Handheld device could transform heart disease screening
08 April 2025Researchers have developed a handheld device that could potentially replace stethoscopes as a tool for detecting certain types of heart disease.
Researchers have developed a handheld device that could potentially replace stethoscopes as a tool for detecting certain types of heart disease.
Explore how Cambridge is using AI for better healthcare, smarter public services and new ways of tackling climate change. Meet our community and discover how ai@cam is supporting the development of AI that works for science, citizens and society. Â
Researchers have developed comfortable, washable ‘smart pyjamas’ that can monitor sleep disorders such as sleep apnoea at home, without the need for sticky patches, cumbersome equipment or a visit to a specialist sleep clinic.
A life-saving cancer therapy is being scaled up in Cambridge to deliver more treatments to more patients for more cancers.Â
Technology that could transform the future of hip replacement surgery is being pioneered by a team of experts in Cambridge.
A major new research hub led by the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge and UCL aims to harness quantum technology to improve early diagnosis and treatment of disease.
Machines can learn not only to make predictions, but to handle causal relationships. An international research team shows how this could make medical treatments safer, more efficient, and more personalised.
Dr Carmel McEniery is a Senior Research Associate in the Division of Experimental Medicine and Immunotherapeutics at the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge and principal investigator on the Cambridge POPPY study into pre-eclampsia. She will be taking part in an event which will explore the puzzling relationship between pregnancy, pre-eclampsia and women’s long-term cardiovascular health.
If all GP practices moved to a model where patients saw the same doctor at each visit, it could significantly reduce doctor workload while improving patient health, a study suggests.Â
Seven Cambridge ̽»¨Ö±²¥ researchers are among the 59 biomedical and health researchers elected to the Academy of Medical Sciences Fellowship.