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Source: Image created by the Authors Copyright: Image created by the Authors URL: http://games.jmir.org/2021/1/e24652/ License: Creative Commons Attribution + Noncommercial + NoDerivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) Brisbane, March 25, 2021 – “A week in the life of a cancer cell” could be the title of a new VR gamified experience at World Science Week from skin cancer prevention expert Dr Elke Hacker. Put on the goggles and you’re inside a body fighting proliferating melanoma skin cancer cells through a VR game whose user-centred design aims to engage and educate young people on how cancer begins and methods of treatment in the fight against the deadly spread of melanomaRead More →

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Source: The Authors Copyright: The Authors URL: http://www.jmir.org/2021/3/e22345/ License: CC-BY-NC-SA Geneva, February 21, 2021 – InZone, an academic and humanitarian program for higher education in refugee contexts at the University of Geneva, is happy to announce the publication of this study with the Journal of Medical Internet Research. The research concerns the delivery of the University of Geneva’s InZone-RAFT basic medical training course in Kakuma and Dadaab refugee camps between 2017 and 2019. The project was delivered via InZone’s collaborative blended learning ecosystem, which connects students in refugee camps, teachers, tutors, and facilitators to enable higher education in refugee contexts. The research finds that, by improving the mode of delivery, better contextualizing content, and promoting more interaction between the refugee students and their teachers, high levels of medicalRead More →

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Source: JMIR Copyright: JMIR URL: http://www.jmir.org/2021/3/e24925/ License: Licensed by JMIR Christopher J. Lynch and Ross Gore developed the Virginia County COVID-19 Daily Case Total Forecaster, which predicts the spread of the disease down to the city and county level. Norfolk, VA (March 23, 2021)–Researchers at Old Dominion University’s Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center (VMASC) have had two papers published in journals based on their development of a real-time platform that forecasts the spread of COVID-19 in Virginia. The Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR) published an article by Christopher J. Lynch and Ross Gore, “Short-Range Forecasting of COVID-19 During Early Onset at County, Health District,Read More →

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Source: iStock by Getty Images Copyright: vgajic URL: https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/day-in-life-of-a-person-with-diabetes-gm1288968366-384773747 License: Licensed by the Authors   San Francisco – March 3, 2021 – Diabetes is one of the most prevalent chronic diseases in the world, impacting over 422 million people. In the United States alone, more than 120 million Americans are living with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and prediabetes.   New research published today in the Journal of Medical Internet Research shows that continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) could modernize T2D clinical trials by using remote data collection. The study—“Medical Food Assessment Using a Smartphone App With Continuous Glucose Monitoring Sensors: Proof-of-Concept Study”—was conducted by scientists at PendulumRead More →