Coupling a smart phone app with a real-life health coach appears to be key to helping patients adhere to pre-surgical preparation and post-surgical recovery guidance and improving surgical outcomes, according to new findings ...
Apr 4, 2024
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A new paper in Oxford Open Digital Health indicates that it may be possible to use mobile game apps to induce young women to make active decision choices to improve their health and welfare.
Jan 11, 2023
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Teenage refugees in Uganda who engaged in "sexting"—the practice of sending and receiving sexually explicit digital images and messages—were more likely to report that they used condoms, two recent studies found.
Nov 3, 2022
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In the age of smartphones and social media, the number of adolescents and young adults in Norway with depression and anxiety has doubled. Researchers believe politicians and technology giants need to take more responsibility.
Jun 30, 2022
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Technology has increasingly blurred the boundaries between the physical and digital worlds. This has led to dramatic shifts in daily life and changed the way children and adolescents live, socialize, move around and learn.
Jun 16, 2022
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Few physiotherapists provided rehabilitation services remotely to older adults or patients with neurological diseases during the pandemic, according to a new study from Karolinska Institutet published in BMC Health Services ...
May 10, 2022
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As women age, their risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) exceeds men's largely because of decreased levels of estrogen that regulate vascular function. As a result, much research is focused on various risk factors. A new ...
Nov 3, 2021
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Text messaging, mobile apps, and other digital technologies are being used in innovative ways to support nonspecialist health workers in increasing access to mental health care in low- and middle-income countries (LIMCs), ...
Apr 9, 2019
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Adults frequently report that they enjoy the outdoors, including recreational sports, walking in nature, and spending time outside with loved ones. But surveys from the National Recreation and Park Association indicate that ...
Jul 27, 2015
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IBM announced Monday it would offer its analytics platform and other technology for use in African countries affected by the Ebola outbreak.
Oct 27, 2014
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