A new report from EIT Health and McKinsey & Company has exposed an urgent need to attract, educate and train a generation of data literate healthcare professionals, whilst up-skilling the current workforce if we are to fully realize the transformative potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI).
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Can novel coronavirus affect pregnant women and their babies?
As the new coronavirus (COVID-19) becomes more of a concern for people around the world, fact and myth are increasingly being confused, particularly due to misinformation and unofficial advice being casually shared.
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Marinomed extends the range of Marinosolv applications
Marinomed Biotech AG has achieved promising results for further areas of application with its Marinosolv® technology platform in preclinical studies.
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Possible treatment for breast cancer patients could roll out to clinical trial immediately
A worldwide collaborative study led by scientists at the University of Sussex has proposed a new treatment strategy for patients with a rare but aggressive subtype of cancer known as triple negative breast cancer.
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DR Congo’s first coronavirus case confirmed in Kinshasa
The DR Congo confirmed its first coronavirus case in the capital Kinshasa, the third most populous city in Africa, the health ministry said on Tuesday.
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Coronavirus: top US universities move classes online
Major American universities—including Harvard, Princeton and Columbia—have been forced to cancel classes because of the coronavirus and move lessons online, affecting tens of thousands of students.
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EU backs Italy’s ‘bold measures’ to fight virus
The EU on Tuesday praised Italy for taking “bold” steps to curb the spread of the new coronavirus outbreak, adding that Brussels would do all in its power to help.
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What features make text-based counseling effective?
A fascinating new study has shown that the duration of a text-based counseling session, the length of the counselor’s messages, and quick response time by the counselor are important factors in determining the impact of counseling. The study of young people under the age of 23 who relied on a dialogue-based, human-handled child hotline is published in Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking.
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Modern virtual and augmented reality device can help simulate sight loss
Published today, during World Glaucoma Week 2020, a new study demonstrates how commercially available head mounted displays (HMD) can be used to simulate the day-to-day challenges faced by people with glaucoma.
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Pain researchers get a common language to describe pain
For the first time, an international collaboration of researchers have succeeded in creating a complete overview of all pain conditions in the face, mouth and jaw and classifying them in the same way.
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