Smartphone app may help identify stroke symptoms as they occur
Research Highlights: A new smartphone application called FAST.AI may recognize common stroke symptoms as they are happening. Preliminary research suggests ...
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Early diagnosis and monitoring of lupus nephritis – on your smartphone
A team of researchers at the University of Houston is reporting the success of their new method for the early ...
Assessment of mental health services available through smartphone apps
About The Study: In this study of 578 mental health apps, findings indicate that the current app marketplaces primarily offered ...
Smartphone alerts may lead to faster response to in-hospital cardiac arrest, “code blue”
DALLAS, Oct. 31, 2022 — Sixty seconds can make or break the outcome of a hospital “code blue” or cardiac ...
Excessive smartphone screen time linked to earlier puberty onset
Exposure to blue light, via regular use of tablets and smartphones, may alter hormone levels and increase the risk of ...
Machine learning model predicts fall risk for lower limb amputees with up to 80% accuracy, with implications for future smartphone apps
In your coverage, please use this URL to provide access to the freely available article in PLOS Digital Health: https://journals.plos.org/digitalhealth/article?id=10.1371/journal.pdig.0000088 ...
Smartphone video motion analysis detected narrowed neck arteries that may lead to stroke
Embargoed until 4 a.m. CT/5 a.m. ET Aug. 17, 2022 DALLAS, Aug. 17, 2022 — Motion analysis of video recorded ...
Stickers and a smartphone for easy nitrite detection on foods
Nitrates and nitrites give processed meats their characteristic pink color and robust flavor. Although many consumers want to limit consumption ...
New smartphone clip-on can detect Zika virus in blood samples
As seen with the COVID-19 pandemic, detection methods that are rapid, simple, accurate, and sensitive are vital for detecting viral ...
Technique based on artificial intelligence detects Chagas disease using images taken with smartphone
When Brazilian immunologist Helder Nakaya visited Evandro Chagas Institute in Belém (the capital of Pará state, Brazil) in 2017, there was a ...
Smartphone app helps locate mosquitoes, eradicate malaria
TAMPA, Fla. (May 10, 2022) – Following his success eradicating a major source of malaria, technology created by a University of ...
‘Eye-catching’ smartphone app could make it easy to screen for neurological disease at home
Researchers at the University of California San Diego have developed a smartphone app that could allow people to screen for ...
Scripps Research develops a smartphone app to calculate genetic risk for heart attack
LA JOLLA, CA— A Scripps Research team developed a smartphone app that can calculate users’ genetic risk for coronary artery ...
How picking up your smartphone could reveal your identity
The time a person spends on different smartphone apps is enough to identify them from a larger group in more ...
Smartphone app can vibrate a single drop of blood to determine how well it clots
Blood clots form naturally as a way to stop bleeding when someone is injured. But blood clots in patients with ...
Smartphone reminders can improve memory for older adults with dementia
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Older adults with dementia or mild cognitive impairment sometimes struggle to remember daily tasks, including managing medications, ...
Smartphone evidence on human rights abuse in the age of deepfakes
A Swansea law expert has been awarded €1.5 million to examine how public perceptions of deepfakes – AI-manipulated images, videos ...
Exploring problematic smartphone use during COVID-19 pandemic
A new survey study has identified links between problematic smartphone use and low sense of control, repetitive thinking, and fear ...
First real-world study shows the potential of gait authentication to enhance smartphone security
Real-world tests have shown that gait authentication could be a viable means of protecting smartphones and other mobiles devices from ...
Black smokers can quit with a smartphone app
Smoking is a major health problem among Black or African American adults, but few tools are tailored to help them ...
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New experimental treatment can stop the growth of schwannoma tumors
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International group of scientists warns nuclear radiation has devastating impacts on ecosystems
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Anu, previously gropod, awarded nearly $1 million competitive grant from the National Science Foundation
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Null results research now published by major behavioral medicine journal
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UK Scientists make major breakthrough in developing practical quantum computers that can solve big challenges of our time
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USC Stem Cell-led studies point the way to broadly effective treatments for ALS