Overweight & Obesity

Those with an eating disorder may benefit from eHealth

Eating disorders develop gradually and it often takes a long time for people with an eating disorder to seek help and receive treatment. This "treatment gap" can be reduced with eHealth, Ph.D. candidate Pieter Rohrbach has ...

Neuroscience

Obama proposes $100M for brain mapping project (Update 4)

President Barack Obama on Tuesday proposed an effort to map the brain's activity in unprecedented detail, as a step toward finding better ways to treat such conditions as Alzheimer's, autism, stroke and traumatic brain injuries.

Health

For Obama, a frustrating health care rollout (Update)

President Barack Obama is expected Monday to address the problem-plagued rollout of his signature health care legislation, which has suffered an embarrassing start with a cascade of computer problems plaguing online sign-ups ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology

Study uncovers pregnant women's fears during the COVID-19 pandemic

In a survey-based study published in Nursing Open, fear was present in 95.2% of pregnant women during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Fears of possibly transmitting an infection to the fetus, of experiencing loneliness ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

New algorithm developed that helps curb COVID-19 infection

One of the most effective measures for containing the transmission of a virus is to identify who an infected person has been in contact and/or crossed paths with, mainly during incubation periods. Aiming to reduce the likelihood ...

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