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It’s ok – your iPad isn’t responsible for your lack of sleep

It’s ok – your iPad isn’t responsible for your lack of sleep

We have all been there. It is time to go to bed, but there’s just one more news story/Facebook update/tweet that you need to read and before you know it the birds’ dawn chorus are warming up. So are phones and laptops actually responsible for us not getting as much speep as we used to. Well some new Australian research claims that gadgets, phones and laptops haven’t actually impacted on our sleeping patterns. University of Sydney researchers … Read entire article »

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Mobile phones to help people with Parkinson’s Disease

Mobile phones to help people with Parkinson’s Disease

Connected Health systems might soon be playing a major role in helping people with Parkinson’s Disease. An academic at the University of Portsmouth, hopes to develop two mobile phone Apps to enable the thousands of people with Parkinson’s improve their speech and allow them to be better understood by family, friends and healthcare workers. Dr Eglin, of the university’s Department of Creative Technologies, recently received a £35,000 innovation grant from leading research charity Parkinson’s UK to develop the … Read entire article »

Filed under: Latest News, Mobile Phone Apps, Research

Cool new mobile health ideas help doctors in developing countries

Cool new mobile health ideas help doctors in developing countries

Mobile technology has moved far beyond sending text messages, making calls and playing Snake, now various tech companies are pioneering new ways to use our mobile phones to improve the world around us. We’ve recently come across a number of exciting and groundbreaking schemes, which aim to improve healthcare in developing countries by using the mobile technology we all take for granted. This week, the mHealth Alliance announced the winners of its Top 11 in 2011 Innovators … Read entire article »

Filed under: Latest News, Mobile Phone Apps, Research