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Passage wants to turn your workouts into journeys

Passage wants to turn your workouts into journeys

We love our health and fitness here at CHS but let’s face it, sometimes staring at a wall whilst on the running machine or trying to read a book on the cross trainer at the gym can be pretty boring. Well, with the launch of a new app recently, there may be an answer. Passage, a free download for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad on the iOS AppStore, launched this week aiming to turn your workouts into journeys. Using Apple’s … Read entire article »

Filed under: Apps, Featured, Fitness Gadgets, Mobile Phone Apps

STUDY: More US smartphone owners turn to health and fitness apps

STUDY: More US smartphone owners turn to health and fitness apps

Despite the growing popularity of apps dedicated to medical issues, health and fitness, there are many who still think the mobile health market might just be a flash in the pan and soon we’ll all tire of tracking our steps and blood pressure and calorie intake and workouts each day. How exhausting. However, a new US study about the growing interest in mobile health technology has found that 19% of American smartphone owners have at least … Read entire article »

Filed under: Mobile Phone Apps

STUDY: People want practical, user-friendly mobile health apps

STUDY: People want practical, user-friendly mobile health apps

Well no one can deny there are a LOT of health apps around at the moment, from those that’ll help you record your mood, those that’ll track serious medical issues and those that’ll send alerts back to your GP to tell them how you’re doing. However, new research into the mobile health industry has shown that both smartphone and tablet users who are into keep tabs on their health want apps that’ll help them manage … Read entire article »

Filed under: Mobile Phone Apps

Gluco-Share, a diabetes app with a social twist

Gluco-Share, a diabetes app with a social twist

A new application to help family and friends monitor a persons diabetes has been released for iPhone users to help remind sufferers to take their medication and motivate them. Gluco-Share, wants to help sufferers monitor their blood sugar levels and communicate their results in real time to a circle of family and friends. The idea is, that this circle will help motivate and encourage the sufferer to maintain their good methods and lead a more positive … Read entire article »

Filed under: Apps, CHS news, Mobile Phone Apps

iThinkSmarter when it comes to your mental health

iThinkSmarter when it comes to your mental health

More and more apps are coming out to help people with their mental health and iThinkSmarter is another addition to this market. The app, developed for iPhone, is a free guide to help people with how to deal with psychological problems such as stress, anxiety, depression and panic. The free version is based around a series of questionnaires asking users questions relating to their problem. Their answers to questions will then guide them to what the … Read entire article »

Filed under: CHS news, Mental Health, Mobile Phone Apps

Can mobile phones and game mechanics help improve sanitation?

Can mobile phones and game mechanics help improve sanitation?

Despite the fact much has been done in recent years to improve sanitation, in some countries a startlingly low 15% of the population has access to clean water resources. Many governments and organisations have been working together to promote behavioural change within communities in traditional ways, but given the recent statistic that more people across the globe now own a phone than they do a toilet certainly suggests that mobile technology could present a rather interesting and possibly … Read entire article »

Filed under: Mobile Phone Apps, Professional healthcare products

Samsung launches S Health app for the Galaxy S3

Samsung launches S Health app for the Galaxy S3

Samsung took its first steps into the mobile health market this week as it officially announced S Health, a wellness app specially designed for its latest handset, the Samsung Galaxy S III. The new application has been built to track all kinds of health data and it stands out from others currently on the market because it’s compatible with a number of different sensors, like blood glucose meters, body composition scales and blood pressure monitors. The app then … Read entire article »

Filed under: Mobile Phone Apps

How healthy are you? You could soon find out by taking a snap of your tongue

How healthy are you? You could soon find out by taking a snap of your tongue

We like to thing we’ve heard everything when it comes to apps and services designed to be able to inform us as to how fit or healthy we are. Well, it seems even we can be surprised. A team from the University of Missouri in the US are currently working on a system that will enable us to find out how healthy we are from taking a picture of our tongue with our mobile phone. Based on a … Read entire article »

Filed under: CHS news, Latest News

Aviva launches new Facebook health app

Aviva launches new Facebook health app

Health insurance provider Aviva has today launched a new Facebook app aimed at giving people more control over their health and diet. Open to all Facebook users, The Aviva Health 100 app lets you set fitness goals and share your scores with friends and family. According to Aviva, the app will “help people gauge how healthy they are” and then offer “advice, guidance and inspiration”. The app relies on users inputting information about diet, exercise, smoking and boozing. … Read entire article »

Filed under: Apps, CHS news, Facebook/Twitter, Fitness Gadgets, Health Gadgets, Latest News, Mobile Phone Apps

Sessions pairs users with a real-life health coach

Sessions pairs users with a real-life health coach

There are some of us who get in the gym at 6am or after work three or four times a week without the need for someone offering support or motivation. Then there are the rest of us.  If you’re like me, you’ll literally need to be dragged feet first from bed if you’re going for a workout. Enter Sessions, a web and mobile startup that pairs users with a real-life health coach. Sounds pretty amazing to me. Unlike … Read entire article »

Filed under: Apps, CHS news, Fitness Gadgets, Health Gadgets, iPad/tablet PC apps, Mobile Phone Apps