Category: health
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What teenagers want adults to know about their digital lives
What teenagers want adults to know about their digital lives Leo Ziegel, Karolinska Institutet and Carl Fredrik Sjöland, Karolinska Institutet Teenagers all over the world use social media and messaging apps as part of their daily lives. This is accompanied by growing concerns about negative effects of social media on youth mental health – and ongoing…
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Empathic doctors have more satisfied patients – new study
Empathic doctors have more satisfied patients – new study Jeremy Howick, University of Leicester Empathic care in medicine is associated with greater patient satisfaction, a new review has found. “Patient satisfaction” is more than a fluffy metric that measures how satisfied “customers” are. Increased patient satisfaction is associated with, among other things, improved survival after heart…
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How your genes may determine whether you can be an endurance athlete
hlete How your genes may determine whether you can be an endurance at Henry Chung, University of Essex; Dan Gordon, Anglia Ruskin University, and Justin Roberts, Anglia Ruskin University This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. For some of us, no matter how consistently we train, running never seems to get…
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Could 3D bioprinted tissue solve the global organ donor crisis?
Could 3D bioprinted tissue solve the global organ donor crisis? Alok Medikepura Anil Alumni, Global Shapers Community, Next Big Innovation Labs This article is republished from the World Economic Forum under a Creative Commons license. The world has moved beyond the COVID-19 pandemic, which put healthcare systems globally in a dangerous predicament and forced governments…
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Seven tips for a healthier relationship with your phone
Seven tips for a healthier relationship with your phone Paul Levy, University of Brighton This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. How long do you spend staring at a screen every day? According to one report, the average person spends about seven hours a day on screens connected to the internet.…
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How health platforms can improve healthcare in the Global South
How health platforms can improve healthcare in the Global South Mar 28, 2023 Dimitra Petrakaki Professor of Technology and Organisation, University of Sussex Petros Chamakiotis Associate Professor of Management, ESCP Business School Daniel Curto-Millet Post-doctoral Fellow, University of Gothenburg This article is republished from the World Economic Forum under a Creative Commons license. More than…
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3D-printing the brain’s blood vessels with silicone could improve and personalize neurosurgery – new technique shows how
3D-printing the brain’s blood vessels with silicone could improve and personalize neurosurgery – new technique shows how Senthilkumar Duraivel, University of Florida and Thomas Angelini, University of Florida This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. A new 3D-printing technique using silicone can make accurate models of the blood vessels in your brain,…
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Epigenetic and social factors both predict aging and health – but new research suggests one might be stronger
Epigenetic and social factors both predict aging and health – but new research suggests one might be stronger Eileen Crimmins, University of Southern California and Jessica Faul, University of Michigan This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Can we objectively tell how fast we are aging? With a good measure, scientists…
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The fight against antibiotic resistance is growing more urgent, but artificial intelligence can help
The fight against antibiotic resistance is growing more urgent, but artificial intelligence can help This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Vrinda Nair, Concordia University and Rachael (Ré) A Mansbach, Concordia University Since the discovery of penicillin in the late 1920s, antibiotics have “revolutionized medicine and saved millions of lives.” Unfortunately,…
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How tech can tackle workloads and staff shortages to optimize healthcare
How tech can tackle workloads and staff shortages to optimize healthcare Jan 17, 2023 Roy Jakobs CEO, Philips This article is republished from the World Economic Forum under a Creative Commons license. Everywhere I turn I see and hear two things: firstly, doctors and nurses are under increasing pressure to do more with less and…
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