Addiction
Want to quit vaping? There's an app for that
More Australians than ever are vaping, according to recently released data.
Mar 27, 2024
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News tagged with app
Addiction
App can help people reduce their alcohol intake
A free smartphone app, Drink Less, can help people who would benefit most from reducing their alcohol consumption to do so successfully, according to a large randomized controlled trial led by UCL researchers and involving ...
Mar 25, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
AI-based app can help physicians find skin melanoma
A mobile app that uses artificial intelligence, AI, to analyze images of suspected skin lesions can diagnose melanoma with very high precision. This is shown in a study led from Linköping University in Sweden where the app ...
Mar 20, 2024
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Arthritis & Rheumatism
Rheumatology workforce increased 20 percent from 2009 to 2019
The overall number of clinically active rheumatology providers grew more than 20 percent during the last decade, according to a study published online Feb. 25 in Arthritis & Rheumatology.
Mar 15, 2024
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Health
Paying people to exercise can be motivating, but the financial rewards don't have to last forever to work
If physical activity came in a bottle, it would be the most prescribed medicine of all. Just walking 10 more minutes a day may yield clinically significant outcomes such as improved mental health, less pain and better sleep. ...
Mar 12, 2024
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Biomedical technology
AAD: concerns noted relating to use of AI dermatology apps
There are notable concerns relating to the use of currently available artificial intelligence (AI) dermatology mobile applications (apps), according to a study published online March 7 in JAMA Dermatology to coincide with ...
Mar 8, 2024
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Addiction
More than 1/3 illicit drugs sold on the dark web found to contain unexpected substances
Testing of illicit drugs bought online found that 35% were not what they said they were, highlighting the urgent need for more local drug testing facilities in Australia to prevent harm and overdose.
Mar 5, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Faster and simpler point-of-care malaria test is 12 times faster than tests currently available
Rice University researchers have developed a rapid, accurate test for diagnosing malaria that is significantly faster and easier to use than traditional tests. The advancement has the potential to improve patient outcomes, ...
Feb 29, 2024
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Sports medicine & Kinesiology
Are ChatGPT exercise recommendations just what the doctor ordered?
Since its debut in late 2022, people have experimented with using the AI (artificial intelligence) chat bot ChatGPT for everything from recipe planning to answering trivia to helping with homework. But ChatGPT has been mired ...
Feb 27, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Overcoming dental fear with the tap of an app
Does the idea of sitting in a dental chair make your palms sweat? Or do you simply avoid making appointments altogether? You're not alone. Research shows that 30% of people fear going to the dentist, including more than 20% ...
Feb 26, 2024
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