Patients News | pharmaphorum

News

FDA clears sleep apnoea feature for new Apple Watch

Apple has the FDA authorisation it needs to bring its software for detecting sleep apnoea to the Apple Watch, coinciding with the launch of its new operating system for the wearable.

News

Natasha Dawson of the Ella Dawson Foundation outside the Royal Marsden Hospital

Support app for young cancer patients launches in UK

Rates of cancer among people aged 24 and below are rising fast, but health systems are often not catering well enough to the specific needs of this age group.

News

Apple AirPods get FDA okay for use as OTC hearing aids

It's known that excessive use of earbuds at high volumes can cause hearing loss, so somewhat ironic that the FDA has just authorised software that can turn Apple AirPods into hearing aids.

News

US puts $25m behind Cellino's cell and tissue printing tech

Cellino Biotech has received funding from the US government to develop a scalable biomanufacturing platform for personalised regenerative medicines derived from patients' own stem cells.

News

Starmer says no extra NHS funding without big reforms

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has promised the biggest 'reimagining' of the NHS in its history but stressed there would be no more funding without sweeping reforms.

News

NHS is in "serious trouble" says Darzi report

A report on the state of the NHS in England by former Labour Health Minister Lord Darzi has concluded that it is in a dire state – which will come as a surprise to nobody – and has problems

FDA clears sleep apnoea feature for new Apple Watch

Support app for young cancer patients launches in UK

Apple AirPods get FDA okay for use as OTC hearing aids

US puts $25m behind Cellino's cell and tissue printing tech

Starmer says no extra NHS funding without big reforms

NHS is in "serious trouble" says Darzi report

The long-delayed promise of the microbiome, with Sam Possemi...

How to meet your physicians where they are online

News

Editor's Picks