A support app, which helps identify and prevent distressed behaviours in dementia patients, will launch in care homes as part of the Alzheimer’s Society business growth programme.
Up to 90% of people living with dementia,…
Personal health data from more than 485,000 women has been stolen after hackers accessed the IT systems of a cervical cancer screening programme in the Netherlands.
The incident occurred between 3 July and 6 July…
A free image library, showing how diseases appear on different skin tones, has been launched to help prevent misdiagnosis for people with darker skin.
Many medical conditions appear differently based on skin tone, but typically…
Mohammad Al-Ubaydli, chief executive of Patients Know Best (Credit: Lloyd Bettell-Higgins, PKB)
Customers are now able to view the results of at-home blood and DNA tests from MyHealthChecked on the NHS App, through an…
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OpenAI has announced changes to the way that ChatGPT interacts with users, following fears about the impact of AI chatbots on mental health.
Researchers have raised concerns that increasing numbers of people are using AI…
Meta has been found liable by a Californian federal court for using sensitive personal data from period-tracking app Flo Health to run targeted ads.
Five women brought the class action law suit against Flo Health,…
Lawrence Tallon, chief executive at the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (Credit: MHRA)
Manufacturers will be able to supply innovative medical devices to the NHS use before obtaining full regulatory approval, under new…
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A digital concept image of Leeds Innovation Village (Credit: Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust)
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust will launch an AI Lab this year, as part of its ambition to deliver the…
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Professor Kamila Hawthorne, chairwoman of the Royal College of GPs (Credit: Grainge Photography)
A third of GP appointments in England were carried out remotely in June 2025, according to an analysis of NHS data.
Of…
An AI-powered physiotherapy clinic has more than halved waiting lists for back pain in its first large-scale deployment in England.
The service from Flok Health, which provides same-day appointments for back pain via an app, was…
