Health

Smart pill bottle gets second patent

AdhereTech and The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) have been awarded a second U.S. patent for the smart pill bottle that was invented at the university and is being commercialized by the company.

Medical economics

Why life insurance companies want your Fitbit data

I recently predicted that health data from electronic sources could soon be compiled into a health or wellness report and shared with insurance companies to help them determine who they'll cover.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

COVID-19: Economist helps build 'contact tracing' app for Peru

Kristian López Vargas couldn't stand by as the coronavirus threatened his home country of Peru. Instead, he approached the Peruvian government about developing an app to improve "contact tracing" to protect people from COVID-19. ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

No 'smoking gun' mental health harm from internet: Study

Links between internet adoption and psychological well-being are small at most, despite popular assumptions about the negative psychological effects of internet technologies and platforms, according to a major international ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

DNA may hold the key to protecting populations from COVID-19

Scientists from The University of Western Australia's Faculty of Science are part of a global team that is developing a new DNA test for COVID-19, which can provide faster and more detailed results than other tests.

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