Health
What does your smartphone say when you tell it you were raped?
What does a smartphone say when you tell it you were raped, want to commit suicide, feel depressed or are being abused?
Mar 14, 2016
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News tagged with web
Health
Web app to lower blood pressure by promoting a healthy lifestyle
Designed by doctors and psychologists from Valencian universities, the interactive web application has so far been tested on 100 overweight or obese patients.
Feb 29, 2016
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Surgery
Patients benefit from one-on-one education prior to joint replacement surgery
A study at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) finds that patients benefit from a one-on-one education session provided by a physical therapist and access to a custom web portal prior to knee or hip replacement surgery. The ...
Feb 21, 2016
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Neuroscience
Memory capacity of brain is 10 times more than previously thought
Salk researchers and collaborators have achieved critical insight into the size of neural connections, putting the memory capacity of the brain far higher than common estimates. The new work also answers a longstanding question ...
Jan 20, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Access to the Internet makes us less willing to say we know things
People are less willing to rely on their knowledge and say they know something when they have access to the Internet, suggesting that our connection to the web is affecting how we think.
Dec 8, 2015
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Pediatrics
Internet misfires as source of accurate information on storing firearms
The vast majority of Internet pages visited by people searching for firearms storage guidance prove to be duds when it comes to giving accurate and complete information on how to keep children safe around guns.
Oct 23, 2015
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Health
Breast milk shared to help babies via online and offline communities
Sharing breast milk to feed babies is a practice dating back millennia, and the Internet has facilitated the process creating some surprising exchanges.
Jun 10, 2015
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Medical research
Researchers grow cardiac tissue on 'spider silk' substrate
Genetically engineered fibers of the protein spidroin, which is the construction material for spider webs, has proven to be a perfect substrate for cultivating heart tissue cells, MIPT researchers found. They discuss their ...
Apr 13, 2015
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Health
Online health information—keep it simple
Australian health websites are too difficult for many people to read.
Mar 9, 2015
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HIV & AIDS
Web app prompts important sexual health testing
A personalized web app designed to encourage young men at risk for sexually transmitted diseases to go for testing has proven successful in a small trial conducted in Southeast Michigan.
Feb 24, 2015
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