April McCarthy, Prevent Disease You can fake a smile, but your phone knows the truth. Depression can be detected from your smartphone sensor data by tracking the number of minutes you use the phone and your daily geographical locations, reports a Northwestern Medicine study. More and more smartphones are able to see what many of us cannot. The ongoing use of this communications technology, as compared to computer-based use such as email, is linked to increased psychological distress and reduced family satisfaction. Spending more time on a mobile phone has been confirmed to increase your risk of getting brain cancer by as much as 40 percent, but it’s also linked with something else–depression. The more time you spend using your phone, the more likely you […] Read More
