Health

'Geofencing' shows promise in tracking chronic care

Location-tracking apps on smartphones could be used to help track and manage care for thousands of patients who suffer from chronic diseases, and possibly even provide feedback to them on lifestyle changes that could help, ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Are Tinder users tender about their looks?

(HealthDay)—Young adults who use the popular dating app Tinder may have lower self-esteem and be less satisfied with their looks, a new study suggests.

Obstetrics & gynaecology

Researchers launch real-time study of smartphone fertility app use

In what is believed to be the first study of its kind, researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center's Institute for Reproductive Health (IRH) are recruiting as many as 1,200 women to study, in real time, a smartphone ...

Health

Are consumers ready for telemedicine?

Is health care going the way of Uber? Though it may sound far-fetched, seeing a doctor could move in that direction if telemedicine gains more acceptance, according to health technology experts.

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