Patterns of mHealth Engagement and Identification of Facilitators and Barriers to Mobile Health Applications for People Who Use Opioids
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2025 Sep 6;22(9):1396. doi: 10.3390/ijerph22091396. ABSTRACT Mobile health (mHealth) applications represent low-cost, scalable interventions with broad reach and are valuable for people who use opioids (PWUO), a population that often experiences low retention in traditional research studies. This study examines engagement patterns with the OASIS app, an mHealth app […]
Impact of Digital School-Based Personalized High-Intensity Interval Training on Cardiorespiratory Fitness in French Adolescents: The METs-Up Programme
Scand J Med Sci Sports. 2025 Oct;35(10):e70141. doi: 10.1111/sms.70141. ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to examine the impact of a short school-based personalized interval training program (METs-Up) using a smartphone application on cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) in French adolescents. Secondary objective was to assess the effects of the program on body mass index (BMI). […]
Injectable Lenacapavir: A New Era in HIV Prevention (U.S. 2025)
In 2023, approximately 39,000 people in the United States were diagnosed with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Despite the high efficacy of HIV preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP), barriers to implementation remain, including acceptance, adherence, and persistence with the existing options, such as daily oral tenofovir-based regimens and injectable cabotegravir administered every two months. Approximately 50% of individuals […]
Testing the Acceptability and Feasibility of a Gender-Informed Smoking Cessation mHealth App for Women: Mixed Methods Approach
JMIR Hum Factors. 2025 Sep 25;12:e71683. doi: 10.2196/71683. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Cigarette smoking is a leading cause of preventable morbidity and mortality worldwide. Women who smoke face greater health risks than men, including higher rates of cardiovascular disease and more pronounced declines in lung function. Despite this, women experience lower success rates with conventional smoking cessation […]
Implementation of a marketing plan for the dissemination of the WHO SkinNTDs app in Cameroon
PLoS One. 2025 Sep 25;20(9):e0333295. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0333295. eCollection 2025. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Skin-related neglected tropical diseases (sNTDs) remain a significant public health challenge in Cameroon, where limited resources, training, and infrastructure hinder early diagnosis and management. The World Health Organization (WHO) has developed the SkinNTDs app version 3.0 as a digital solution to assist frontline healthcare […]
The effect of bladder training with mobile application on quality of life and sexual satisfaction in women with overactive bladder: randomized controlled study
World J Urol. 2025 Sep 25;43(1):573. doi: 10.1007/s00345-025-05917-6. ABSTRACT PURPOSE: Overactive bladder (OAB) symptoms negatively affect women’s quality of life and sexual satisfaction. Although mobile health tools are increasingly used for symptom management, evidence regarding their effectiveness on OAB-related outcomes remains limited. This study aimed to evaluate the impact of a mobile application-based bladder training […]
Piloting Digital Navigators to Promote Acceptance and Engagement With Digital Mental Health Apps in German Outpatient Care: Protocol for a Multicenter, Single-Group, Observational, Mixed Methods Interventional Study (DigiNavi)
JMIR Res Protoc. 2025 Sep 25;14:e67655. doi: 10.2196/67655. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: In Germany, patients often have to wait several months for psychotherapeutic treatment. Digital therapeutics (DTx) offer a promising approach for timely mental health support, but their use remains limited. Digital navigators (DNs) are specially trained medical assistants who support other health care professionals (HCPs) in […]
High-Precision Lymphoma Diagnosis: The Role of EBUS-Guided Mediastinal Cryobiopsy
Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) is widely used for staging and diagnosing non-small cell lung cancer due to its safety and accuracy. But it has important limitations, including inadequate tissue sampling, reduced utility in lymphoproliferative and granulomatous disorders, and low accuracy in lymphoma subtyping. Surgical biopsy, especially mediastinoscopy, remains the gold standard for suspected […]
Kangaroo Care Shown to Influence Preterm Infant Brain Development
A recent study examined the effects of skin-to-skin care on preterm infants. This nurturing practice, known as kangaroo care, has been linked to significant changes in brain development. Research published in the journal Neurology focused on the infants born at the edge of viability before 23 weeks’ gestation. The study found that those who survived […]
Innovative Wrist Cooling Device Offers Relief for Menopausal and Cancer-Related Hot Flashes
Vasomotor symptoms (VMS), also known as hot flashes, are sudden sensations of warmth often accompanied by sweating and flushing. They affect nearly 80% of the postmenopausal women and many men undergoing hormone deprivation therapy. These symptoms are linked to hypothalamic Kisspeptin/Neurokinin B/B/Dynorphin (KNDy) neurons and neurokinin signaling, impairing sleep, quality of life, cognition, and sometimes […]
