Health
Are health care apps in your future?
Are you managing a chronic health problem, be it obesity or diabetes or heart disease or asthma?
Mar 4, 2022
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Arthritis & Rheumatism
Ankylosing spondylitis: Machine learning could pave the way for early diagnosis of inflammatory arthritis
Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is the second most common type of inflammatory arthritis, often affecting teenagers and young adults. Symptoms of AS can include back pain, stiffness, joint inflammation (arthritis), inflammation ...
May 30, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Researchers develop novel technology to screen voice recordings for depression
A group of researchers led by Elke Rundensteiner has developed a highly effective technology that screens voice recordings for signs that a speaker is depressed, an important advance that could alert physicians and other ...
Apr 26, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Coronavirus: why testing and contact tracing isn't a simple solution
Since mid-March, the World Health Organization has urged countries to scale up the testing, isolation and contact tracing of COVID-19 patients in order to combat the pandemic. The reason for this advice is that if you can ...
May 1, 2020
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Parkinson's & Movement disorders
Digital health platforms can improve the quality of life for people with Parkinson's disease, their caregivers
There is a need to better deliver information on medical nutrition therapy for patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). Findings of a new study in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior show digital health serves ...
Aug 8, 2023
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Health
Telemedicine is here: Experts offer tips for seniors
(HealthDay)—Virtual medical visits have been invaluable for many during the COVID-19 pandemic, but older adults may still need help managing them—especially if they are hard of hearing.
Aug 11, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Not easy being green: China's 'health codes' define Covid-era life
Days after buying over-the-counter medicine from a pharmacy in Beijing, university student Yu was stunned to find her prized green health code—the essential rating needed to enter the city's shops, offices and public transport—was ...
Jan 28, 2022
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Neuroscience
New technologies for the brain require ethical approaches to innovation
Brain technologies are all the rage these days. Entrepreneurs are selling wearable devices in the open marketplace with claims of benefits to memory, attention and concentration. Neurosurgeons and psychiatrists are exploring ...
Jun 27, 2019
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Health
Patients find video primary care visits convenient
(HealthDay)—Primary care video visits are convenient and may improve the patient-provider relationship, according to a research letter published online April 30 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
Apr 30, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Is lockdown worth the pain? No, it's a sledgehammer, and we have better options
Melbourne's lockdown has been described as one of the harshest in the world. And jurisdictions outside Australia have taken other measures to limit the spread of COVID-19 once case numbers have eased.
Sep 17, 2020
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