer heart checks on the Cariopod. Telehealth Solutions’ CardioPod is a system for facilitating the NHS Health Check. CardioPod features: • Can be installed on a small portable touchscreen device for community use • Can be installed on a large touchscreen device for use in GP [...]
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Powerful software which mimics the evolution of superbugs could help scientists tackle them more effectively, researchers hope. Edinburgh University scientists have been working with computer models which could help develop more effective antibiotic treatments. The study also encourages experts to pool their findings for a more reliable approach to bacteria growth. To read more about [...]
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