YouTube expanded its medical misinformation policies today to include new guidelines that ban vaccine misinformation. The Google-owned video platform had previously banned over 1 million videos spreading dangerous COVID-19 misinformation. Now, YouTube says it will also remove content that spreads misinformation about vaccine safety, the efficacy of vaccines and ingredients in vaccines. The platform previously […]
Withings puts its heart-monitoring ScanWatch in the body of a diver’s watch
Withings is launching the ScanWatch Horizon, a dolled-up version of its ScanWatch inside the body of a diving watch. Horizon comes in a bigger, 43mm case size, but matches the ScanWatch for features.
孤独な老人のために生物型ロボットペットができること（とできないこと）：後篇
孤立する老人に生物型ロボットペットを配給したある研究では、1年後に参加者の70％で孤独感が減っていたという。高齢者の増加とそれをケアする現役世代の減少という現実のなか、高齢者向けのソーシャルロボットが普及することは、かえって「人間によるケア」を望むことのハードルを上げてしまうという懸念もある。高齢の当事者たちがますますロボットに親密さや愛情を見出すなかで、プライヴァシーやセキュリティ、また倫理的な問題をいかに社会は受け止めるべきなのか。生物型ロボット…
New study shows Apple Watch can detect heart arrhythmias other than atrial fibrillation
Continuing research by Stanford and Apple from the 2017 Apple Heart Study, which managed to enrol over 400,000 participants and became one of the largest studies of its kind ever performed, has shown that the Apple Watch is capable of detecting other types of arrhythmic heart beat irregularities in addition to atrial fibrillation (AFib). Apple […]
Covid: 37% of people have symptoms six months after infection
A large study reveals the scale of long Covid, with symptoms affected by sex, age and severity of infection Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageOne in three people infected with coronavirus will experience at least one symptom o…
Air pollution likely cause of up to 6m premature births, study finds
Global analysis of indoor and outdoor pollution also finds link to low birth weightAir pollution is likely to have been responsible for up to 6 million premature births and 3 million underweight babies worldwide every year, research shows. The analysis…
Amazon reveals Halo Fitness and Halo Nutrition programs for Halo subscribers
Amazon is introducing two new services tied to user health and fitness, and its Halo personal health devices. They include Halo Fitness, a new service for interactive home video workouts that looks a lot like Apple Fitness+, and Halo Nutrition, a personalized, guided meal planner. Both of these services will be included as part of […]
UK PM promises bereaved families a Covid inquiry chair by Christmas
Group say in a statement they welcomed meeting but disappointed at ‘lack of urgency’Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA chair will be appointed by Christmas to the public inquiry into the coronavirus pandemic and sessions shou…
Children will pay the price for universal credit cut | Letters
The benefit reduction will affect child welfare services and only cost more later down the line, says Emily Aklan, while Sabine Goodwin says food banks will struggle to copeYour article (Universal credit cut will lead to more UK children in care – stud…
We must fight gender inequality in healthcare research | Letter
Less is known about women’s health than men’s – that’s because research on the former is underfunded, says Silvia HummelJessica Nordell raises several important issues facing women and people from ethnic minorities in accessing quality healthcare …