Alzheimer's disease & dementia
The mobile game that can detect Alzheimer's risk
A specially designed mobile phone game can detect people at risk of Alzheimer's – according to new research from the University of East Anglia.
Apr 24, 2019
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News tagged with phone data
Medications
University of Minnesota tests 'smart' pills to give cancer patients a nudge
Pharmacists at University of Minnesota Health are attaching digital sensors to chemotherapy pills to detect when cancer patients are forgetting or falling behind on tumor-killing medications.
Mar 1, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Contact tracing apps: Which countries are doing what
Several countries fighting the coronavirus outbreak are using—or debating—phone apps that trace a person's movements and who they come into contact with, allowing authorities to keep track of infections and alert people ...
Apr 28, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mobile phone records may predict epidemics of mosquito-borne dengue virus
A new study led by researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health finds that mobile phone records can be used to predict the geographical spread and timing of dengue epidemics. More people around the world are becoming ...
Sep 7, 2015
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Neuroscience
Smartphones can predict brain function associated with anxiety and depression
Information on social activity, screen time and location from smartphones can predict connectivity between regions of the brain that are responsible for emotion, according to a study from Dartmouth College.
Sep 14, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Cellphone data can track infectious diseases
Tracking mobile phone data is often associated with privacy issues, but these vast datasets could be the key to understanding how infectious diseases are spread seasonally, according to a study published in the Proceedings ...
Aug 20, 2015
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Neuroscience
ADHD: Emotional problems may be the missing link
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common mental health disorders in children, affecting 7.2% of people under the age of 18 worldwide. Many of these children will still have ADHD in adolescence ...
Jun 12, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Music combined with auditory beat stimulation may reduce anxiety for some
Treatments integrating music and auditory beat stimulation are effective in reducing state anxiety in some patients, according to a new study published this week in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Adiel Mallik and Frank ...
Mar 9, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
During epidemics, access to GPS data from smartphones can be crucial
A new EPFL and MIT study into the interplay between mobility and the 2013 and 2014 dengue outbreaks in Singapore has uncovered a legal void around access to mobile phone data—information that can prove vital in preventing ...
Nov 15, 2019
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Neuroscience
A child's brain activity reveals their memory ability
A child's unique brain activity reveals how good their memories are, according to research recently published in JNeurosci.
May 25, 2020
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