Full of health and appyness
The Department of Health has been showing off the ‘winners’ of its maps and apps contest. EHI reporter Chris Thorne went to have a look.
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Diabetes? There’s a DiAppBetes for that
Southampton doctors have developed a smartphone app to improve the treatment of patients with diabetes while they are in hospital.
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Pocket Physio app launched
UK Specialist Hospitals has launched a physiotherapy app to help patients recover after hip or knee surgery.
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Kent takes wraps off condom finder app
A new mobile phone app has been launched in Kent which directs teenagers towards the nearest place where free condoms are given out.
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Kaiser makes personal records mobile
Kaiser Permanente has developed an Android application that allows patients to access its ‘my health manager’ electronic medical records and healthcare services.
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Is there a regulation for that?
Apps are flooding into the healthcare market. But regulators are struggling to catch up – and many people in the industry don’t want them involved. Shanna Crispin reports.
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US finds winning cancer apps
Developers in the US have created mobile applications which make use of public data to help detect, prevent, diagnose and treat cancer.
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Parkinson’s UK funds mobile apps
Researchers at the University of Portsmouth are working to develop smartphone applications to help people with Parkinson’s disease improve their speech.
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Looking to a health e-future
Health portals with connected devices are almost common these days; smart clothes and monitoring chips that become part of the body may be the future. Shanna Crispin reports.
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The iPhone’s connected to the wrist bone
Anatomy is the latest discipline to embrace the iPhone, with a new app developed at Warwick University offering medical students bite-sized master classes on screen.
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