The European Environment Agency released a report which finds that Italy has the highest number of annual deaths from nitrogen dioxide (NO2), the second ...
Big data for infectious disease surveillance
According to experts, data received from electronic health records, social media, and other digital data are potential sources for the effective management ...
Affordable and individualized prosthetic hands by 3D prints
With the help of new technologies, such as soft robotics and sensors, prosthetics are become more and more sophisticated. On the other side the ...
Drug and alcohol addiction is a national crisis in the USA
Drug and alcohol addiction has become an American national health crisis says the Landmark report “Facing addiction” by U.S. Surgeon General ...
What germs on your smartphone tell about your lifestyle
Researchers from University of California accomplished the profiling of a person based on its smartphone. By analyzing the germs, chemicals and molecules ...
The rural exodus to Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka
Due to low incomes and environmental threats, every year about half a million people are moving from the countryside to Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. ...
Gesundheitsministerium möchte schnellere E-Health-Strategie Entwicklung
Das Bundesgesundheitsministerium hat eine neue umfangreiche Studie vorgelegt, in der es um die Weiterentwicklung seiner E-Health-Strategie geht. Der ...
BreezoMeter: a Smart City technology to fight air pollution
BreezoMeter is a big data analytics company that provides dynamic air-quality data. At the Smart City Expo, taking place in Barcelona November 15-17, the ...
Mobile screening to help fighting cancer at an early stage
The city of Manchester is trying to fight cancer at an early state by bringing mobile scanners to the communities. Cancer is strongly linked to poverty so ...
Why Shanghai is about to become a truly Smart City
Shanghai is about to become a truly smart city. The implementation of an Internet plus strategy is leading to opportunities that expand connectivity across ...
