By Lis Ribu et al. The world population has become vulnerable to lifestyle diseases such as Type 2 diabetes. Although new and more efficacious diabetes medications and improved medication delivery…read more →
By Allison Ines Eating disorders (EDs) have been proven to affect the global population of women while discussions of these disorders remain taboo in most countries. Despite being one of…read more →
By Luzia Valentini Cardiovascular diseases, such as stroke and myocardial infarct, are the main cause of death in the Western World. In Europe they account for 42% of all deaths…read more →
By Hayoung Park, YuCheong Chon & Kun-Ho Yoon Telemedicine is the conversion technology which is expected to improve quality of care while improving the efficiency of the delivery of care,…read more →
By Emily Butcher The FDA’s advisory committee has a recent history of exercising unusually high safety standards for new pharmaceuticals aimed at treating obesity, but that didn’t prevent the shock…read more →
By Ali Hakan Işik & İnan Güler Chronic diseases are long lasting or repetitively occurring diseases that are the leading cause of mortality and disability throughout the world. For instance,…read more →
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By Alberto Lazzero & Maria Romano As recently reported by the World Health Organization’s World Health Statistics 2011 that analyzed the health status of 193 countries by measuring over 100…read more →
By Giuseppe Riva The recent convergence between technology and medicine is offering new methods and tools for behavioral healthcare. Between them, an emerging trend is the use of Virtual Reality…read more →
By Maged N. Kamel Boulos Smartphones are increasingly being used as handheld computers rather than mere phones due to their powerful onboard computing capability, capacious memories, large color screens, and…read more →