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Gene Editing: Social and Ethical Implications
Every healthcare technology breakthrough brings with it a set of ethical and social concerns that seek to ensure the safety and...
Polygeia
- Dec 18, 2019
- 5 min
Human Gene Editing: Prevention, Cure, or Enhancement?
"CRISPR Cas9" by National Institutes of Health (NIH) is licensed under CC PDM 1.0 @royalsociety, @acmedsci, @Nuffbioethics,...
Polygeia
- Dec 14, 2019
- 3 min
Fake News and How to Spot Them
#fakenews #viral #cancer #antivax #pregnancy Electronic media is encumbered with health information these days, which lack credibility...
Polygeia
- Dec 14, 2019
- 3 min
Social Media and Body Image
#socialmedia #bodyimage #disorderedeating #wellbeing #mentalhealth The Royal Society for Public Health’s (RSPH) 2019 “#NewFilters” report...
Polygeia
- Jul 11, 2018
- 2 min
Epidemiology of DemDX: an app for medical education and diagnosis
Key points Diagnostic health apps are designed to improve the abilities of medical students to learn and health care professionals to...
Polygeia
- May 22, 2018
- 4 min
How understanding of Local Contexts can lead to Rapid Advances in Medtech
Key points Lower income countries have different healthcare technology needs, in terms of price as well as practicalities Methods to...
Polygeia
- May 4, 2018
- 3 min
Digitalising Healthcare in the NHS and beyond
Key points Digital technology, such as electronic records, is being incorporated into healthcare systems but there is room for progress...
Polygeia
- Apr 3, 2018
- 3 min
Improving Regulation of Medical Data-Sharing Partnerships
Key points There have been several recent cases of tech companies accessing people’s data and using it without explicit consent. This...
Polygeia
- Mar 17, 2018
- 3 min
Are non-invasive glucose monitoring devices the future of Type 2 diabetes care?
Key points Diabetes prevalence is increasing in the UK but most rapidly in low- and middle-income countries The current method for...
Polygeia
- Mar 13, 2018
- 2 min
From EHRs in the NHS to 3-D printing of human body parts: how technology is changing health
There’s not much in our lives that hasn’t been affected by new technology: Google Maps help you find the nearest coffee shop; GPS...
Polygeia
- Feb 1, 2018
- 4 min
Apps and Early Detection of Mental Health Disorders
Key points Efforts to reduce mental health illness need to focus on disease prevention Disease prevention has proved to be particularly...
Polygeia
- Sep 11, 2017
- 3 min
Simprints: Identification Data in Healthcare
Data is an absolute necessity in today’s world, and many basic needs cannot be provided for without it. For example, efficient delivery...
Polygeia
- Apr 10, 2017
- 3 min
A paradigm shift towards PREVENTION via E-mental health?
The prevalence of mental health disorders, particularly depression, is very high in adolescence with 10% of teenagers experiencing a...
Polygeia
- Apr 5, 2017
- 5 min
Black-box machine learning: implications for healthcare
With self-driving cars and intelligent robots dominating the headlines, it appears that we are on the cusp of an era in which artificial...
Polygeia
- Dec 20, 2016
- 4 min
The state of mental health in the U.S. Could mHealth offer a better solution?
In a given year, 1 in 25 adults experience a serious mental illness in the U.S. Furthermore, almost 18.5% of U.S adults will experience...
Polygeia
- Mar 19, 2016
- 5 min
Using Mobile Technology for Healthier Ageing
75-year-old “Grandma” Cheung has lived alone in Hong Kong since her husband moved into a nursing home three years ago after having a...