Research

Apple Hearing Study shares preliminary insights on tinnitus based on app-based assessments

Conducted in collaboration with the University of Michigan, the Apple Hearing Study advances the understanding of sound exposure and its impact on hearing health. Researchers have already collected about 400 million hours of calculated environmental sound...

AI enabled innovation set to relieve healthcare pressure according to Philips report

A global survey by Philips has revealed staffing shortages and financial challenges are negatively impacting patient care in healthcare. Clinicians and leaders believe AI automation can address these challenges, but adoption varies widely worldwide. Despite...

New insights to tackle major global health data research challenges 

An analysis of the challenges faced by researchers during the International COVID-19 Data Alliance (ICODA) programme has shed new light on solutions that could accelerate global health data research.  At the height of the pandemic, Health Data Research...

Handing out vapes in A&E helps smokers quit 

Giving out free e-cigarette starter packs to smokers in hospital A&E departments helps more people quit, NIHR-funded research finds.  Academics from the University of East Anglia conducted a trial in six UK emergency departments between January and...

HDR UK and GA4GH form a partnership to unite genomic and health data 

Health Data Research UK (HDR UK) and the Global Alliance for Genomics and Health (GA4GH) have announced a strategic partnership to expand existing open standards work and collaborate in the wider health data space. Together, both organisations plan to learn...

AI-driven synthetic chemistry platform for drug discovery 

Elsevier, a global leader in information and data analytics, has signed a multi-year agreement with Iktos, a company specialising in Artificial Intelligence for new drug discovery. The partnership will strengthen Elsevier’s flagship chemistry...

New heart disease calculator could save lives by identifying high-risk patients missed by current tools 

Collaborative research, led from the University of Oxford and published today in Nature Medicine, has developed a new tool called QR4 that more accurately predicts an individual’s 10-year risk of cardiovascular diseases, like heart disease and stroke,...

Healthcare organisations lose 20% of their sensitive data in every ransomware attack, reports Rubrik Zero Labs

Healthcare organisations experienced 50% more encryption events than the global average across 2023. Recent cyberincidents demonstrate the healthcare industry continues to be a prime target for ransomware hackers. New research by Rubrik Zero Labs reveals...

Cleveland Clinic and IBM publish findings on AI and immunity  

Researchers from the global health system Cleveland Clinic and IBM have published a strategy for identifying new targets for immunotherapy through Artificial Intelligence (AI). This is the first peer-reviewed publication from the two organisations’...

Claroty launches Advanced Anomaly Threat Detection for Medigate to boost cybersecurity standards for healthcare organisations

Claroty, a cyber-physical systems (CPS) protection company, has announced at the annual HIMSS24 conference the release of the Advanced Anomaly Threat Detection (ATD) Module within the Medigate Platform from Claroty. The new capability provides...

Driving discovery: Cleveland Clinic’s dynamic venture with IBM 

Join Dr Lara Jehi, Cleveland Clinic’s Chief Research Information Officer, as she delves into the pioneering collaboration with IBM, harnessing quantum computing and AI to revolutionise research and expedite medical breakthroughs.   Could you...

Embr Labs announces study results revealing improvement in sleep among men and women  

Embr Labs, makers of Embr Wave, the leading temperature wearable, has announced pivotal sleep study results showing that subjects who wore the Embr Wave demonstrated a significant improvement in several measures of sleep quality including perceived...