Paul Le Floch’s company, Axoft, is developing brain implants made from soft, flexible materials that reduce injury and could treat disorders such as cerebral palsy.
Category: healthcare
Students Viewed This Type Of TikTok 412 Billion Times—And It’s Not Porn
McGraw Hill’s response: a new app that looks, as one student put it, like “their textbook and TikTok had a baby.”
Apple Will Launch Health Insurance In 2024, Says Analyst
Apple will use data gathered from Apple Watch owners to launch a health insurance business, analyst predicts
Reimagining Alzheimer’s (Part 3): The APOE Story In Alzheimer’s And Other Diseases
In part 3 of my series on Alzheimer’s, I explore the different variants of APOE— the primary gene associated with Alzheimer’s disease.
WHO Launches New Noncommunicable Disease Data Portal, Re-Appoints Bloomberg As Ambassador
Heads of State around the world also announced a commitment to significantly reduce the burden of NCDs and save 50 million lives by 2030.
Can The Metaverse Drive The Metamorphosis Of Healthcare?
As reality post-Covid-19 becomes harder and harder with economic, geopolitical & social headwinds, it is fitting that the alternate realities brought by the metaverse have emerged as the epicentric conversations in the tech world.
Experts Are Predicting A Bad Flu Season. Here’s Why They Might Be Wrong
The Covid-19 pandemic has kept people apart for much of the past two flu seasons. But the bounce back doesn’t have to be dramatic.
Survey: Noncommunicable Diseases Still Underestimated, Only 59% View Diabetes As Very Harmful
Gallup also found that of those interviewed only 83% considered cancer, 72% considered heart disease and stroke, and 51% considered lung disease to be “very harmful.”
Have We Overcomplicated The American Physician Burnout Conversation?
Burnout rates among America’s physicians are rising precipitously. The answer isn’t more resilience training. It’s a hard look at how big healthcare organizations and how it makes healthcare professionals feel: invisible.
TikTok Star Emu Emmanuel Is Ill From Avian Flu Outbreak On Farm
Emmanuel the Emu rose to fame on TikTok early this year after his screen-hogging ways, or perhaps screen-emu-ing ways, kept interrupting Taylor Blake while she was trying to film a video
