Q: Why has diabetes become a major threat to global health? A: People with Type 2 diabetes produce an abundance of insulin in response to an environment that allows them to ingest more calories than ever before without many physical demands, such as walking, cycling and physical work, while leading a rather sedentary lifestyle sitting at a desk. This combination of excessive amounts of calories...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Information technology and mobile devices may be beneficial and useful in many aspects of stroke management, including recognition of stroke, transport and triage of patients, emergent stroke evaluation at the hospital, and rehabilitation. In this review, we address the contributions of information technology and mobile health to stroke management. SUMMARY OF ISSUES Rap...

This paper aims to theoretically discuss why the ‘post-modern’ professionals are emerging from the ‘modern’ professionalism in the second half of the twentieth century, and how their domestication of information and communication technologies (ICTs), particularly mobile and wireless technologies, potentially shapes and is shaped by the emerging professionals’ work practices. For this discussion...

BACKGROUND Modern-age technology is increasingly implicated in traditional dermatologic conditions. OBJECTIVE This review provides a concise overview of the cutaneous manifestations from modern technology use. METHODS We describe a case of laptop computer-induced erythema ab igne and provide a review of the literature pertaining to the etiology, clinical features, diagnosis, and management ...