Healthcare Edition / Coverage
Digital tools, medical technology and the evidence behind their use in care.
Health technology
Logging a period, forecasting a fertile window and estimating ovulation are different functions. Intended use and version-specific evidence determine their limits.
Health technology
A digital CBT-I programme aims to treat insomnia; a tracker summarises sleep. NICE’s evidence and recommendation show why the distinction matters.
Health technology
Light-based oxygen estimates can be affected by pigmentation, fit and circulation. UK and US guidance explains what a reassuring display cannot settle.
Health technology
A January 2025 registry snapshot concentrates on mental-health conditions. Its definitions, allocation fields and exclusions explain what the count can show.
Health technology
A large training dataset does not settle performance in another setting. An ECG foundation-model study shows why data origins belong beside the benchmark.
Health technology
Weight, body-fat estimates and changes over time are different tests of a smart scale. Validation studies show why a repeatable number can still be wrong.
Health technology
A small study found gene-activity signals in menstrual fluid. The useful question is how a promising biological signature becomes a reliable test for people with symptoms.
Health technology
Genetic risk scores rank probabilities, not a future child’s health. Here is how PGT-P differs from other embryo tests, where its evidence falls short and what the UK regulator says.
Health technology
A controlled study of UK adults shows why medical knowledge scores and useful conversations are different tests of a health chatbot.
Health technology
Oral Wegovy changes the treatment routine as well as the delivery route. UK product information explains what the tablet evidence does—and does not—show.
Health technology
Generated descriptions and live video calls to people offer different kinds of assistance. Here is how those routes differ on supported Meta glasses.
Health technology
Health Panels puts external laboratory results beside wearable data. Booking a blood draw, uploading a report and interpreting the result remain separate steps.
