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US and UK health organizations recognize iRhythm's Zio as key diagnostic cardiac monitoring system

iRhythm Technologies, Inc., a leading digital health care solutions company focused on the advancement of cardiac care, announced the recent publication of two documents in support of extended continuous ambulatory monitoring for arrhythmia detection.

13 Apr 2017

Queen's and AWARE announce new online support service for adults with depression

Queen's University Belfast and AWARE, the national depression charity for Northern Ireland, announce a new online support service for adults with depression to mark World Health Day (Friday 7 April).

7 Apr 2017

Lords Committee highlights major internal threats to long-term NHS sustainability

The House of Lords Select Committee on the Long-term Sustainability of the NHS has slammed the ‘short-sightedness’ of successive governments for failing to plan effectively for the long-term future of the health service and adult social care.

6 Apr 2017

Roll-out of remote monitoring technology could reduce NHS bed blocking crisis

The widespread roll-out of mobile and digital health technology could have already saved the NHS over £1 billion in the last 5 years by enabling patients to leave hospital sooner, according to a new report by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.

30 Mar 2017

Academics propose bill to prevent privatisation of NHS services

On Friday 24th March, the NHS Reinstatement Bill will be presented in the House of Commons by Margaret Greenwood, Labour MP for Wirral West.

24 Mar 2017

Menopausal women use alternative medicine at high rates more than doctors know

A review of previous studies about how women manage menopause symptoms has found that they frequently use alternative treatments but often do not inform their doctors about them.

8 Mar 2017

Scientists establish ‘tipping point’ molecular link between blood sugar and Alzheimer's disease

For the first time a "tipping point" molecular link between the blood sugar glucose and Alzheimer's disease has been established by scientists, who have shown that excess glucose damages a vital enzyme involved with inflammation response to the early stages of Alzheimer's.

24 Feb 2017

New easy-to-use online toolkit identifies patients at risk of falls

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has endorsed a new online toolkit developed by researchers at Keele University, which aims to prevent falls amongst the elderly that cost the NHS more than £2 billion a year in total.

23 Feb 2017

Study: Life expectancy projected to surpass 90 years in coming decades

Life expectancies in developed countries are projected to continue increasing, with women’s life expectancy potentially surpassing 90 years old in South Korea by 2030, according to a study published in The Lancet.

23 Feb 2017

Severe cuts in health and social care system linked to substantial increase in mortality

Researchers exploring why there has been a substantial increase in mortality in England and Wales in 2015 conclude that failures in the health and social care system linked to disinvestment are likely to be the main cause.

20 Feb 2017

UK’s health system not designed to provide integrated care for people with dementia and other conditions

The UK’s current health and social care system isn’t fit for purpose when it comes to caring for people living with dementia (PLWD) who also have other illnesses and chronic conditions.

25 Jan 2017

Bedfont Scientific's new Smokerlyzer offers quick and non-invasive method to measure foetal CO levels

The piCObaby Smokerlyzer from Bedfont Scientific Ltd.

From Bedfont® Scientific Ltd 24 Jan 2017

'Oldest old' more likely to suffer social exclusion than younger counterparts, research shows

People over the age of 85 are significantly more likely to suffer social exclusion than those in the 65 to 84-year-old bracket, according to new research.

4 Jan 2017

Clinical and Digital Information Systems framework welcome newest addition, Ideagen

Ideagen is pleased to announce it has successfully achieved inclusion on a new Clinical and Digital Information Systems framework (CDIS).

15 Dec 2016

Home-visit based vision rehabilitation can improve lives of partially-sighted people

The visual function and daily life of people whose sight can't be corrected with glasses or contact lenses can be significantly improved through home visits by rehabilitation specialists, concludes a study by Cardiff University.

9 Dec 2016

Experts aim to unlock secrets for overall well-being of elderly population in Europe

What are the secrets of well-being of populations with increasing elderly people, the key elements to help them to stay longer socially and professionally active and thus also to help young people, by supporting the new generations?

8 Dec 2016

Simple picture book could help people with learning disabilities better understand and manage epilepsy

A severe lack of understanding and research into the needs of people with learning disabilities and epilepsy is placing them at risk say experts from the University of Hertfordshire.

7 Dec 2016

Thousands of patients could benefit from highly effective stroke treatment, research shows

Almost 10,000 UK stroke patients a year could benefit from a new procedure, according to research presented today at the UK Stroke Forum Conference in Liverpool.

30 Nov 2016

Improving innovation uptake in the NHS

I think innovation is one of those rather slippery terms that means different things to different people. First of all, I would make a distinction between innovations that are essentially about a new, physical product and innovations that are more to do with services or processes.

24 Nov 2016

Perinatal mental health interventions deliver many economic and societal benefits

There are clear economic and societal arguments for investing in mental health interventions for women during pregnancy and immediately after birth, a new report by the Personal Social Services Research Unit at the London School of Economics and Political Science suggests.

15 Nov 2016