Although many pandemics have occurred throughout human history, digital technology enables the development of new tools for dealing with these events. But now, researchers from Japan have found that some of these systems ...
May 6, 2022
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South Africa's national health department recently invited public comment on regulations for warning labels on food packaging. The regulations specify how pre-packaged food should be labeled. Broadly speaking, "front-of-pack" ...
Jul 20, 2023
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Osteoarthritis treatment conducted digitally via an app costs around 25% of what conventional care costs, according to a study from Lund University in Sweden published in the research journal PLOS ONE. The researchers have ...
Aug 17, 2020
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A recent study in JMIR Diabetes reported that patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) that have elevated levels of blood glucose and glycated hemoglobin are at higher risk of macro- and microvascular complications.
Feb 8, 2023
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A "nightmarish" vision of a future in which technology makes physical education more boring, judgmental and narrow is driving a new study by a University of Queensland academic.
May 25, 2015
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The sanctity of the doctor-patient relationship is the cornerstone of the health care profession. This protected space is steeped in tradition—the Hippocratic oath, medical ethics, professional codes of conduct and legislation. ...
Feb 22, 2023
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Health systems struggling to cope with the pandemic and budget and staff shortages have an opportunity to make service and operating improvements with health informatics and digital health applications.
Dec 27, 2022
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Up to 8.4 billion people could be at risk of dengue and malaria at the end of the century if emissions keep rising at current levels. But even in a best-case scenario in which we reduce emissions billions could still be affected.
Nov 11, 2022
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Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida vowed Tuesday to speed up coronavirus vaccine booster shots, secure imported supplies of drugs to treat COVID-19 and reorganize medical facilities to respond to the fast-spreading omicron ...
Jan 4, 2022
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There are growing calls for young people under the age of 16 to be banned from having smartphones or access to social media. The Smartphone Free Childhood WhatsApp group aims to normalize young people not having smartphones ...
Feb 24, 2024
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