Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

A tech intervention to tame tuberculosis

For tuberculosis patients, complying with a full course of treatment can be daunting and difficult. But a new experiment conducted by MIT researchers in Kenya, in collaboration with the digital health company Keheala, shows ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Improving health communication to save lives during epidemics

During epidemics of Ebola, COVID-19, Zika and other public health emergencies, effective communication of public health messages is crucial to control the spread of disease, maintain public trust, and encourage compliance ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology

Telehealth could 'break barriers' to antenatal care

Telemedicine should be used to increase access to routine care delivered to expectant mothers from the time they conceive to the onset of labor in resource-limited settings, a Ghana-based study suggests.

Pediatrics

Parental connection, not restriction, discourages teen sexting

(Medical Xpress)—Parents who wish to shield their children from exchanging sexually explicit images and texts on cell phones should make sure they, themselves, stay connected to their kids through mobile communication, ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Post- and long-COVID syndrome: How digital interventions can help

Psychological and physical exercises digitally instructed can improve the health of post- and long-COVID patients. These findings were confirmed in a current meta-analysis by a team led by Sonia Lippke, professor of health ...

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