Teenagers dread the idea of having "the talk" with their parents. Now, thanks to a new application, discussions of sexual health can take place on a platform adolescents won’t mind using. Researchers have developed an app that delivers information on sexual health to teen girls to boost knowledge and encourage healthy sexual practices.

GREENVILLE, S.C., Sept. 08, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- eRAD announced that it has added a new product to its comprehensive suite of imaging workflow solutions. Released today, RADAR Nudge is a bi-directional, secure collaborative messaging tool for communicating patient information among remote healthcare providers.

For those in rural areas, telemedicine may be the best option for receiving care from a specialist who may be inaccessible due to travel time. But is this remote care equal in quality to what one would receive from physically seeing a physician? Researchers aimed to answer this question in a new study published in Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology.

As telemdicine continues to grow, physicians and patients alike are realizing how easy, convenient and affordable it is, while also coming to terms with its limitations. 

Preventing a stroke requires constant monitoring of atrial fibrillation and blood pressure, but these factors have yet to be incorporated into one device. AliveCor, a developer of mobile health services, has introduced a new app capable of performing an ECG while simultaneously monitoring blood pressure.

Low healthcare literacy accounts for much of the confusion that both patients and physicians face when trying to achieve the best care possible. Methods of increasing literacy have just gotten a ton easier thanks to FAIR Health who have designed an easy to use app to help users tackle the difficult decisions in regards to health insurance.

Metastatic breast cancer is both aggressive and difficult to treat. Researchers have been searching within human genes to find new ways to treat this cancer—and a team at Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center have made a discovery that may impact how the cancer is treated in the future.

Scientists have developed a new sensor capable of detecting E. coli 20 minutes more quickly than conventional laboratory testing methods. The sensor also works in a variety of different environments where the bacteria could be found.