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What are the patterns of symptoms and risk factors for Long COVID among SARS-CoV-2 infected individuals?

Researchers explored the indicators of long COVID symptoms.

12 Dec 2022

Physical functions among Japanese children deteriorated after the onset of pandemic, study finds

A team of researchers from Nagoya University in central Japan investigated how restrictions on children's activities during the COVID-19 pandemic affected their life habits and their abilities to perform physical activities.

6 Dec 2022

Study reveals the widespread impact of pandemic on long COVID patients and people with other illnesses

Long COVID patients can experience many of the same lingering negative effects on their physical, mental, and social well-being as those experienced by people who become ill with other, non-COVID illnesses, new research suggests.

1 Dec 2022

Newly developed healthcare app can help reduce body weight

Behavior therapy is a well-known and effective treatment for obesity. But now, researchers from Japan have found that behavior therapy can be successfully implemented using a smartphone healthcare app.

24 Nov 2022

New consortium aims to address the impacts of heat exposure on maternal, newborn and child health

A new consortium involving the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) has launched to address key knowledge gaps around the quantification and monitoring of the direct and indirect impacts of heat exposure on maternal, newborn and child health.

21 Nov 2022

Can a multicultural healthy diet reduce cognitive decline and Alzheimer's disease risk?

Scientists conducted a pilot randomized controlled clinical trial to investigate whether a multicultural healthy diet can reduce cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s disease risk in adults aged 40 – 65.

16 Nov 2022

Study reveals the ability of smartwatch ECG to accurately detect heart failure

A study published in Nature Medicine reports the ability of a smartwatch ECG to accurately detect heart failure in nonclinical environments.

14 Nov 2022

Virginia Tech researcher receives $400,000 NSF grant to develop novel skin scent sampler

Human skin is the body's largest organ. It also protects internal living tissue and other organs, regulates body temperature, and even metabolizes vitamin D.

13 Nov 2022

Smartphones are potential receptacles for allergens, study shows

According to the 2018 U.S. Census, smart phones are present in 85% of American households. They are reportedly viewed 14 million times a day, making them potential receptacles for environmental hazards such as allergens.

10 Nov 2022

New Pathogen Analyzer combines the advantages of PCR and rapid antigen testing

Speed or accuracy? As far as COVID-19 tests go, this was the choice you had to make. In the future, this dilemma could be a thing of the past.

2 Nov 2022

New hearing screening system for newborns uses a smartphone and low-cost earbuds

Newborns across the United States are screened to check for hearing loss. This test is important because it helps families better understand their child's health, but it's often not accessible to children in other countries because the screening device is expensive.

31 Oct 2022

Smartphone code blue notification may accelerate response to in-hospital cardiac arrest

Sixty seconds can make or break the outcome of a hospital "code blue" or cardiac arrest response. New research found a hospital code response team rushing to a patient in cardiac arrest may arrive at least one minute quicker and may also lead to better patient outcomes with the use of a smartphone emergency code notification system that activates the team through text messages.

31 Oct 2022

Smartphone News and Research

What are the patterns of symptoms and risk factors for Long COVID among SARS-CoV-2 infected individuals?

Physical functions among Japanese children deteriorated after the onset of pandemic, study finds

Study reveals the widespread impact of pandemic on long COVID patients and people with other illnesses

Newly developed healthcare app can help reduce body weight

New consortium aims to address the impacts of heat exposure on maternal, newborn and child health

Can a multicultural healthy diet reduce cognitive decline and Alzheimer's disease risk?

Study reveals the ability of smartwatch ECG to accurately detect heart failure

Virginia Tech researcher receives $400,000 NSF grant to develop novel skin scent sampler

Smartphones are potential receptacles for allergens, study shows

New Pathogen Analyzer combines the advantages of PCR and rapid antigen testing

New hearing screening system for newborns uses a smartphone and low-cost earbuds

Smartphone code blue notification may accelerate response to in-hospital cardiac arrest

Seeing or hearing birds linked with an improvement in mental wellbeing

What is the association between video gaming and cognition in children?

Weight loss gadgets: They provide data to help consumers achieve diet goals, but it still won’t be easy

Great Lakes NeuroTechnologies receives UKCA mark for KinesiaU™ motor assessment system

Research project on female schistosomiasis receives record-high funding

Breathable underwater movement sensor could help monitor swimmers' safety

Smartphone App could help advance the early detection of Parkinson's disease and severe COVID-19

Severe sleep apnea diagnosis panics reporter until he finds a simple, no-cost solution

Event guide: 4th Extra-Hepatic Lipid-Based Nanoparticles Delivery Summit eBook

Advancing Neuroscience Research Through Collaboration and Patient-Centered Innovation

The impact of vibration on microscopy

How Omics Technologies Are Transforming Biological Research and Drug Discovery

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