The mobile health applications quickly taking hold are the ones that provide needed services, and make doctors and patients more efficient.
Archive | September, 2012
Social Voting Tools Come To Cureus
You don’t have to become a Dr. Mehmet Oz or Dr. Drew Pinsky type of promoter, but it’s in the interest of every medical student and physician to learn how to do some basic self-promotion.
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Cureus Gooses Poster Competition With iPhone 5
Varian Medical Systems raises the stakes for the winner of our Fall 2012 Poster Competition with some fresh incentives.
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Interview with Andreas Gomoll, MD
Curēus sat down for an interview with editorial board member Andreas Gomoll, MD. He is board-certified in Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine. He is also an Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Harvard Medical School.
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Study Shows Sexting Linked To Unsafe Sex Among Teens
What we really wanted to know is, is there a link between sexting and taking risks with your body? And the answer is a pretty resounding yes.
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SpiroSmart App Monitors Lung Health Using Only An iPhone
Lead researcher Shwetak Patel, decided to forego the use of attachments in favor of relying only on the iPhone’s built-in microphone for spirometry sensing.
Interview – Reflections on Medical Training
I had the chance to chat with Mark Yarchoan, MD one of the key people behind launching the Curēus International Poster Competition.
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Supersized Americans Shape Future of Medical Imaging
Today over 28% of Americans are considered obese which presents a challenge to manufacturers of imaging equipment. And if the study from the World Health Organization is correct, over half of Americans will be obese by 2030.
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“Fierce Conversation” the truths of open discourse
It is time for a change…to evolve from the anachronistic traditions of bias and prejudice and political strongholds reigning over our scientific ideas.
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Doctors in Sweden perform first mother-to-daughter uterus transplants
Doctors at the University of Goteborg have performed the world’s first mother-to-daughter uterus transplants. The operations were the first live-donor uterus transplants from mother to child.
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