(HealthDay)—Geographic information systems mapping can visualize geographic access barriers to eye care among patients with diabetes, while telescreening can increase the rate of diabetes retinopathy evaluation, according ...
May 25, 2017
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The computer gathers relevant disease information from 200 documents in just a few seconds. Doctors have no chance at matching its tempo.
Feb 27, 2017
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With a growing aging population in South Florida, a University of Miami geographer who specializes in public health teamed up with geriatricians and other geographers to conduct the first age-adjusted analysis of socially ...
Aug 9, 2016
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Imagine a fourth-year work placement with global impact. At BlueDot, students and alumni from Ryerson's Department of Geography are helping to spearhead the next generation of infectious disease research.
Mar 16, 2016
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When it comes to making healthier food purchases in our nation's grocery stores, the simpler the nutritional packaging is, the better. In fact, if one only has to look at a single number - a score that represents the nutritional ...
Feb 2, 2016
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As inquisitive beings, we are constantly questioning and quantifying the speed of various things. With a fair degree of accuracy, scientists have quantified the speed of light, the speed of sound, the speed at which the earth ...
Jun 26, 2015
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The Philippines is testing an app that will speed up delivery of health services to hundreds of remote island communities, the science department said Thursday.
Jun 18, 2015
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Readmission of patients with chronic diseases is a growing problem, costing the U.S. health care system about $25 billion each year. Researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas developed a predictive analytics model ...
May 14, 2015
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Health information exchange enables clinicians to have secure access to a patient's medical record including details on care received at other locations. But an important piece of information is typically missing from the ...
Apr 7, 2015
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Unvalidated health information received from online forums could be placing people at risk according to recently published research from the University of Melbourne.
Dec 12, 2014
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