Cincinnati-based startup Eccrine System has developed a health wearable devices called Sweatronics which tracks your health using sweat. Other bodily fluids like urine and blood contain plenty of the body information’s but are not as easy to collect. However, Sweatronics needs only sweat samples that is produces automatically while working or even sleeping.
Though the US stands first in the race in terms of sales and growth, it is highly believed that China would reach the peak in the pharma market by 2022. At present, since there has been a decrease in public health funding, there has been a slight fall in pharmerging countries like Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC). But it is believed that the condition of these pharmerging countries will improve in the next five years [1].
Anti-aging studies are still going on worldwide, in spite of having lots of good and bad consequences. During the 1950’s, scientists proved that the organs of older mice became healthier, by injecting them with younger blood. The scientists also found that aging was connected to only body and it’s ultimately the blood which directs aging.
According to the World Health Organization, nearly 600 million illnesses and 420,000 deaths due to food pathogens are reported every year. Now, our scientific field has delivered more reliable and user-friendly methods to detect the status of contamination and the presence of pathogens on food items, if any.
There is a statement going around among orthopaedists and rheumatologists that the weather changes could trigger joint pain. But it is actually the patients who visit them, who convey this myth. Is there any truth behind it?
Studies have shown that omega-3 fatty acids regulate the functioning of proteins and keeps inflammation totally under control. Still more research work is going on, in order to connect fish and cardiovascular systems in a beneficial manner.
NiV was first discovered in Malaysia and Singapore in 1998-1999 where around 250 infected cases and 100 deaths were reported. Between 2001 and 2004, NiV caused a deadly outbreak in Bangladesh followed by the West Bengal state in India.
University College London Hospital (UCLH) and the Alan Turing Institute are working together on Artificial Intelligence to carry out works which are traditionally done by the doctors and nurses; from deciding which accidental and emergency patients to be consulted first to diagnosing cancer on CT scan.
It is broadly estimated that JAKs are likely to dominate around 24% of the market which is not a good news for products like Enbrel manufactured by Amgen. It is likely that the drug is to cascade into fast decline as physicians increasingly prefer JAK as a second drug after Humira of AbbVie.
Positive news that holds hope for the medical fraternity and patients is the urging by UK Prime Minister, Theresa May, for the adoption of artificial intelligence by the NHS and technology companies to diagnose critical diseases such as cancer.
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