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CES 2022: smartglasses and smart body scanner among first gadgets announced

Smartglasses that give users a personal video display and smart scales that can measure body composition and even nerve activity are among the first gadgets unveiled ahead of the CES tech show. TCL announced a new version of its “wearable display ...

04 Jan 2022 at 19:55

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County Derry woman's campaign to have heart scan made available to all adults

A County Derry woman is calling on the Department of Health to consider making a scan available to all adults in a bid to detect underlying heart conditions. Michelle Farren is seeking to raise more awareness around the early detection of heart ...

09 Sept 2022 at 09:33

Extra pregnancy scan could slash number of breech births and risk to babies

Adding a third routine scan at the end of pregnancy could be a “game-changer to pregnancy and birth care”, a new study suggests. Researchers say the additional appointment could slash the number of unexpected breech births by 70% and the risks ...

06 Apr 2023 at 19:00

‘AI finds twisting of eye vessels could cause high blood pressure’

Artificial intelligence (AI) has found that twisting of eye vessels could cause high blood pressure and heart disease. Research led by scientists at St George’s, University of London discovered 119 areas in the genome (complete set of DNA) ...

09 Feb 2023 at 19:00

My 87-year-old father had to sleep in car after Syrian earthquake – daughter

A British-Syrian community leader is organising donations for Syrians after being “worried sick” when she heard her 87-year-old father had to sleep in his car after the earthquake hit. Lena Baurak, 57, from Nottingham, a board member at ...

17 Feb 2023 at 10:52

New bedside MRI scanning could pick up brain problems in sick babies

Experts have developed a method for using portable MRI scanners to pick up brain problems in babies at the bedside. A team from the Evelina London Children’s Hospital and King’s College London developed scanning techniques using a ...

11 Oct 2023 at 10:04

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Sir Rod Stewart visits NHS hospital where he paid for patients’ scans

Sir Rod Stewart said he wanted to “prove I’m not all mouth and trousers” as he visited his local NHS hospital where he paid for a day of scans for patients to help cut waiting lists. Arriving in a white Rolls-Royce on a drizzly ...

24 Feb 2023 at 18:02

Endangered lion with persistent ear problems set to roar back following CAT scan

An endangered lion which has suffered from persistent earache looks set to roar back into action following a CAT scan at London Zoo. Twelve-year-old Asiatic lion Bhanu has had frequent problems with his left ear canal and ...

11 Jul 2022 at 15:59

New scanner technique may offer hope for patients with drug-resistant epilepsy

A new technique involving ultra-powerful MRI scanners could help doctors identify tiny differences in the brains of people with treatment-resistant epilepsy that may have otherwise been missed, a trial has found. The ...

21 Mar 2025 at 00:01

AI can use eye scans to predict kidney risk – study

Artificial intelligence (AI) can predict whether someone with type 2 diabetes will soon develop kidney disease based on changes in their eye scans, according to a study. People with diabetes should be offered eye ...

27 Feb 2025 at 00:01

Thousands more referred for liver cancer checks thanks to mobile scanning scheme

Thousands more people in England have been referred for liver cancer checks thanks to the expansion of an NHS scheme that sends scanning trucks into the community. The on-the-spot scans offered by the mobile ...

25 Aug 2025 at 00:01

Diagnosis pathway detects cancer and serious illness in one in five patients

A pathway designed to streamline cancer diagnoses for people whose symptoms fall outside usual guidelines helped detect the disease or other serious conditions in almost one in five patients. Unexpected ...

10 Sept 2025 at 07:00

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