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New smartphone attachment could enable low-cost neurological screening for all

Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a smartphone attachment that could enable people to screen for a variety of neurological conditions, such as Alzheimer's disease and traumatic brain injury, at low cost - and do so accurately regardless of their skin tone.

25 Oct 2023

AI-assisted smartphone app performs well in skin cancer diagnosis

Artificial intelligence (AI) is already widely used in medical diagnostics. An Austrian-Australian research team led by dermatologist Harald Kittler from MedUni Vienna investigated the extent to which diagnosis and therapy of pigmented skin lesions benefit from it in a realistic clinical scenario.

24 Oct 2023

NIH renews support for UMass Chan and UMass Lowell’s point-of-care technology initiative

UMass Chan Medical School and UMass Lowell have received an $8.9 million award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for renewed support of their initiative to advance the development of home-based and point-of-care health technologies.

19 Oct 2023

Combining voice technology with AI can be a major step forward in diabetes detection

Determining whether a person is diabetic could be as easy as having them speak a few sentences into their smartphone, according to a groundbreaking study from Klick Labs that combines voice technology with artificial intelligence in a major step forward in diabetes detection.

18 Oct 2023

Hybrid closed-loop technology could be game-changing for pregnant women with type 1 diabetes

For pregnant women with type 1 diabetes, a technology giving insulin doses as informed by a smartphone algorithm, helps them better manage their blood sugars, compared to traditional insulin pumps or multiple daily injections, according to a new randomized trial published in The New England Journal of Medicine and presented at the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) meeting.

10 Oct 2023

A telehealth model to support remote diabetes self-care

Researchers develop and test the effectiveness of a Virtual Diabetes Specialty Clinic (VDiSC), a virtual model facilitating comprehensive diabetes care remotely.

6 Oct 2023

New technology helps pregnant women with type 1 diabetes to better manage blood sugar levels

For pregnant women with type 1 diabetes, a technology giving insulin doses, as informed by a smartphone algorithm, helps them better manage their blood sugars compared with traditional insulin pumps or multiple daily injections, according to a new randomized trial published in The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) and presented at the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) meeting in Hamburg (2-6 October).

5 Oct 2023

Automated insulin delivery could be a game-changer for pregnant women with type 1 diabetes

Automated insulin delivery should be rolled out to pregnant women with type 1 diabetes - according to researchers at the University of East Anglia.

5 Oct 2023

New device simulates human diseases in multiple organs

Imagine a device smaller than a toddler's shoebox that can simulate any human disease in multiple organs or test new drugs without ever entering - or harming - the body.

4 Oct 2023

Surrey researchers develop new rapid electronic diagnostic test for infectious diseases

A new molecular test for bacteria and viruses, including SARS-CoV-2 has been developed by scientists at the University of Surrey, as they warn that the world needs to be prepared for the next pandemic.

27 Sep 2023

Cough analysis as a tool to predict severe pneumonia in COVID-19 patients

While most individuals impacted by COVID-19 experience milder symptoms and recover within a few weeks, the global pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus continues to pose a significant health challenge.

21 Sep 2023

Oto and Lindus Health launch a remote trial to increase patient access to tinnitus therapy

Digital health company Oto and clinical trial start-up Lindus Health today announced the launch of a fully remote, digital trial to increase patient access to life-changing tinnitus therapy.

15 Sep 2023

Tailored online interventions to promote seasonal influenza vaccination

The efficacy of tailored online interventions in improving seasonal influenza vaccination (SIV) uptake among older adults.

13 Sep 2023

Researchers develop first electronic device for continuously monitoring health of transplanted organs

Northwestern University researchers have developed the first electronic device for continuously monitoring the health of transplanted organs in real time.

8 Sep 2023

New study to determine if intermittent fasting or weight loss can slow aging

Studies have shown that intermittent fasting can help people lose weight and may be easier to follow than counting calories to lose weight, such as traditional calorie restriction.

7 Sep 2023

IKIDS study receives new funding to explore how environmental exposures influence child health

Seven years after an initial $17.9 million award from the National Institutes of Health, the Illinois Kids Development Study at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign will receive approximately $13.7 million – awarded in two phases – to continue its work for another seven years.

5 Sep 2023

Digital tech could unlock warning signs for imminent sudden cardiac arrest

A new study in Lancet Digital Health identifies early warning symptoms like chest pain and dyspnea that are moderately associated with imminent sudden cardiac arrest. The research suggests that future digital technologies could combine these symptoms with biometric data to more precisely predict and potentially prevent these life-threatening events.

3 Sep 2023

Can a validated deep learning model facilitate the diagnosis and management of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis?

Researchers evaluated the ability of a smartphone application based on a deep learning model to identify adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.

30 Aug 2023

Smartphone-based imaging reveals a breakthrough in identifying infected wounds

A recent study in "Frontiers in Medicine" evaluates the use of hyperspectral imaging (HSI) through a smartphone-based device to differentiate between infected and non-infected wounds. The study found that this portable approach offered 74% accuracy in wound assessment, including 100% sensitivity and 91% specificity in detecting infected wounds.

28 Aug 2023

MRI-guided ablation improves outcomes for younger AFib patients, study shows

Younger atrial fibrillation (AFib) patients are most likely to benefit from more personalized, MRI-guided ablation treatments to correct irregular heart rhythms, according to a new artificial intelligence-guided analysis of results from the DECAAF II trial, one of the largest global studies of treatments for heart arrhythmias.

25 Aug 2023