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TMS shows promise in tackling depression ‘epidemic’

  • December 1, 2023
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A modified transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) treatment led to a profound improvement in patients with hard-to-treat depression in a recent study. Overall, 66 per cent of patients with major depressive disorder who took part in the study responded to the novel treatment, and 42 per cent showed acute remission.  This is significantly higher than the […]

Gogoro launches its battery-swapping electric scooters in yet another country

  • December 1, 2023
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Gogoro has been on quite a tear lately, expanding into an ever-increasing list of locales to offer its battery-swapping electric scooters. While much of its operations are focused on commercial clients that operate fleets of scooters riding constantly throughout the day, the company has also expanded its consumer sales for everyday riders running errands and […]

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AI depression app set for NHS clinical trial

  • December 1, 2023
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Nottingham-based AI startup BlueSkeye AI has been given approval by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) to begin a clinical trial of its TrueBlue perinatal mental health app in the NHS.  The app uses AI to scan peoples’ faces and voices and can identify and monitor signs of depression. The trial, which is […]

Bill Gates warns the world is likely to smash through a critical warming threshold

  • December 1, 2023
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Bill Gates arrives for a press conference to launch the Global Polio Eradication Initiative at the European Commission’s Berlaymont headquarters in Brussels on October 11, 2023. Simon Wohlfahrt | Afp | Getty Images Dubai, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES — Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates on Friday said the world is likely to overshoot a critical temperature threshold […]

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October virtual ward data shares capacity and occupancy across ICBs – htn

  • December 1, 2023
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NHS England has published the latest figures for the capacity and occupancy of virtual wards across integrated care boards. Noting that the statistics are “classified as experimental”, NHSE shares data on capacity, occupancy percentage and capacity per 100,000 of the adult population. The ambition, as set out in the plan for recovering urgent and emergency […]

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NHS England strategic framework for the NHS commercial sector, outlining ambitions for next five years – htn

  • December 1, 2023
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NHS England has published a strategic framework for the NHS commercial sector, outlining objectives and ambitions for the next five years across four key themes: our people, digital and transparency, how we work, and influence and scale. In a foreword, Jacqui Rock, chief commercial officer at NHS England, voices her belief that “the NHS Commercial […]

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Ideagen acquires compliance management platform – htn

  • December 1, 2023
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Ideagen, provider of software solutions for regulated industries, has announced that it is acquiring Australian-based all-in-one compliance management platform Op Central. Op Central’s AI-supported solution is said to be capable of creating standard operating procedures and processes, along with supporting learning materials and distributing them to multiple locations. On the solution, the company noted, in […]

Tesla’s Cybertruck Basecamp is a funky $2,975 tent attachment

  • December 1, 2023
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Tesla has just delivered the first Cybertrucks, and alongside the release of the new vehicle it has announced several accessories, including a $2,975 tent attachment that is styled much like the Cybertruck itself. We learned about the imminent release of the Cybertruck “basecamp” through a leak in a Tesla app update yesterday, which revealed renderings of […]