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The social realities behind transgender resilience 

Transgender people face a lot of discrimination, hostility, and tension in their everyday lives, especially in rural areas in the US - leading to strategies of transgender resilience.
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How have robots increased suicide and overdose in humans?

An increase in “deaths of despair” – suicide and overdose – across the US has been linked to robot manufacturing which is gradually replacing people in their jobs.
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Health disparities against minority ethnic groups could increase with AI

Though healthcare everywhere advocates for AI, health barriers are presented with minority ethnic groups – as bias can be exacerbated against minority ethnic groups in datasets.
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Google’s image search gender bias shows underrepresentation of women

Google image searches of certain professions, such as “CEO”, have been found to solely represent men – Google claimed to have fixed this – but the results can change searchers’ worldviews.
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Eradicating dehydration in the elderly with Aquarate

Aquarate’s revolutionary fluid intake monitoring technology is helping to eradicate the problem of dehydration in the elderly community
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Local government: The importance of remaining evergreen in processes and systems

Mat Clothier, CEO and Founder of Cloudhouse, discusses the importance of remaining evergreen in processes and systems.
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Diagnostic differences between boys and girls with autism

Using AI, researchers find that brain organisation can differ between boys and girls with autism - because of gender disparities in generally male-focused research.
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COVID survivors 80% more likely to experience brain fog

The virus is described as respiratory, but recovered COVID patients can experience significant cognitive problems - such as brain fog, confusion or forgetfulness.
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Public sector needs to be a transformer, not a passive spectator

Mark Gibbison, Head of Strategic Motions for New Business at Unit4, examines the potential for transformation in the public sector.
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Long COVID: Complex, needing long-term rehabilitative care

Dr Natasha Azzopardi-Muscat, Director, Division of Country Health Policies and Systems at WHO/Europe, argues that Long COVID is a complex condition requiring long-term rehabilitative care
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Agile, low code software – leading public sector digital transformation

Pete Wilson, Industry CTO, Public Sector – EMEA, Pegasystems, reveals how agile, low code software is leading digital transformation

Lester Litchfield – Volpara Health

Lester Litchfield is a Machine Learning Engineer and Data Analyst from Wellington, New Zealand He has built and productionized dozens of machine learning services that have been used tens of millions of times in the healthcare, retail, real estate and recruitment industries. After discovering a passion for healthcare, he was...
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Lowest-income populations face 40% more exposure to heat waves

Rising global temperatures are creating imminent heat waves, which are set to impact poorer populations more substantially than wealthier ones.
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Challenges of clinical microbiology in resource-restricted settings

Dr Zisis Kozlakidis & Prof Olivier Vandenberg, describe the challenges of clinical microbiology in resource-restricted settings
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NHS report finds ethnic minorities less likely to get therapy

A report by the NHS Race and Health Observatory finds "clear inequalities" in how ethnic minorities are less likely to be given Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT).
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Rural US sees worse COVID impact due to low vaccine uptake

Across the US, those living in rural counties have been more affected by variants of the COVID-19 vaccine, with a faster rate of spread as well as more deaths due to lower rates of vaccination.
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Digital transformation for situation awareness

Geoff Hoyle, Director at Zest Consult, explains what we need to know about a programme management approach concerning a digital transformation project for situation awareness.
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Unvaccinated people at higher risk of needing ICU for Omicron

Vaccinated adults with COVID-19 had less severe illness during the omicron surge compared with unvaccinated adults ­– who were more likely to need intensive care.
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Health Technology Assessment: Bridging the gaps to build a strong European Health Union

Director General at DG SANTE, tells how the Health Technology Assessment bridges the gaps to build a strong European Health Union
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Huntington’s disease: Post-pandemic predictions

Cecilia Van Cauwenberghe from Frost & Sullivan’s TechCasting Group, provides a fresh perspective on predictions concerning Huntington’s disease in a post-pandemic era.

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