Analyzing the influence of mobile internet on urban rail transit travel behavior in Chongqing, China: Social informatization as mediating variables
PLoS One. 2025 Nov 20;20(11):e0331977. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0331977. eCollection 2025. ABSTRACT The rapid development of mobile internet technology and the widespread adoption of smartphones have significantly influenced people’s daily lives and complicated the mechanisms affecting urban rail transit travel behavior. While existing studies focus predominantly on developed countries, research remains limited in megacities in developing nations […]
Impact of a mobile APP-based education model on pediatric food allergy outpatient infusion therapy
Medicine (Baltimore). 2025 Oct 31;104(44):e44713. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000044713. ABSTRACT This study evaluates the efficacy of an allergy management mobile application (APP) in enhancing outpatient infusion therapy for children with food allergies. Clinical data were retrospectively collected from the electronic medical records of pediatric patients who received outpatient infusion therapy between January and December 2023. Participants were […]
Digital Survey-Based Tracing of COVID-19 Over the Early Pandemic: Comprehensive Geospatial and Symptomatic Analysis in Lebanon
JMIR Public Health Surveill. 2025 Nov 20;11:e80331. doi: 10.2196/80331. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: In response to the early spread of COVID-19 in Lebanon, the University of Balamand developed the HAYATI app, a community-focused, geographic information system (GIS)-based digital health platform aimed at enhancing public health surveillance. At the time, while the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health utilized […]
Association between eye washing and ocular symptoms of hay fever: a mobile app-based prospective cohort study in Japan
Sci Rep. 2025 Nov 20;15(1):41048. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-24950-4. ABSTRACT Large-scale analyses of the relationship between eyewash and hay fever symptoms after adjusting for factors associated with allergic symptoms have not yet been conducted. We aimed to evaluate the association between eyewash and ocular symptoms of hay fever. In this digital prospective observational cohort study, we used […]
Effectiveness of a 52-week multidomain intervention to maintain cognitive function in patients with mild cognitive impairment: a randomized controlled trial
Sci Rep. 2025 Nov 20;15(1):41141. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-24865-0. ABSTRACT Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) increases the risk of dementia. Reducing modifiable lifestyle-related risk factors can help prevent cognitive decline in patients with MCI. We examined whether a multidomain intervention using a mobile application can prevent cognitive decline in patients with MCI. The trial is designed in accordance […]
Smartphones and Mental Health Awareness and Utilization in a Low-Income Urban Community: Focus Group Study
JMIR Form Res. 2025 Nov 20;9:e65650. doi: 10.2196/65650. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Mental health disorders pose a significant challenge in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), contributing substantially to the global disease burden. Despite the high prevalence of these disorders, LMICs allocate less than 1% of health budgets to mental health, resulting in inadequate care and a severe […]
Factors associated with Senegalese health workers’ willingness to receive mobile digital payments: cross-sectional study
BMJ Glob Health. 2025 Nov 19;10(Suppl 4):e017468. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2024-017468. ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: Although Senegal began digitising servants’ salaries in 2004, payments to community health workers have not yet followed suit. This study explored factors associated with health professionals’ and community health workers’ willingness to receive payments via mobile digital systems. METHODOLOGY: We carried out a cross-sectional […]
How Medical Licensing Boards Evaluate Professional Conduct and Fitness to Practice
Medical licensing boards play an important role in maintaining the integrity of healthcare systems. Their responsibility goes beyond issuing licenses and evaluating physician professionalism, investigating complaints, and ensuring every practicing clinician adheres to the highest standards of clinical and ethical conduct. Understanding how licensing boards evaluate professional conduct and fitness to practice helps physicians prepare, […]
Women in Orthopedics and Their Residency Programs: What Influenced Their Choices?
J Surg Res. 2025 Jun;310:177-185. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2025.03.031. Epub 2025 Apr 26. ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: Orthopedic surgery lacks gender parity owing to several barriers to women. Residency programs may increase gender parity by considering factors influencing women’s residency choices. The purpose of our study is to determine if factors such as having a women-friendly institutional climate, transparent […]
Representation of Women Among Cardiology Grand Rounds Speakers in the United States
JAMA Cardiol. 2025 Mar 1;10(3):290-294. doi: 10.1001/jamacardio.2024.4255. ABSTRACT IMPORTANCE: Women are underrepresented in leadership positions in cardiology. Institutional grand rounds (GR) are platforms through which faculty can gain professional exposure and access to career development opportunities. The gender diversity of invited cardiology GR speakers has not been investigated. OBJECTIVE: To examine the representation of women […]
