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Published in JAMA Pediatrics, the investigation found that children using the new system showed significant improvements in socialization skills.
A retrospective analysis included data from more than 5,000 askmyGP users, and suggests that these tools are not one size fits all.
The new platform will help women book appointments, talk to counselors online and message doctors.
Roughly half of the market will be within the US alone, although China and India are also poised for growth.
In the study, which was conducted at the University of Chicago, patients in the intervention group were monitored with EarlySense's sleep monitor instead of being woken up for nightly vital checks.
Researchers found that 64 percent of mental health apps claimed efficacy, although only 14 percent included any evidence.
Researchers noted transmissions of specific sensitive data, such as a user’s drug list, that could de-identify the user and be repurposed for commercial uses.
The free game evokes inflamed organs, tar-filled pits and other jarring imagery to drive home its metaphor for smoking's side effects.
Partner AliveCor also got a mysterious new FDA clearance.
In a small study published in PLOS ONE, 80 percent of participants using a surrogate robot achieved clinically meaningful improvement on a modified version of the Action Research Arm Test.