Harley Street clinician to present breakthrough Alzheimer’s drug research at Arab Health

  • January 18, 2024
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A UK expert will discuss ground-breaking research into several new-generation alzheimer’s medications at this year’s Arab Health event. The research will be presented by Harley Street’s Dr MacSweeney, co-founder and CEO of Re:Cognition Health’s Brain & Mind Centers. Re:Cognition Health’s experts have been intimately involved in several groundbreaking clinical trials for the effective new generation […]

Tesla delays another pay adjustment as employees are unhappy with the last bump

  • January 18, 2024
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Tesla told employees today that it will do another pay adjustment, a second in a few weeks, after employees expressed disappointment with the last one. But the automaker has now delayed the second pay increase, which is happening amid the CEO, Elon Musk, asking for a historic compensation package. Tesla recently announced the annual wage […]

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‘Mini-placentas’ could help treat pregnancy disorder

  • January 18, 2024
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UK researchers have grown ‘mini-placentas’ in the lab and used them to shed light on how the placenta develops and interacts with the inner lining of the womb – findings that could help scientists better understand and, in future, potentially treat pre-eclampsia. The condition affects some pregnant women, usually during the second half of pregnancy […]

US to spend nearly $150 million to fix broken charging ports

  • January 18, 2024
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Photo is licensed under CC-CC0 1.0 The US Transportation Department is investing $148.8 million for repairing or updating nearly 4,500 electric vehicle charging ports in some 20 states. The latest announcement is part of President Biden’s $5 billion plan to extensively build out EV infrastructure in the US. This new set of funds offers 24 […]

Generic drugs in the US are too cheap to be sustainable, experts say

  • January 18, 2024
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A pharmacy technician grabs a bottle of drugs off a shelf in Midvale, Utah, in 2018. Photograph: George Frey/Getty Images A pharmacy technician grabs a bottle of drugs off a shelf in Midvale, Utah, in 2018. Photograph: George Frey/Getty Images Generic drugs in the US are too cheap to be sustainable, experts say Non-brand-name drugs […]

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UK AI project aims to make international health data sharing easier

  • January 18, 2024
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A British University is to explore the use of AI to improve sharing health data internationally as part of a European-wide project. Called BETTER (Better real-world health data distributed analytics research platform) project the spans 16 academic, medical and industrial partners, with Aston University awarded €317,500 (£272,600) for its contribution. While data-driven medicine is currently […]

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There Are Too Many Ways to Exercise

  • January 18, 2024
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This year, I’m going to get into shape. It does not matter that I’ve made this same resolution every year for more than a decade, or that I gave up after a month each time. In 2024, I mean it. Unlike years past, my motivation is not aesthetic but utilitarian: I want to get fit […]

TEMO’s easy-to-install electric outboard motors make DIY e-boats simple

  • January 18, 2024
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The proliferation of e-bikes started with easy-to-install conversion kits that allowed riders to take their existing bicycle and convert it into an electric bike. Now, electric boats are charting a similar path. TEMO’s easy-installation electric outboard motors make it painless for boaters to convert their vessels into electric boats. The French company TEMO just landed […]

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£7.5m in grant funding from Innovate UK for development of virtual regulation networks – htn

  • January 18, 2024
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£7.5 million in grant funding has been made available from Innovate UK for Scottish innovators and science collaborators looking to link up and support the development of new tools, data sets and “approaches that enhance regulatory decision making”, with InnoScot Health encouraging organisations to apply for funding of up to £50,000. The competition aims to […]