Nine Greatest Medical Inventions Of All Time; 5 Ways ChatGPT Will Change Healthcare Forever, For Better; How Anambra State Runs Over 630 PHCs With 150 Nurses, Midwives And More
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Introduction
Welcome to another edition of Care City Weekly. We have searched the web and brought to you the finest news, reports, commentaries and thought leadership on healthcare leadership, innovation, digital health and more.
This edition features a lot of news from the world of digital health—AI in healthcare, ChatGPT in healthcare and a lot more.
As AI and other advanced technologies gradually transform healthcare, healthcare professionals who want to lead in the not-to-distant future must be equipped with the right knowledge.
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Table of Contents
Care City News and Updates
Latest articles from Care City:
A Story About Epilepsy And Epilepsy Care Resources
"Across The World, People With Epilepsy Continue To Be The Targets Of Stigma, Discrimination, And Human Rights Violations. As A Result, They Frequently Face Barriers To Education And Employment And Are Effectively Prevented From Full Participation In Social And Community Life."
Web3 For Health: Blockchain Healthcare Applications | The Digital Health Report
"Web3 is the future of the internet. Its impact will be felt across all industries on the face of the planet. And blockchain technology is among the most widely utilized web3 technologies. How can healthcare benefit from this technology?"
Web3 For Health: What Is Web3 — What You Need To Know | The Digital Health Report
The second article in our "Web3 For Health Campaign" examines the basics of Web3. Questions like "What is Web3 and the limitations of Web3?" Were answered in simple terms...
The Incredible Power of Teamwork & 4 Reasons Why Leaders Stand Alone | Care City Leadership
"The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him." - Niccolo Machiavelli.
The Incredible Power of Teamwork, Part 2: Teamwork & Friendship | Care City Leadership
"Teamwork is the secret that makes common people achieve uncommon results." – Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha.
World Cancer Day: Close The Care Gap
"In the last 10 years, the overall cancer death rate has continued to decline. Researchers in the US and across the world have made major advances in learning more complex details about how to prevent, diagnose, treat, and survive cancer."
Healthcare & Health Research
Study Finds Video Game Playing Causes No Harm To Young Children’s Cognitive Abilities
“New research findings challenge the fears parents have been hearing for years that children who spend hour after hour playing video games, or choose games of certain genres, would manifest unhealthy results in their cognitive ability.”
Early Signs Of Health Failure
"Heart failure means the heart struggles to pump enough blood to provide the muscles and organs with sufficient oxygen. The early signs of heart failure include breathlessness, fatigue, and swollen ankles."
Nine Greatest Medical Inventions Of All Time
"Innovation and advancements in medicine have significantly impacted human health and life expectancy. The world's population is said to have tripled since 1945..."
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Digital Health, Health-tech & Emerging Healthcare Markets
Emerging Markets
The Sleep Market Is Being Redefined. It's Time for Brands To Dream Big
"But sleep isn't just sleep. The science shows that sleep and other areas of wellness are closely connected. Rest supports other aspects of well-being, while exercise, eating well, and relieving stress can improve sleep in turn. Similarly, the concept of sleep hygiene says that what we do throughout the day makes a difference at night. Our content illuminates these connections to bring audiences the information they need."
5 Ways ChatGPT Will Change Healthcare Forever, For Better
"The reason is ChatGPT, the generative AI chatbot from OpenAI that's taking the digital world by storm. Since its launch in late November, ChatGPT has accomplished impressive feats—passing graduate-level exams for business, law and medical school (the answers to which can't simply be Googled)."
Therapists At Mental Health Start-up "Resilience Lab" Voted To Unionize On Wednesday
"Therapists at mental health start-up Resilience Lab voted to unionize on Wednesday, one of the first successful unionization efforts at a digital health company."
Healthcare Events
AI & Healthcare
Google DeepMind's AI Medical Chatbot Trained To Provide Answers To Complex Medical Queries
"Google and DeepMind have developed an artificial intelligence-powered chatbot tool called Med-PaLM designed to generate "safe and helpful answers" to questions posed by healthcare professionals and patients."
GE HealthCare Agrees To Buy AI Imaging Firm Caption Health In Second Acquisition
"The acquisition creates an opportunity to pair Caption'sCaption's software with GE HealthCare'sHealthCare's ultrasound devices, which the companies say can help detect disease earlier and deliver more precise diagnoses."
LifeBank Signs Partnership To Use AI To Improve patients' Outcomes In Hospitals Across Africa
"In line with its objective of building an agile supply chain for Africa'sAfrica's healthcare industry, LifeBank has signed an agreement with benshi.ai, a Barcelona-based Artificial Intelligence (AI) organisation to use its AI and Machine Learning (ML) platform to improve the quality of care for patients across LifeBank'sLifeBank's over 2500 customers."
More digital health and health tech news from The Digital Health Report.
Healthcare Africa
How Anambra State Runs Over 630 PHCs With 150 Nurses, Midwives
"Anambra State though adjudged the best in terms of maternal mortality in the South-East region, has lost 20 pregnant women to various birth-related complications between January and June 2022. The development was hinged on the fact that a good number of women still patronize quacks for ante-natal and child delivery."
The Digital Health Report
Articles published exclusively in our newsletter publication dedicated to digital health.
Web3 For Health: What Is Web3—What You Need To Know | The Digital Health Report
Web3 For Health: Blockchain Healthcare Applications | The Digital Health Report
Science Fact
When you sleep, spinal fluid waves wash over your brain to remove waste: During sleep, the fluid present in the brain and spinal cord — called the cerebrospinal fluid — washes in and out, like waves, helping the brain get rid of accumulated metabolic waste. This waste includes potentially toxic proteins that may otherwise form buildups that can impair the flow of information between neurons. Source: LinkedIn.
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