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What comes next for your health, and when?

What comes next for your health, and when?

New AI model maps the risk of certain diseases years in advance AI is transforming medicine. With more and more accuracy, it’s helping doctors diagnose patients. Our medical history offers valuable insight into potential health issues. But what if AI could reliably estimate our next diagnosis, complication or even the timing of death? A research…
Un estilo de vida urbano más activo entre los mayores de cincuenta y cinco años

A more active urban lifestyle in over 55s

A new app is helping older citizens play a more active role in improving their physical activity. An app developed as part of a citizen science initiative called Every Walk You Take is helping Barcelona’s middle aged to discover green routes and to lead a healthier, more active lifestyle. The initiative is supported by the…
How to deliver very bad news

How to deliver very bad news

It’s hard to be a doctor. This is when it’s really hard Fernando Rodriguez-Villa, an assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and a faculty member in the MGH-McLean Adult Psychiatry Residency Training Program, is the director of a course called “The Developing Physician,” which includes instruction on sharing difficult diagnoses with patients. We…
The updated WHO Benchmarks for Strengthening Health Emergency Capacities expanded to include public health and social measures (PHSM)

The updated WHO Benchmarks for Strengthening Health Emergency Capacities expanded to include public health and social measures (PHSM)

The updated WHO Benchmarks for Strengthening Health Emergency Capacities was published to support the implementation of the International Health Regulations (IHR) and the health emergency prevention, preparedness, response, and resilience capacities Taking on board the lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic and other recent health emergencies, the benchmarks expanded to reflect closer alignment with the International Health Regulations…