Playing Virtual Reality Video Game May Boost Seniors’ Memory
Scientists at UCSF’s Neuroscape brain research center have developed a first-of-its-kind virtual reality video game that can improve memory in healthy, older adults.
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Wearable Sensor May Signal You’re Developing COVID-19 – Even If Your Symptoms Are Subtle
The device, which may be a better illness indicator than a thermometer, could lead to earlier isolation and testing, curbing the spread of infectious diseases.
UCSF Launches Pilot of Privacy-Preserving Smartphone Tool to Help Slow Spread of COVID-19
Students, faculty and staff at UCSF will be invited to activate COVID Notify on their smartphones.
UCSF’s Covidseeker to Track the Coronavirus with Cellphone Data
Movement timelines from cellphone data can help people who have just received a positive test result recall where they have been and who they came into contact with when they were most infectious.
$5.1M Grant Will Help Develop COVID-19 Prediction Algorithm for Wearables
UCSF Osher Center faculty member Ashley Mason, PhD, has received a $5.1M award to expand TemPredict, a study she directs in collaboration with Rick Hecht, MD, and Benjamin Smarr, PhD.
Smartphones May Help Detect Diabetes
Researchers at UCSF have developed a “digital biomarker” that would use a smartphone’s built-in camera to detect diabetes.
COVID-19 Pandemic Drives Telehealth Boom, But Older Adults Can’t Connect
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a significant increase in video visits between patients and their doctors, but for many older adults, the shift has cut them off from care, rather than connecting them.
Telehealth and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Enhancing Care and Education
The use of telehealth, sharing medical information and communicating electronically, has increased dramatically in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic
FDA Approves Video Game Based on UCSF Brain Research as ADHD Therapy for Kids
The FDA has approved the first video game therapeutic as a treatment for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children, based on research by UCSF’s Adam Gazzaley, MD, PhD.
Coronavirus May Change Patient Appointments to Videoconference Permanently
A new study from UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals suggests that for some hospitals, video visits may become a permanent feature of the patient-provider landscape.
New COVID-19 ‘Citizen Science’ Initiative Lets Any Adult with a Smartphone Help to Fight Coronavirus
The online study would try to help researchers gain insight into how the virus is spreading and identify ways to predict and reduce the number of new infections.
‘Real-World’ Data from Health Systems Reveal Opportunities for Blood Pressure Improvement
Uncontrolled blood pressure is the leading cause of preventable death in the United States even though existing medications, when prescribed and taken according to guidelines, work well. A new analysis of electronic health records (EHRs) led by a UCSF scientist, as many as 40 percent of the roughly 80 million Americans with high blood pressure may not have the condition under control.
