Fourth Industrial Revolution
How AI could dramatically improve your healthcare
As machine learning progresses, its applications include faster, more accurate medical diagnoses.
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This groundbreaking treatment is giving hope to stroke victims
Thrombectomy is a revolutionary stroke treatment where the clot is literally sucked out of the patient’s brain.
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Thailand gave healthcare to its entire population and the results were dramatic
Thailand created a successful universal healthcare system others can learn from.
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This neural implant could radically improve the lives of disabled people
The Stentrode, a neural implant that could allow paralyzed people to communicate, can be delivered to a patient’s brain through the jugular vein.
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In the midst of a measles outbreak, New York City is planning fines for unvaccinated people
A measles outbreak in Brooklyn, primarily among Orthodox Jewish children, prompted New York City on Tuesday to declare a public health emergency, requiring unvaccinated people in the affe...
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This new HIV therapy could save millions of lives
The new method can draw the HIV virus out of hiding, and then eliminate it permanently. It could be the first step to developing a vaccine.
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Why sleeping at work could actually make you better at your job
The lines between work and home are blurring, and research suggests Americans are getting less sleep than previous generations. Is encouraging napping at work the answer?
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The HPV vaccine is already having a major impact on young women's health in Scotland
The UK began its HPV vaccination programme for girls aged 12-13 in 2008. Since then there has been a dramatic drop in cervical pre-cancer rates in young Scottish women who received the va...
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The organ shortage will soon get worse. Could animals help?
Nearly 75,000 people in America need an organ transplant, and that list is only set to get longer. Animals could provide the solution to the organ crisis.
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Jellyfish-inspired electronic skin can heal itself while wet
Researchers have created a new fluorocarbon-based polymer skin which, when combined with a fluorine-rich ionic liquid, can heal itself. This reduces electronic waste and gives the technol...
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Mosquito-borne diseases could spread to a billion more people as climate warms
Extreme global warming means one billion people could be exposed to mosquito-borne diseases for the first time by 2080, according to a study.
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5 ways the private sector can help towards universal healthcare in Africa
The complexity of national healthcare systems in Africa, the second largest and one of the most populated continents in the world, presents both economic as well as physical barriers to a...