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Coronavirus is, of course, having a big impact on how many of us keep active. 5-a-side football, OUT. Gyms, OUT. Yoga group sessions, OUT.   But, inspired by how people are giving their time and providing support for people and organisations during the current climate, Sport Tech Hub are adamant that tech products – sport, fitness, wellness and health – can have a huge and i...
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In the face of the COVID 19 pandemic, Irish startup Wellola collaborates with the Irish HSE (Health Service Executive) on an innovative portal to help both patients and clinicians...  In the wake of coronavirus, everyone is asking how can we can triage and care for patients faster, remotely and more effectively? Step forward the HSE COVID19 Portal, a simple digital tool designed t...
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WILD.AI is the health tech startup that has created an AI powered, science backed fitness app designed specifically for women... The way that women train athletically is different to the way men train; the nutrition they need for training is different. The majority of health and fitness products, however, are designed for male physiology - often due to an ignorance of the aforementioned differenc...
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Nutribuddy founder Ella McKendrick shares the knowledge she has gained since starting her natural nutritional business within the ‘Grab and Go’ Meal Market. We live in a fast-paced world nowadays. We’re stressed out and under pressure to get from A to B, whether that’s for work or running the kids to school or local events.This daily pressure has led to the creation of t...
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The child health app on a mission to become the first nationwide digital redbook, just got a step closer to making their mission a reality... Nurturey, a child health app on a mission to become the first nationwide digital redbook, just got a step closer to making their mission a reality, thanks to a £550K investment that includes investment from the Owners and Directors of Day Lewis Plc, t...
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  How do we reduce plastic in our oceans? How can we make the air we breathe cleaner? How can we grow our own food in urban cities? At one-day event Ideation NI Thon, students will get the chance to solve global and local sustainability, environmental, city and health problems.  Taking place on 13th February 2020 at the UU Magee Campus Great Hall, thanks to Major Sponsor Ulster Univer...
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Generating online sales. The lowdown on how Calming Blankets, an Australian startup generated global sales for their innovative product, "weighted blankets"... Calming Blankets is an Australian company that was founded in 2017 and has since sold over 50,000 blankets online. With blankets starting from £119.00, the product is high-end and niche – yet has gained global interest and a lo...
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The Irish medtech startup Tracworx, that's on a mission to make patient tracking easier for health professionals... Hospitals are places where errors can literally be life or death, yet human error can result in data for patients being recorded incorrectly or even not being recorded at all. Due to this same human error or even simply a lack of paper trail, nursing hours are wasted searching for w...
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Joii is an app that is giving pet owners access to affordable, remote veterinary care advice...  Veterinary care can be very expensive and stressful to the animal. Sometimes, the trip to the vet turns out to have been unnecessary, or the issue is a small one that could have been identified without a physical examination. We have written previously about startups such as Arthronica and Ping...
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Bryony Wylie, Advanced Clinical Practitioner, Prescriber and founder of FooDoo Snacks, share's her predictions for the employee health and well-being trends for 2020, that employee’s will value and want to see in their working environments!  The increasing need for businesses to have an employee health and well-being strategy is set to rise as we head towards 2020. In efforts to t...
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