Digital Health Dr. David Samadi explores the latest technology and innovative products, apps, computers, health systems and more affecting hospitals, healthcare and the doctor-patient relationship. Learn the best health apps, fitness tech tools and nutrition help through technology.
You might have been hoping that it was just a phase society was going through, but it turns out that all those people who snap selfies of themselves on their smartphones are actually happier than you.
Read MoreResearchers from Washington State University have just developed alow-cost, portable laboratory on a smartphone that can analyze several samples at once to catch a cancer biomarker, producing lab quality results.
Read MoreThe internet has made pornography more accessible than ever in the history of mankind. With a few simple clicks anyone can view just about any type of pornography they desire.
Read MoreOur increasing reliance on the internet and the ease of access to the vast resource available online is affecting our thought processes for problem solving, recall and learning.
Read MoreBrutal and often gruesome images of terror strikes in Dallas or Orlando or points further east spool through our newsfeed interspersed among shots of our sister's picnic and our cousins' puppies.
Read MoreIn yet another indication that video games aren't quite the evil time sink a generation of parents were led to believe.
Read MoreScientists have developed a new temporary "electronic tattoo" that can measure the activity of muscle and nerve cells.
Read MoreIn the very short time that Pokémon GO has been available, it has become a gaming and pop culture phenomenon.
Read MoreJust when you thought checking your smartphone while lying in bed at night was perfectly harmless, doctors have issued a warning regarding their use.
Read MoreA research team from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) and Harvard Medical School (HMS) recently developed AI methods aimed at training computers to interpret pathology images.
Read MoreThe tricorder, that marvel of medical sensor technology, has just found its prototype in UCSD's “chem-phys patch.”
Read MoreWe all know that one person who is “good with languages.” Maybe she speaks three or more tongues, and is always taking the time to learn more.
Read MoreOftentimes, medicine's ability to deliver an accurate diagnosis quickly can mean the difference between life and death.
Read MoreBoston and Haifa, Israel-based company Medisafe has just announced a new “smart pill management” system.
Read MoreMedical dramas are a very popular TV genre, which have been around for over 60 years. Typically a medical case is used as the backbone of the episode.
Read MoreCubital tunnel syndrome – or “cellphone elbow” – describes the damage we can do to ourselves because of the (constant) way we are pressing our phones to our ears.
Read MoreWithout context, it is very easy to convince yourself that you have any condition. If you’ve already decided that you have a condition, it’s pretty easy to find a website that will confirm it.
Read MoreAny parent who has been paying attention these past few years knows that unmonitored social media is a ticking time bomb in their children's lives.
Read MoreIn the era of computers excessive use of keyboard and mouse control has led to an increase in particular diseases of the hand.
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