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Digital tool launched to help people through grief

25 May, 20262026 Data, Digital and AI Future of Health and Care Research

A bank of personal stories, wellbeing exercises and practical tools to help support people after…

Cell therapy boost for advanced liver disease treatment

25 May, 20262026 Future of Health and Care Research

A new type of cell therapy shows promise as the first treatment for advanced liver disease,…

‘Big AI’ influence on laws and oversight mapped

21 May, 20262026 Data, Digital and AI Research

Artificial intelligence (AI) companies influence policy and regulation using similar techniques to…

Report shows scale of online abuse of Children

19 May, 20262026 Data, Digital and AI Future of Health and Care Research

As many as one in four children are manipulated into sexual interactions online, according to a…

Treatment shift needed for brittle bone disease

14 May, 20262026 Future of Health and Care Research

Increasing bone density in patients with a rare genetic condition that causes bones to break easily…

Study aims to unlock causes of ME/CFS and Long Covid

13 May, 20262026 Future of Health and Care Research

A major new genome sequencing study aiming to uncover the biological causes of ME/CFS and Long…

Artery widening, not blockages, linked to common stroke

06 May, 20262026 Future of Health and Care Research

Scientists have uncovered new evidence that challenges long-held assumptions about the causes of a…

AI fails to make inroads with cybercriminals

04 May, 20262026 Data, Digital and AI Research

Cybercriminals have been struggling to adopt AI in their work, reports the first of its kind study…

Economic insecurity linked with frailty, study finds

04 May, 20262026 Future of Health and Care Research Data, Digital and AI

Older people who experience unstable finances, poor housing and fuel poverty are at increased risk…

Repurposed drugs may boost infant leukaemia treatment

27 April, 20262026 animal research Future of Health and Care Research

Three clinically available drugs could pave the way for safer and more effective treatments for one…

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