News tagged with mobile health


Digital divide exists with physician EHR adoption

(HealthDay)—The majority of physicians remain reluctant to adopt health information technology (HIT), according to a report by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu.

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Brazil slum study: Mobile health tech promising

(AP)—A study conducted in a Rio de Janeiro hillside slum says that using mobile health technology to monitor patients in poor urban areas could improve residents' access to health care while also reducing healthcare spending.

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Over 270,000 pedestrians killed each year

More than 270,000 pedestrians are killed on the world's roads each year, the World Health Organisation said Thursday, slamming decades of neglect in favour of vehicle transportation.

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Popular stop-smoking app updated to help more users butt out

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.

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Smart app gives tips for an active lifestyle

Getting enough exercise is a big challenge for a lot of people. The solution: an app that provides personal activity tips at the right times. That concludes Yuzhong Lin in her doctoral research at Eindhoven ...

Health created Mar 29, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New handheld mobile device performs laboratory-quality HIV testing

New research appearing online today in Clinical Chemistry, the journal of AACC, shows that a handheld mobile device can check patients' HIV status with just a finger prick, and synchronize the results in real time with e ...

HIV & AIDS created Jan 21, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Twitter can help people lose weight

(Medical Xpress)—Using Twitter can help you achieve a healthy weight. A study by researchers at the University of South Carolina's Arnold School of Public Health has found that using Twitter, the popular information network ...

Health created Jan 14, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Assessing the effects of cell phone radiation on brain tissue

Researchers have found a novel, non-invasive technique for measuring brain hot spots caused by electromagnetic radiation from mobile phones, according to a study published today.

Medical research created Dec 17, 2012 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (10) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

Study of text messaging service shows participants prepared for motherhood

Following last week's mHealth Summit, the largest event of its kind where leaders focus on how wireless technology can improve health outcomes, text4baby announced results from the first randomized evaluation of its service. ...

Health created Dec 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Smartphone apps for health and fitness an exploding craze

When Jon Mead, a devoted cyclist, visits a new city, he goes right to his smartphone app Strava to find the best bike routes. In Sacramento, Calif., where he works at a Fleet Feet running-gear shop, the 24-year-old uses MapmyRide ...

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

Industry now using smartphone apps, which kids can easily download, to promote tobacco

The tobacco industry is now using smarphone apps - a medium that has global reach, including to children - to promote its products, warn researchers in Tobacco Control.

Addiction created Oct 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Cambodians fight malaria with the push of a button

Cambodian villagers armed with a little medical know-how—and their mobile telephones—are the nation's new foot soldiers in the fight against drug-resistant malaria.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Sep 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mobile phones and wireless networks: No evidence of health risk found in EU study

There is no scientific evidence that low-level electromagnetic field exposure from mobile phones and other transmitting devices causes adverse health effects, according to a report presented by a Norwegian /Swedish Expert ...

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Cellphones AIDS tests studied in S.Africa, S.Korea

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.

HIV & AIDS created Aug 31, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Mobile phones help bolster Uganda's fight against HIV

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.

HIV & AIDS created Jul 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0