Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

New Zealand trials 'early warning' virus app at border

New Zealand border workers on Thursday began trialling a monitoring app designed to detect coronavirus before the user develops any noticeable symptoms, in what is believed to be a world first.

Medical research

Designing better contact-tracing apps for the next pandemic

As COVID-19 began to spread last spring, apps were developed to track cellphone signals and other data so people who had been near those who were infected could be notified and asked to quarantine. The novel coronavirus rapidly ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

COVID Radar app is a good predictor of increasing infections

The COVID Radar app is citizen science at its best. More than 200,000 users in the Netherlands are answering questions about their health and behavior to help predict the development of the pandemic. Niels Chavannes, Professor ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Smartphone app to change your personality

How quickly can personality traits be modified? An international research team led by the University of Zurich has shown that daily use of a smartphone app can lead to desired personality changes within three months. And ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Recommendations to improve apps for neglected tropical diseases

A study performed by the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) provided eight recommendations for improving the online technology to help with the treatment and diagnosis of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). The analysis, ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Just what the doctor ordered: Mental health and wellness apps

Kaiser Permanente physicians and therapists now have the ability to refer their patients to evidenced-based mental health and wellness apps through the organization's electronic health record system. With a simple referral ...

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