Addiction
How AI and a mobile phone app could help you quit smoking
A stop-smoking mobile app that senses where and when you might be triggered to light up could help you quit, according to University of East Anglia research.
Apr 13, 2023
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Health
Training the brain to quit smoking
In many ways, the decline of smoking is one of America's great public health success stories. Before the Surgeon General released a damning report on smoking and health in 1964, more than 40 percent of American adults smoked. ...
Nov 22, 2019
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Can the AI driving ChatGPT help to detect early signs of Alzheimer's disease?
The artificial intelligence algorithms behind the chatbot program ChatGPT—which has drawn attention for its ability to generate humanlike written responses to some of the most creative queries—might one day be able to ...
Dec 22, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Asthma attacks may be cut by half with digital tools
Digital interventions that help people take their asthma medication better, such as "smart" inhalers or text messages, may cut the risk of asthma attacks by half, finds a new review of evidence led by UCL, Queen Mary University ...
Jun 13, 2022
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Medical research
Web-delivered exercise and tailored texts improve knee arthritis therapy
A new online program enhanced by text messages to help people with knee osteoarthritis exercise has been found to improve knee pain, physical function and quality of life, new research reveals.
Apr 13, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Risking your life without a second thought
People who risk their lives to save strangers may do so without deliberation, according to an analysis of statements from more than 50 recognized civilian heroes, conducted by David Rand from Yale University and colleagues ...
Oct 15, 2014
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Neuroscience
What's coming next? Scientists identify how the brain predicts speech
An international collaboration of neuroscientists has shed light on how the brain helps us to predict what is coming next in speech.
Apr 25, 2017
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HIV & AIDS
Mobile phones improve outcomes for HIV-positive people across the globe
The use of mobile technology shows great promise for those who are HIV-positive, especially among those who have limited resources and those in poor areas of the world, according to a new paper published by researchers at ...
Apr 7, 2017
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HIV & AIDS
Text messages help HIV patients stick to antiretroviral drug therapy
Mobile phones could play a valuable role in helping HIV patients to take their medication every day, according to a new Cochrane Systematic Review. The researchers found that patients were less likely to miss doses if they ...
Mar 13, 2012
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Diabetes
Motivational text messages help patients with diabetes
A low-cost text-messaging programme improves blood sugar control in patients with diabetes and coronary heart disease. That's the finding of the CHAT-DM randomised trial reported today at ESC Congress 2019 together with the ...
Aug 31, 2019
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