Psychology & Psychiatry
Smartphones are bad for some teens, not all
Is the next generation better or worse off because of smartphones? The answer is complex and research shows it largely depends on their lives offline.
Feb 21, 2018
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News tagged with online tools
Overweight & Obesity
Study reveals strong early weight loss leads to longer-term success
New analysis by CSIRO, Australia's national science agency, has revealed that a stronger start in the first three weeks of a diet is linked to greater weight loss success in the longer-term.
Sep 8, 2020
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Medical research
New high-tech portal launched to speed hearing loss innovations
Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) launched a new online tool that could more quickly advance medical discoveries to reverse progressive hearing loss. The tool enables easy access to genetic ...
Jul 20, 2021
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Diabetes
A machine-learning approach to managing diabetes and cardiovascular risk
A novel online tool called INSIGHT offers a machine learning-based approach when prescribing sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors to maximize the benefit for patients with Type 2 diabetes.
Feb 10, 2022
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Health
Global competition shows technology aids weight loss
A friendly international competition to encourage exercise using pedometers and online tools was successful in helping people lose weight and improve their fitness over the course of three months, researchers said Sunday.
Apr 3, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Facebook status: Sickâhow people use the internet to cope with illness
When a person is diagnosed with a serious illness, he or she may seek support from a variety of sources: friends, family, support groups, medical and mental health professionals. Today's toolkit for coping with disease also ...
Oct 4, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
US bots flagged Ebola before outbreak announced (Update)
The Ebola outbreak in West Africa is focusing a spotlight on an online tool run by experts in Boston that flagged a "mystery hemorrhagic fever" in forested areas of southeastern Guinea nine days before the World Health Organization ...
Aug 9, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New online COVID-19 model reveals how modifying social-distancing measures will affect states
A new online tool, COVID-19 Simulator, developed by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Georgia Tech can help policy makers see how lifting or extending different social-distancing measures at various ...
Apr 27, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Researchers and charity launch online tool to help people deal with 'visible differences'
A life-changing program to help adults with visible differences such as scars and burns is being made publicly available for the first time.
Oct 6, 2020
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Cardiology
Most Americans' hearts are older than their actual years
Three out of four Americans' hearts are older than their chronological age, raising the risk of heart disease, stroke and premature death, officials said Tuesday.
Sep 1, 2015
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