As more elderly and disabled individuals aim to live independently, monitoring apps designed for frail adults have become increasingly popular. These apps can also help family and caregivers distinguish between short-term problems and long-term declines. Falls, in particular, can be costly. The UK’s NHS estimates that unaddressed fall hazards in the home cost around £435 million per...Read More
Technology giant Samsung has launched an open-source project called Samsung Health Stack 1.0 to aid digital health researchers. The tool is designed to allow researchers to build new digital health solutions on the Android and Wear OS operating systems. The stack includes a backend web portal that is intended to make digital health development more manageable, according to a news release from...Read More
The Personalised Care Institute (PCI) has recently launched virtual reality training on shared decision-making (SDM) to help healthcare professionals fill gaps in their knowledge, which they have reported. This training, commissioned by NHS England, aims to explore key micro-skills around shared decision-making, including agenda setting, teach-back, exploring patient preferences, and reaching...Read More
SingHealth, a healthcare provider in Singapore, is exploring the use of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) as a potential solution for managing and exchanging health data in a secure and privacy-preserving manner.
NFTs, which are unique digital data units stored on the blockchain, offer features of uniqueness, transparency, and interoperability. Health data can be minted, exchanged and...Read More
A recent study published in The Journal of Nutrition has revealed that inflammation in lactating mothers who have obesity may interfere with the transfer of circulating fatty acids to the mammary gland, resulting in low milk production.
Obesity is associated with chronic inflammation and is a risk factor for insufficient milk production. Inflammation-mediated enzymes have been shown to...Read More
A recent study conducted by researchers from UCLA has found sex-specific brain signals that may indicate why men and women develop obesity differently. Published in the journal Brain Communications, the study combined data from multiple modes of MRI imaging with clinical features and personal histories of patients to identify sex-specific mechanisms in the brain associated with obesity. The...Read More
According to a recent study, following a diet rich in leafy green vegetables, whole grains, nuts, and fish could result in fewer signs of Alzheimer’s disease. The study found that older adults who followed the MIND and Mediterranean diets had fewer amyloid plaques and tau tangles in their brains. While researchers are yet to establish a cause-and-effect relationship, the study showed...Read More