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Caffeine Zone keeps an eye on your coffee intake

Caffeine Zone keeps an eye on your coffee intake

Many of us depend on one or two (OK, nine) cups of coffee to get through the day, but too little can make you feel lethargic if you’re used to a lot and too much can sometimes cause you to feel shaky, less productive and wide awake at midnight. Well, a new app developed by scientists working at the Pennsylvania State University aims to provide you with an accurate reading of just how much caffeine is … Read entire article »

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NYC and Kent both have one. Where’s the London condom finder app?

NYC and Kent both have one. Where’s the London condom finder app?

There’s a certain feeling of love in the air this week, with Valentine’s Day on Tuesday just gone bringing out the romantic many (read last minute dashes to pick up flowers and chocolates). 14th February was also a National Condom Day in the US and the Health Department made sure to remind people of their ‘condom finding’ app that lets New Yorkers use their phones to find free condoms and access information about sexual health. It … Read entire article »

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Kick that bad habit once and for all with the NHS Quit Smoking app

Kick that bad habit once and for all with the NHS Quit Smoking app

If you’ve had a few relapses so far this year, or simply given up on…well giving up smoking since making promises as the Champagne corks popped on New Year’s Eve, this might be the app for you. The NHS Quit Smoking App, lets you take practical support, encouragement and advice on how to stop smoking.  It provides daily support and instant tips on how to begin your new life as a non-smoker, and best of all … Read entire article »

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CareZone makes looking after loved ones much easier

CareZone makes looking after loved ones much easier

Across the globe there are so many individuals who either spend some or all of their time looking after a loved one, whether you care for an elderly relative once a week or have a small child yourself with a serious illness. Sorting out hospital appointments, doctor’s visits, collecting together important information and co-ordinating care with your other relatives is often really hard to do and can lead to confusion, arguments stress and even the patient … Read entire article »

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Google makes diagnosing yourself online a little more accurate

Google makes diagnosing yourself online a little more accurate

We’ve all been there, you’ve got a pain in your leg or a weird swollen eye, you put your symptoms into Google and suddenly you’re terrified you’ve got some kind of crazy flesh eating illness and only minutes to live. Well, although that may be a pretty extreme case, Google is on a mission to make self diagnosis online as easy and accurate as possible. In the past if you Googled certain symptoms you’d find a … Read entire article »

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RunKeeper gets social with ‘Healthy’ button

RunKeeper gets social with ‘Healthy’ button

‘Tweet’ and ‘Like’ buttons can be found on pretty much every content site we visit nowadays. Well now, thanks to the fitness-tracking app Runkeeper, the ‘Healthy’ button will now be joining them.  The fitness-tracking app launched a Healthy button and bookmarklet on Monday that gives it a social network feel. Users can now add content to their RunKeeper newsfeeds directly from sites that install the Healthy button. Although RunKeeper started out simply tracking users runs, its vision … Read entire article »

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

Win a Philips Wake-Up Light for brighter mornings

Win a Philips Wake-Up Light for brighter mornings

The days may slowly be getting longer as we make our way further into February (OK, a little), but many of us still find it difficult to get out of bed in the morning without pressing snooze. In order to make the waking up ritual a little bit easier, one of our partner websites, Black Dog Tribe, has teamed up with Philips to give away one of its popular Wake-up Lights to two of the community’s … Read entire article »

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Orca Health’s Decide apps give patients control over their health

Orca Health’s Decide apps give patients control over their health

Today we’re taking a peek at some of the apps available for your mobile (or you lucky iPad owners), which aren’t focused on tracking your health or diet, but are concerned with helping people to deal with more serious complications. Orca Health is a specialist medial organisation, which has launched a huge range of apps over the past year that are designed to give patients the knowledge they need to make informed decisions and understand their … Read entire article »

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Scottish Government takes new app-roach to drinking problem among women

Scottish Government takes new app-roach to drinking problem among women

Ever wondered if those couple of pints in the local each night after work actually made much of a difference to your youthful looks? Well, the Scottish Government has decided to make it possible for us to see just what effects alcohol can have on the ageing process. Titled the “Drinking Time Machine“, the app for the iPhone shows how alcohol can speed up the ageing process with a ‘Fat Booth’ style interface in the hope … Read entire article »

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Sprout Pregnancy baby health app is the perfect companion for mums to be

Sprout Pregnancy baby health app is the perfect companion for mums to be

Sprout (or Sprout Pregnancy as it’s called in the UK) has been on the market since late last year and it’s been named the best pregnancy app by a number of different websites and publications over the past few months. The application is basically a pregnancy tool for mums (and dads) to be, which provides them with a range of useful resources, as well as a way to track of their baby’s movements and progress as … Read entire article »

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