Online calculator predicts long COVID risk
A COVID-19 risk calculator developed by a group of universities in Australia can now also determine a person's risk of developing long COVID.
The obstinate condition, which reportedly affects at least 65 million people worldwide, is commonly characterised by fatigue, brain fog and shortness of breath.
Introduced in 2021, the online calculator can now...
The Apple Women's Health Study found a small and temporary increase in menstrual cycle length associated with COVID-19 vaccination.
The results, published in npj Digital Medicine, included more than 9,600 participants who logged more than 128,000 cycles in tracking apps on their iPhones. Eighty-eight percent were vaccinated.
Fifty-five percent of vaccinated study participants had received the...
A research team led by engineers and neurologists at RMIT University has come up with a mobile app that uses a person's voice to screen for Parkinson's disease and severe COVID-19.
HOW IT WORKS
The app uses AI to analyse the changes in a person's voice in just 10 seconds. The research gathered voice recordings of people with Parkinson's and a control group saying three sounds – A, O, and M,...
Singapore clears VUNO's AI software for fundus analysis
South Korean medical AI firm VUNO has recently obtained a medical device certification from Singapore's Health Sciences Authority for its AI-based fundus analysis software.
The VUNO Med-Fundus AI analyses images of the fundus, which is the back part of the eye, to provide findings necessary for the diagnosis of retinal diseases. It can...
The advantages of telehealth beyond enabling physician/patient relationships to continue virtually are now driving adoption in many aspects of care provision that were critically disrupted by the pandemic – most notably preventive healthcare, remote patient monitoring and chronic disease management.
While clinicians derive great value from the flexibility and efficiencies enabled by these digital...
Demand for mental health services has soared since the COVID-19 pandemic. In the UK alone an estimated 1.6 million people are awaiting treatment, while a further eight million who do not qualify for NHS help are experiencing day-to-day challenges.
Increasingly digital therapeutics (DTx) are being considered as an option to fill the gaps in healthcare provision. They have the potential to be woven...
Good Doctor Technology joins NHSO's COVID-19 outpatient care programme
Good Doctor Technology Thailand has participated in the outpatient care programme of the National Health Security Office for mild and asymptomatic COVID-19 patients.
According to a media release, the health tech company is providing telehealth service to patients with positive antigen test results via the Spring Up mobile...
Smart toilets may play a part in future COVID-19 tracking efforts, according to a new article published in Nature. The authors describe a smart toilet platform, dubbed the Coronavirus: Integrated Diagnostic toilet, which features a bidet-like attachment equipped to test fecal material for COVID-19 that is able to isolate fecal RNA.
Users are able to use a QR code to consent to the stool sampling...
ASX-listed digital health firm ResApp Health has announced that its pilot clinical trial for a smartphone-based COVID-19 screening test has achieved positive results.
The new diagnostic app, which uses machine learning to analyse the sound of a patient's cough, was reported to correctly detect COVID-19 in 92% of participants with the infection during the trial. With a 92% sensitivity, it exceeds...
Intellect offers free mental healthcare access to health workers in Singapore
Mental health startup Intellect has extended free three-month premium access to its mobile app for healthcare workers in Singapore.
CEO and co-founder Theodoric Chew said in a statement that this is their way of giving back to the "healthcare heroes" who have been swamped due to the recent surge of COVID-19 cases. This...
