China is picking up the fight against rare diseases
Beijing has made rare diseases a public health priority as it overhauls its healthcare system
How to create a world where healthcare is a right, not a luxury
In a world where half the population lacks essential healthcare, key questions immediately arise: how do we achieve Universal Health Coverage and how do we pay for it?
30 years of tissue engineering, what has been achieved?
Daniel Heath spoke to Professor Andrea O’Connor about the development of tissue engineering
This discovery could lead to better prenatal vaccines
A newly identified cellular process could lead to safer and more effective vaccines that protect pregnant women and newborns from dangerous infections, researchers say.
Why is it so hard to stop Ebola spreading?
There are a number of factors that make the Ebola virus so deadly, including the speed and relative ease with which it infects others.
New AI could spot early signs of brain disease after a single scan
MIT researchers have developed a system that gleans far more labeled training data from unlabeled data, which could help machine-learning models better detect structural patterns in brain...
How global tech can drive local healthcare innovation in China
Health technology innovators need to rethink the traditional model of importing medical products developed in western markets
The best type of exercise for your brain, according to a psychiatrist
Lifestyle factors can have profound effects on the brain and Dr. John Ratey believes exercise is the number one thing we can do for brain health.
The world's richest countries are skimping on parental leave: UNICEF
Some of the wealthiest nations in the world provide little or no government-supported maternity or paternity leave for new parents, a United Nations report has said.
'Virtual Biopsy' device detects skin tumours in 15 minutes
A new “virtual biopsy” device uses sound vibrations and pulses of near-infrared light instead of a scalpel to quickly determine a skin lesion’s depth and potential malignancy, a new study...
This new laser can track down and kill cancer cells
A new paper reveals a revolutionary method of targeting cancer cells that is completely non-invasive. In using lasers, the tumour can be destroyed before it grows.
Time to make a fundamental choice about the future of healthcare
Healthcare is increasingly burdened with non-communicable disease in an ageing population. Here's how technology and the British NHS model can help it adapt.