The interactive app developed by TU Delft, Utrecht University and the University of Amsterdam to help people with chronic insomnia to learn a better sleep rhythm has been shown to work. The use of this virtual coach reduces ...
Nov 25, 2016
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Exposure to smartphone screens is associated with lower sleep quality, according to a study published November 9, 2016 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Matthew Christensen from the University of California, San Francisco, ...
Nov 9, 2016
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A smartphone app, combined with a hand-held wireless single lead heart monitor (ECG), could feasibly be used to test for irregular heart rate, a potentially fatal condition known as atrial fibrillation or AF for short, suggests ...
Oct 13, 2016
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Doug Stine's ribs were still pretty sore Friday, but that didn't stop him from getting out of his hospital bed at Harborview Medical Center and hugging the stranger whose smartphone app saved his life.
Oct 3, 2016
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Smartphones can be used to detect atrial fibrillation with existing hardware, according to research presented at ESC Congress 2016 today. A low-cost application (app) has been developed that uses the phone's own accelerometer ...
Aug 27, 2016
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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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