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Altoida, Inc. an artificial intelligence (AI) company pioneering next-generation neurological disease diagnostics, announced today a partnership with Click Therapeutics, a leader in Digital Therapeutics™ as prescription medical treatments, to bring more sensitive measures of cognition into their digital therapeutics research. The partnership will enable Altoida to power clinical trials for ...
Altoida, Inc. an AI company pioneering next-generation neurological disease diagnostics, and GN Group, a global leader in intelligent audio solutions, have signed a multi-year strategic partnership to research and develop new digital biomarkers for identifying Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI). The research will serve as the backbone for new augmented reality tools to help at-risk individuals gain ...
Exposure of primary schoolchildren to outdoor green spaces is linked to an improvement in their cognitive development, finds a new study, which is the first of its kind. The association may be partly explained by reductions in traffic-related air pollution (TRAP) near green areas. Approximately half of the global population live in cities, and it is projected that by 2030, three of every five ...
Europeans live longer and healthier lives than in the past, partly due to successful environmental policies that have reduced the exposure to harmful environmental contaminants in air, water and food, according to a new report. However, these contaminants are still a problem, and several new health risks are emerging, for example, from new chemicals, new products and changing lifestyle patterns. ...
Professors Kenneth H. Brown (University of California, Davis), Ananda S. Prasad (Wayne State University), and Robert E. Black (Johns Hopkins University), were recognized with the 2010 Prince Mahidol Award for "outstanding contributions to global public health," in recognition of their efforts in the identification and control of human zinc deficiency. The awards were presented by HRH Princess ...
Today, the International Zinc Association (IZA) announces new commitments to fund UNICEF programmes in Brazil against zinc deficiency, a public health threat that contributes to the deaths of more than 450,000 children each year. At the beginning of 2011 IZA and UNICEF will identify an additional programme in the African continent, where zinc deficiency is also affecting children. IZA support ...