As the world reflects on the urgent messages of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), hospital leaders are increasingly aware of their responsibility to advance the sustainability agenda. Research shows that if the world’s healthcare sector were a country, it would be the fifth-largest emitter of carbon emissions on the planet, according to the The […]
According to the first global estimates of impacts of the pandemic on mental health, cases of major depressive disorder and anxiety disorders increased by more than a quarter worldwide in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. International Hospital reports on the research published in The Lancet. [1]
In many countries, COVID vaccination has been viewed as a race, with the finishing line being double vaccination of a high proportion of the population. Unfortunately, those countries who were initially successful face the challenge of a runner that has reached what they thought was the finishing line being told to run on, as more […]
Utilizing cutting-edge proteomics, researchers at the Buck Institute and elsewhere have mapped the “tau interactome” uncovering new findings about the role of tau in neurodegenerative disease. Publishing in Cell, scientists found that mutant tau impacts the function of mitochondria in human neurons. They also suggest a mechanism for how tau gets released from neurons and […]
The Lancet Public Health has published the first comprehensive forecasts for dementia prevalence in 195 countries and territories and examines the impact of expected trends in exposure to four important risk factors – smoking, obesity, high blood sugar, and low education. The forecast shows that dementia cases will rise in every country, with the smallest […]
Cleveland Clinic has launched a landmark study to better understand why millions of people around the world suffer from brain diseases, with the goal of pinpointing disease biomarkers early, well before clinical symptoms present themselves.
In developed countries, adherence among patients suffering chronic diseases averages only 50%, while in developing countries, the rates are even lower. [1]
Computer engineers and radiologists at Duke University have developed an artificial intelligence platform to analyse potentially cancerous lesions in mammography scans to determine if a patient should receive an invasive biopsy. But unlike its many predecessors, this algorithm is interpretable, meaning it shows physicians exactly how it came to its conclusions.
International Hospital speaks to Tanja Brycker, Vice President, Strategic Development, Breast & Skeletal Health and Gynaecological Surgical Solutions at Hologic, about Hologic’s first Global Women’s Health Index developed from a poll of more than 120,000 women in 116 countries.
International Hospital speaks to Ruben de Francisco, CEO of Onera Health, an Eindhoven-based startup, about their new, innovative, clinicalgrade patch-based polysomnography system that a patient can use at home to capture data for diagnosing sleeprelated disorders and monitoring sleep therapy.
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