Researchers tested an app to help low income people make better food purchasing decisions and reduce obesity.
Author: Perry Payne, MD/JD/MPP
Online intervention for type II diabetes could help reduce hemoglobin A1c and weight
A recent study tested an online intervention for diabetes in a small randomized controlled trial with encouraging results.
Medical app to help prevent suicide tested by researchers with encouraging results
Australian researchers tested a suicide prevention app for young, indigenous Australians with mixed results.
Systematic Review looks at web-based tools for depression and other chronic diseases
This study examines the utility of web based interventions for patients suffering from chronic illnesses with depression.
Study explores using an app based screening tool for oral cancer in low resource settings
Researchers from three institutions set out to improve oral cancer outcomes with the help of a medical app.




