Scottish rehab clinic offering treatment for cryptocurrency addiction
Castle Craig, one of Europe’s leading addiction rehab clinics, are highlighting cryptocurrency addiction as an area of concern and offering treatment for addicts. People addicted to online Bitcoin trading are able to...
Too much screen time associated with cancer and heart disease in new study
Time spent watching TV or looking at a computer screen during leisure time – termed discretionary screen time – has been associated with higher risk of mortality and cardiovascular disease...
PM announces ‘pioneering’ use of AI to diagnose a range of diseases
The Prime Minister has announced proposals to use artificial intelligence in the diagnoses of chronic disease, and to help prevent 22,000 cancer deaths a year by 2033. Theresa May said...
Digital solution could help thousands of Scots with high blood pressure
Nearly 30% of adults in Scotland have high blood pressure – also known as hypertension – and many of them are not receiving treatment because they don’t know they have...
Scottish Government unveils digital health and social care strategy
Scotland has a new digital health and social care strategy that sets out how technology can support person-centred care, and sustain and improve services for the future. Announced by Cabinet...
Life sciences, AI and revolutionary diabetes healthcare drives Edinburgh-Shenzhen partnership
Joint ventures in the artificial intelligence, life sciences and automotive sectors are fuelling ever closer links between China and Scotland, a conference in Edinburgh heard on Wednesday. Cooperation between Edinburgh...
EHR: History, hurdles and the promise of blockchain
Despite the widespread agreement that healthcare information technology has the potential to lead to safer, more efficient quality care, the implementation and adoption of Electronic Health Record Systems has faltered,...
Boots faces ballot: pharmacists secure vote for independent voice at work
Thousands of pharmacists employed by Boots have moved a step closer to securing an independent voice at work. It is the latest development in a long-running campaign to overcome their...
How blockchain technology will revolutionise healthcare
Blockchain technology has been at the center of media attention, largely because of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, however, not many people actually understand what a blockchain is. To put it...
Scotland on the brink of unveiling a system that will ‘revolutionise healthcare’
Scotland is ‘on the brink of unveiling a system that will revolutionise healthcare’, according to a report in The National. Professor George Crooks, chief executive of the Digital Health Institute Scotland...
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