Health and Social Care News
AI models for hospital care fail to detect critical conditions
Virginia Tech (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University) - 11-Mar-2025
New testing methods showed that AI struggles with real-world medical emergencies
Read more...End-of-life care in the UK is failing patients, report warns
The Guardian - 05-Feb-2025
Campaigners call for more hospice and home care funding to reduce hospital deaths
Read more...AI sensors in homes help vulnerable people stay safe and independent
BBC - 03-Feb-2025
Families feel reassured and find the system helpful for monitoring loved ones
Read more...Health-care costs are no longer taking over the economy. But why?
The Economist - 26-Oct-2023
Factors include productivity gains, technology, and slower economy growth
Read more...Major illnesses will affect over nine million people in England by 2040
BBC - 25-Jul-2023
Large increases in people with anxiety, depression, chronic pain, and diabetes
Read more...Minimally invasive robotic surgery challenges the gold standard open surgery
SciTechDaily - 13-Jun-2022
Bladder cancer patients show reduced hospital stay by 20% post procedure
Read more...Non-surgical medical robots for help by ABB
FierceBiotech - 10-Oct-2019
Pipetting, sorting test tubes or preparing medicines by robots in near future
Read more...Cancer survival rates improving, but UK performing poorly
BBC - 12-Sep-2019
If there is an election soon, then maybe consider the parties' health policies as well as Brexit
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