News tagged with intervention methods


Novel method accurately predicts disease outbreaks

A team of scientists from the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) has developed a novel method to accurately predict dengue fever outbreaks several weeks before they occur.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Mar 22, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Sitting pad to help decrease risk of 'chair disease'

(Medical Xpress)—To prevent the risk of 'chair disease', The University of Queensland researchers have developed a 'sitting pad' device that uses an alarm to alert workers to stand up more regularly.

Health created Dec 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

First results of community health campaign in Uganda for HIV and other diseases

A clinical study in a remote region of southwest Uganda has demonstrated the feasibility of using a health campaign to rapidly test a community for HIV and simultaneously offer prevention and diagnosis for a variety of other ...

HIV & AIDS created Jul 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Emergency patients prefer technology-based interventions for behavioral issues

A Rhode Island Hospital researcher has found that emergency department patients prefer technology-based interventions for high-risk behaviors such as alcohol use, unsafe sex and violence. ER patients said they would choose ...

Health created Jul 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Climate model to predict malaria outbreaks in India

Scientists from the University of Liverpool are working with computer modelling specialists in India to predict areas of the country that are at most risk of malaria outbreaks, following changes in monsoon rainfall.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 02, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Research reveals when and why students smoke in effort to help them quit

Discovering when and why students smoke might lead to the development of better intervention methods, according to researchers at the University of Missouri. In an article published in the journal Substance Use & Misuse, the researchers showed that partying, drin ...

Health created Nov 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0