Impact of Maternal Eating Disorders on Pediatric Respiratory Health in Europe
Maternal mental health conditions are becoming recognised as a major determinant of childhood respiratory health. Earlier research suggested that there is a link between maternal depression, stress, and anxiety and an increased risk of childhood wheezing, asthma, and impaired lung function. The potential impact of maternal eating disorders (EDs) like anorexia nervosa (AN), bulimia nervosa […]
New Study Finds Everyday Activities Linked to Sudden Back Pain, but Not Long-Term Harm
Low back pain (LBP) is a very common health problem and causes disability and lost productivity. It often comes and goes with sudden flares. Physical activity can both worsen and improve LBP. People often feel that bending or lifting triggers pain. However, long-term studies have reported that physical exercise helps in the treatment and prevention […]
The Sleep-Longevity Gap: County-Level Evidence from Across the United States, 2019–2025
Globally, inadequate sleep is widespread in daily life, where its effect on life expectancy at the county level in the United States has not been clearly defined. Our analysis shows that even after accounting for common behavioral factors linked to mortality, insufficient sleep remains strongly associated with reduced life expectancy across U.S. counties. These findings […]
Sensitive periods of child development: a study on the construction and validation of the BASENP mobile application
Rev Bras Enferm. 2025 Dec 8;78(suppl 4):e20240475. doi: 10.1590/0034-7167-2024-0475. eCollection 2025. ABSTRACT OBJECTIVES: to describe the construction and validation of a mobile application on sensitive periods of child development. METHODS: methodological research focused on the technological development and validation of software, in the form of a mobile application, conducted from March to October 2023 in […]
Awareness, Perceptions, Willingness, and Feasibility of mHealth Apps Among People Living With Epilepsy: Cross-Sectional Questionnaire Study
JMIR Form Res. 2025 Dec 10;9:e80283. doi: 10.2196/80283. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: The rapid expansion of mobile health (mHealth) apps has transformed health care delivery worldwide. Despite their potential to improve epilepsy care, a substantial treatment gap remains, especially in low- and middle-income countries, due to limited resources, stigma, and low adoption of digital technologies. Although mHealth […]
Mobile applications offering non-pharmacological therapies aimed at improving the quality of life of cancer patients: a scoping review
Rev Bras Enferm. 2025 Dec 8;78(suppl 4):e20240510. doi: 10.1590/0034-7167-2024-0510. eCollection 2025. ABSTRACT OBJECTIVES: to map studies on mobile applications that offer non-pharmacological therapies aimed at improving the health-related quality of life of cancer patients. METHODS: a scoping review was conducted based on the methodological framework of the JBI and the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic […]
Everyday Digital Support to Promote Health and Literacy Among Older Adults: 14-Week Randomized Digital Pilot Trial by Engagement Level
JMIR Form Res. 2025 Dec 10;9:e77319. doi: 10.2196/77319. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: While digital health solutions are becoming increasingly sophisticated, simple forms of everyday digital support may offer underexplored opportunities to promote health among older adults. However, evidence remains scarce on whether such teleassistance-based approaches can effectively enhance health literacy and daily self-care, particularly among populations facing […]
High-performance electrochemiluminescence aptasensing platform for diazinon based on smartphone imaging and PEI-Ag/Cu nanocluster-enhanced luminescence
Mikrochim Acta. 2025 Dec 10;193(1):13. doi: 10.1007/s00604-025-07740-7. ABSTRACT A highly efficient electrochemiluminescence (ECL) aptasensor has been developed for the detection of contact pestizide diazinon (DZN) residues in vegetables. The sensor utilized tris(2,2′-bipyridine)ruthenium(II) as a luminescent probe and synthetic silver-copper nanoclusters (PEI-Ag/CuNCs) on a polyethyleneimine (PEI) scaffold. The film-forming properties of PEI improved the structural and […]
Smartphone-based retrospective analysis for malaria hotspot detection
Einstein (Sao Paulo). 2025 Dec 8;23:eAO1826. doi: 10.31744/einstein_journal/2025AO1826. eCollection 2025. ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To leverage passively collected retrospective smartphone location data to accurately identify malaria transmission hotspots through the development of a novel tool, the Sickness Positioning System. METHODS: We collected anonymized location history data from over 200 malaria-infected individuals using Google Takeout. Sickness Positioning System […]
An interpretable machine learning model for early prediction of Escherichia coli infection in ICU patients
Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2025 Nov 24;15:1682764. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2025.1682764. eCollection 2025. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Early and accurate identification of Escherichia coli (E. coli) infection in intensive care unit (ICU) patients remains challenging butmay improve clinical outcomes if addressed effectively. This study aimed to develop and validate an interpretable machine learning model for early prediction of E. […]
