Wearables

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Professor Yang Wei of the Nottingham School of Art & Design
19 November 2025

Smart bra to detect cancer for women with intellectual disabilities

Researchers are developing a smart textiles bra to help women with intellectual disabilities to monitor for breast cancer.
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Professor Yang Wei, rincipal investigator and professor of wearable technology at Nottingham Trent's Medical Technologies Innovation Facility
29 September 2025

Smart wearable device developed to monitor muscle health

Researchers at Nottingham Trent University are developing a wearable device to detect and monitor the age-related condition sarcopenia.
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Wes Streeting
21 October 2024

Government launches online platform to shape 10 year health plan

The government has launched an online platform for members of the public to share ideas to shape its forthcoming 10
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9 May 2024

How to ensure data from monitoring devices is ‘meaningful’

Too often, data collected from wearables and monitoring devices adds to the burden on healthcare professionals. Help in the form
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Coffee Time Briefing
11 April 2024

Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕ 

Today's briefing includes the launch of the Innovation Directory for Wales and the expansion of same-day emergency care services across
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Coffee Time Briefing
22 February 2024

Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕ 

Today's briefing covers patients with advanced Parkinson's being eligible for a new portable drug infusion and a reproductive health insurer's
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16 November 2023

Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕ 

Today's briefing includes news Feebris has received the maximum score on usability and accessibility in a DTAC assessment.
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13 October 2023

RealWear accelerates student learning at North Tees and Hartlepool

North Tees and Hartlepool is accelerating student's learning by allowing more students to experience live surgical theatres with RealWear technology.
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28 June 2023

Google Health’s Karen DeSalvo says trust is ‘job one’ 

Google’s search engine and YouTube channel have brought it global name recognition. Now the tech giant wants to be the
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FemTech
14 June 2023

FemTech comes into its own as users seek increased data and knowledge 

The use of technology to address women's health problems is being propelled by the desire of women to get access
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