The more people logged on and used an interactive weight management website, the more weight loss they maintained, according to a Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research study published online in the open access Journal of Medical Internet Research.
The National Institutes of Health-funded study evaluated an Internet-based weight maintenance intervention involving 348 participants. Consistent website [...]

AAN.com - Scientists have developed a new, free web-based tool - the RRE-90 - that may better predict whether a person will suffer a second stroke within 90 days of a first stroke, according to research published in the December 16, 2009 online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
“This [...]

UCLA.edu - UCLA scientists have found that middle-aged and older adults with little Internet experience were able to trigger key centers in the brain that control decision-making and complex reasoning after just one week of internet searching.
The findings, presented October 19, 2009 at the meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, suggest that Internet training can [...]

A new and safe type of fetal heart monitor could save the lives of unborn infants in complicated pregnancies, according to a study published in the International Journal of Engineering Systems Modelling and Simulation.
A.K. Mittra of the Department of Electronics Engineering, at the Manoharbhai Patel Institute of Engineering & Technology, in Gondia, India, and colleagues [...]

JAMA / Archives - While using the internet can contribute to sleep loss for many people, for others it may now be a medium of sleep improvement. An online insomnia intervention (SHUTi) based on established face-to-face cognitive behavioral therapy techniques appears to improve patients’ sleep, according to a report in the July 2009 issue of [...]

UAB.edu - Blink frequently while sitting in front of your monitor to reduce the risk of dry eyes from prolonged computer use, said an optometrist at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB).
“Many work in front of a computer all day and this can leave vision vulnerable to problems like dry eyes, eyestrain and other [...]