We've reported on the role of video games in health before, but the session on the Wii laproscopy simulator at the Games for Health Conference really caught our eye. It's just one of the attractions of the event being held in Boston later this...

Anyone with a taste for music will testify to its therapeutic qualities - but scientists are discovering that a person’s album collection may have even greater healing potential than first thought. Researchers around the world are trying to uncover...

With the buzz around the recent launch of the iPad, 2010 has already been labelled the year of the tablet. Now Panasonic has joined the likes of HP, Dell and Apple in supporting this theory by unveiling its ToughBook C1 at HIMSS . The announcement of...

Scientists are studying a new weapon in the fight against cancer - ultrasound. Researchers at the University of Missouri have discovered a way to identify melanomas from the popping noise of cells zapped by a laser. The news could save many lives - enabling...

It sounds more like science fiction than science fact - but scientists have discovered a way to blow up cancer cells from the inside using nanoparticles and lasers. Researchers at Rice University in Houston, Texas have developed a method for pinpointing...

Cancer patients at Oslo University Hospital have been given access to a new iPhone application designed to help them understand and cope with their disease. The application, called iOncolex, was developed by The Institute for Medical Informatics at Oslo...

Social media, touch screen technology and the inescapable Apple iPAD all grabbed the headlines at the Ideaworks for Healthcare event in Amsterdam this week. High on the list of discussion points were the need to better understand patients as consumers...

A microchip that detects viruses could help detect infections before symptoms start to show. The inexpensive device was created by a team of engineers and chemists at Brigham Young University who have successfully captured viruses, even at low concentrations...