Welcome to your Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
👇 News
🦷 The NHS Education for Scotland’s (NES) has released updated guidelines on periodontal disease, providing the latest advice on classification and treatment.
🚬 A Nature study reveals that smoking can have long-lasting effects on immune responses, even after quitting, with potential implications for health.
💶 Amazec Photonics secures €1.5 million to develop cardiovascular monitoring tools for early and accurate diagnosis.
💰 The Academy of Medical Sciences launches Cross-Sector Experience Awards to drive health innovation and collaboration across public, private, and charitable sectors.
🧑⚕️ The All India Institute of Medical Science unveils an AI solution for early cancer detection, trained with a dataset of 500,000 images.
❓ Did you know that?
New figures show that the most common age for women to give birth in the UK is now 31, indicating a shifting trend towards later parenthood.
📖 What we’re reading
A study in Frontiers in Neurology suggests the Brain Care Score (BCS) may help assess the risk of developing dementia or stroke.
🚨 This week’s events
15-16 February, London – International Conference on Digital Healthcare 2024
