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Hong W. Advances and Opportunities of Mobile Health in the Postpandemic Era: Smartphonization of Wearable Devices and Wearable Deviceization of Smartphones. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth 2024; 12:e48803. [PMID: 38252596 PMCID: PMC10823426 DOI: 10.2196/48803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2023] [Revised: 11/08/2023] [Accepted: 12/20/2023] [Indexed: 01/24/2024] Open
Abstract
Mobile health (mHealth) with continuous real-time monitoring is leading the era of digital medical convergence. Wearable devices and smartphones optimized as personalized health management platforms enable disease prediction, prevention, diagnosis, and even treatment. Ubiquitous and accessible medical services offered through mHealth strengthen universal health coverage to facilitate service use without discrimination. This viewpoint investigates the latest trends in mHealth technology, which are comprehensive in terms of form factors and detection targets according to body attachment location and type. Insights and breakthroughs from the perspective of mHealth sensing through a new form factor and sensor-integrated display overcome the problems of existing mHealth by proposing a solution of smartphonization of wearable devices and the wearable deviceization of smartphones. This approach maximizes the infinite potential of stagnant mHealth technology and will present a new milestone leading to the popularization of mHealth. In the postpandemic era, innovative mHealth solutions through the smartphonization of wearable devices and the wearable deviceization of smartphones could become the standard for a new paradigm in the field of digital medicine.
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Affiliation(s)
- Wonki Hong
- Department of Digital Healthcare, Daejeon University, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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Hsu YT, Chen LH, Liu YH, Chu SK, Chen TY, Tsai KJ, Shen MR, Liu W. Electrical Sympathetic Neuromodulation Protects Bone Marrow Niche and Drives Hematopoietic Regeneration during Chemotherapy. SMALL METHODS 2023; 7:e2201300. [PMID: 36843214 DOI: 10.1002/smtd.202201300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2022] [Revised: 01/24/2023] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
Abstract
The sympathetic nervous system (SNS) of the bone marrow regulates the regeneration and mobilization of hematopoietic stem cells. Chemotherapy can damage bone marrow SNS, which impairs hematopoietic regeneration and aggravates hematologic toxicities. This leads to long-term bone marrow niche damage and increases mortality in patients undergoing chemotherapy. Electrical neuromodulation has been used to improve functional recovery after peripheral nerve injury. This study demonstrates that electrical sympathetic neuromodulation (ESN) of bone marrow can protect the bone marrow niche from chemotherapy-induced injury. Using carboplatin-treated rats, the SNS via the sciatic nerve innervating the femoral marrow with the effective protocol for bone marrow sympathetic activation is electrically stimulated. ESN can mediate several hematopoietic stem cells maintenance factors and promote hematopoietic regeneration after chemotherapy. It also activates adrenergic signals and reduces the release of pro-inflammatory cytokines, particularly interleukin-1 β, which contribute to chemotherapy-related nerve injury. Consequently, the severity of chemotherapy-related leukopenia, thrombocytopenia, and mortality can be reduced by ESN. As a result, in contrast to current drug-based treatment, such as granulocyte colony-stimulating factor, ESN can be a disruptive adjuvant treatment by protecting and modulating bone marrow function to reduce hematologic toxicity during chemotherapy.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ya-Ting Hsu
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 701401, Taiwan
- Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 704302, Taiwan
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 701401, Taiwan
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- Department of Pathology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 704302, Taiwan
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- Clinical Medicine Research Center, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, 704302, Taiwan
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 704302, Taiwan
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 701401, Taiwan
- Center of Clinical Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 704302, Taiwan
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 701401, Taiwan
- Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 701401, Taiwan
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 704302, Taiwan
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
- California NanoSystems Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
- Brain Research Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
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