Nature

Study: Fitbit steps correlate with standard assessment tools for patient performance status
By Jonah Comstock | 11:53 am | July 10, 2018
Wearable activity monitors could be useful in assessing the health of cancer patients and making predictions about mortality and adverse events, according to a study published last week in Nature's Digital Medicine partner journal.
Study: There's still very little evidence that health apps work
By Jonah Comstock | 03:30 pm | May 09, 2018
A new overview of systematic reviews of published randomized control trials of mobile health apps found just 23 RCTs of currently-available apps have been conducted, and less than half of those showed a positive health effect from the app in question.
Researchers test tiny implantable wireless sensors that dissolve in the brain
By Jonah Comstock | 03:09 pm | January 19, 2016
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are developing tiny sensors that can monitor temperature and pressure within the skull and then dissolve harmlessly into the cranial fluid.