By Giuseppe Riva  Within the healthcare domain, the European Commission focus recently shifted from the traditional hospital-centered and reactive healthcare delivery model toward a person- centered and preventive one. The…read more →

Q & A with Ilias Iakovidis; Deputy Head of the ICT for Health Unit of the European Commission Brenda Wiederhold: Today I am in Brussels, interviewing Dr. Ilias Iakovidis from the…read more →

By Alessandro Tognetti et al. People express their mental states through gesture, posture, facial expression, eye gaze, prosody and vocal tones. Hidden physiological parameters such as Heart Rate (HR), Heart…read more →

By Karim Oweiss Brain Machine Interfaces (BMIs), a technology that is only about 10 years old, promises to revolutionize the way we diagnose and treat a wide variety of neurological…read more →

By Stephen J. Redmond & Nigel H. Lovell The way that healthcare systems operate is going to change forever. In most cases, primary care is currently delivered by general practitioners…read more →

By Mariano Alcañiz & Irene Zaragozá Recent research results show that mental activity, as well as social interaction, is a key prerequisite for alleviating dementia. SOCIABLE is highly motivated by…read more →

By Huanfen Yao, Ilkka Lähdesmäki & Babak A. Parviz For the past number of years diabetes mellitus has gained importance globally as a major public heath concern. The chronic high…read more →

By Nigel H. Lovell & Stephen J. Redmond  In developed countries, chronic disease now accounts for nearly 80% of healthcare expenditure and nearly an equivalent percentage of disease-related deaths. The…read more →