Would people living with HIV be willing to self-report on daily substance use and antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence using a smartphone app?
Aug 23, 2016
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Dr. Eric Topol will co-lead the effort to enroll and engage 1 million Americans in a study that will deeply explore people's health and regularly provide them with information that they can share with their doctors.
Jul 8, 2016
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You might not want to depend on your smartphone app alone to help you avoid or achieve pregnancy, say the authors of a new study. A review of nearly 100 fertility awareness apps finds that most don't employ evidence-based ...
Jun 30, 2016
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In what is believed to be the first study of its kind, researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center's Institute for Reproductive Health (IRH) are recruiting as many as 1,200 women to study, in real time, a smartphone ...
Jun 26, 2016
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The EU PRECIOUS project is harnessing the power of smartphones to help users better track their fitness and encourage healthier lifestyle options.
Jun 7, 2016
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Overweight and obese people are turning to a multitude of smartphone apps to help them lose weight. But new research presented at the European Obesity Summit (Gothenburg, Sweden, June 1-4) says that only 17 (0.5%) of the ...
Jun 2, 2016
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Older people are less willing to take risks for potential rewards and this may be due to declining levels of dopamine in the brain, finds a new UCL study of over 25,000 people funded by Wellcome.
Jun 2, 2016
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It takes an astounding 17 years, on average, for laboratory breakthroughs to reach patients. A big part of the delay is the time it takes to recruit patients into clinical trials to test new treatments or devices: only 5 ...
Jun 1, 2016
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In a joint project between the Universities of Liverpool and Manchester researchers have examined the initial trial of a smartphone application designed to help people manage their problems.
May 13, 2016
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When was the last time you opened your laptop midconversation or brought your desktop computer to the dinner table? Ridiculous, right? But if you are like a large number of Americans, you have done both with your smartphone.
May 10, 2016
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