http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. An enhanced version of a smoking cessation app developed at the University of Waterloo was launched today with new features to help keep even more people from smoking. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-popular-stop-smoking-app-users-butt.html Health Wed, 17 Apr 2013 08:05:07 EST news285404209 South African and South Korean researchers are working on making a smartphone capable of doing AIDS tests in rural parts of Africa that are the worst hit by the disease, a researcher said Friday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-cellphones-aids-safrica-skorea.html HIV & AIDS Fri, 31 Aug 2012 13:34:59 EST news265638891 Stella Nayiga clutches her mobile phone as she describes the messages that she received punctually every morning and evening for over a year, reminding her to take her antiretroviral (ARV) drugs regularly. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-mobile-bolster-uganda-hiv.html HIV & AIDS Wed, 25 Jul 2012 03:51:45 EST news262407099 Radiology programs and their residents would benefit from incorporating tablet devices, like the iPad, into residency education, according to a study in the June issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-radiology-benefit-incorporating-tablet-devices.html Other Fri, 01 Jun 2012 04:18:15 EST news257742999 A new study, supported in part by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health, suggests that a combination of mobile technology and remote coaching holds promise in encouraging healthier eating and physical activity behavior in adults. The study focused on the best way to change multiple health behaviors. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-mobile-technology-diet-physical-behavior.html Health Mon, 28 May 2012 16:00:01 EST news257416387 (Medical Xpress) -- Some people quit smoking on the first try while others have to quit repeatedly. Using such mobile technology as hand-held computers and smartphones, a team of researchers from Penn State and the University of Pittsburgh is trying to find out why. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-mobile-technology-explore-nicotine-addiction.html Addiction Wed, 04 Apr 2012 09:06:37 EST news252749187