New method to help GPs manage patients with multiple health conditions On 2021-08-12 While people are living longer, many develop multimorbidities—that is, multiple health conditions that no single set of guidelines will cover. […]
During epidemics, access to GPS data from smartphones can be crucial On 2019-11-15 A new EPFL and MIT study into the interplay between mobility and the 2013 and 2014 dengue outbreaks in Singapore […]
GPs stopped giving alcohol advice to patients when they stopped being paid to do so On 2019-10-10 When the Department of Health (England) introduced financial incentives to encourage general practitioners (GPs) to talk to patients about their […]
City planners tap into wealth of cycling data from Strava tracking app On 2018-10-02 Sheila Lyons recalls the way Oregon used to collect data on how many people rode bikes. “It was very haphazard, […]
Can apps and GPS watches really make you run faster? On 2018-10-02 Pounding the towpath on my lunchtime runs, in my head I was still clocking six-minute miles like those I ran […]
‘High-performing’ cyberdoc puts British GPs on defensive On 2018-06-29 A medical chatbot said to perform as well as or even better than human doctors has sparked a war of […]