With the rising visibility of the LGBTQ+ community this pride month and beyond, it might seem as though this historically underserved and discriminated-against group has overcome most of its obstacles.
From the 2015 Supreme Court ruling that legalized same-sex marriage in the U.S. to last year’s SCOTUS decision that protected employees against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or...
While having a digital companion or tracker can help folks on their weight loss or maintenance journey, dieters may get the best results if they use the technology as part of an intradisciplinary approach to weight loss, according to a recent review published in Current Opinion in Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Obesity.
“Weight management is a complex, multidisciplinary area that must be met with...
A study of a new web-based tool called Learning Moment, which helps medical students track their learning experiences while on rotation, revealed that the most student learning happens in patients’ rooms.
The tool was developed by clinicians at Boston Medical Center (BMC) and BU School of Medicine to help students reflect on their experiences and share their learning with peers.
"We hope that...
Young, low-income, minority women respond favorably to a "virtual patient advocate" that talks to them in plain English in a conversational, non-confrontational manner about birth control and other "preconception planning" issues, preliminary testing of the technology shows. Some even prefer the avatar to an actual physician, according to an article in the American Journal of Health Promotion....
You know how we keep hearing that there just isn't enough clinical evidence yet to justify reimbursement for mobile and wireless technologies such as home monitoring systems? That may be about to change, possibly in an unlikely venue: the venerable, oftentimes stuffy, Journal of the American Medical Association.
The American Medical Association, which publishes JAMA, has a reputation as being a...
