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The lowdown on Dublin-based startup and NUI Maynooth spin-out Neuromod Devices and its innovative evidence-based bimodal neuromodulation treatment for chronic tinnitus. Up to 15% of the world’s adult population lives with tinnitus. Most simply described as a ringing in the ears without external source - although it can be heard in other forms such as roaring - tinnitus can be temporary or...
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  The lowdown on digital health startup Little Journey and its VR solution to help reduce anxiety for children undergoing healthcare procedures. Among the many fears that accompany becoming a parent is the idea that your child could get sick enough to be hospitalised. Worse still, that they might need surgery. As if these fears coming true weren’t enough, you then have to contend with...
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Archangels leads a £2.2m funding round for Bioliberty to support development of its innovative robotic glove that can help to restore upper limb mobility in stroke patients. Scottish technology firm Bioliberty has secured £2.2 million in funding to develop a unique soft robotic glove which can restore upper limb mobility in patients following a stroke. The funding round was led by ...
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Investment success for Belfast-based GenoME Diagnostics to support further development of its novel testing technology. Belfast-based cancer diagnostics company GenoME Diagnostics has closed a £1.4 million funding round which will be used to further develop its lead product OvaME, a novel blood test for earlier and more accurate detection of ovarian cancer. The company successfully raise...
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Dublin-based healthtech startup Beyondbmi tackles weight loss with its science-based programme led by expert clinicians, nutritionists and health coaches. It’s that time of year when about 98% of all people everywhere make losing weight one of their new year’s resolutions. It’s one of those things that we would like to happen without having to actually make it happen, because ...
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Neurofenix is a healthtech startup that is transforming neurological rehab via its innovative tool that enables patients to continue their therapy at home, whenever they want. Every year, millions of people around the world suffer a stroke. In many cases, these strokes can be recovered from fully, but it can take a lot of rehabilitation to do so. If someone has their mobility affected, it can t...
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Thalamos is a healthtech startup enabling healthcare professionals to provide a swifter, simpler and safer experience for those in need of acute mental healthcare. Unfortunately, the number of people in the UK who are being sectioned under the Mental Health Act is on the rise. Being sectioned essentially means being detained and treated for a mental health disorder against your will. This can, ...
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Edinburgh-based startup SmpliCare innovating how we care and age by exploring the use of AI-driven wearables to predict the risk of falls and other age-related health issues Unfortunately, as we get older, the risks to our health increase, as does the risk of things like falling. In fact, more than half of over-80s fall at least one per year, which can have far more grave consequences than it w...
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As it's Men's Health Week, we thought it only right to shine a light on a few of the fab startups that are addressing that hugely important issue... It's been a pretty challenging couple of years for us all and now as we begin to emerge from the pandemic, it's more important than ever that we keep our health and wellbeing at the forefront. And since it's Men's Health Week, we thought it wo...
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Perci is an innovative healthtech platform to support those living with cancer, all with a focus on evidence-based and research-backed care delivered by qualified professionals. Living with cancer is already a difficult and frightening thing, often leaving people feeling isolated even before their treatment ends. Once it does, that feeling can worsen, and add to that the fact that access to af...
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