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Jeremy Hunt says UK can be “world leader” in health tech
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has this week revealed that the UK will become a “world leader” in health technology and allow all kinds of patients to manage their conditions and track problems all by themselves. Hunt spoke out about the future of health and fitness technology as part of the NHS Mandate and set out a number of objectives and goals for the next few years, which included providing patients with more tools to take charge … Read entire article »
Filed under: Health Gadgets
BetterFit Text is a super simple health texting service
There are all kinds of advanced services being launched at the moment to keep an eye on patients with new or long term health problems, like gadgets or more advanced professional devices. However, BetterFit Technologies is working on a new service called BetterFit Text, which aims to change the relationship beween patients and doctors and make communications much much easier. BetterFit basically opens up a channel of communication between doctors and their patients through text messages. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Mobile Phone Apps, Web Resources
Shine: A self-tracking gadget that’s as cute as a button
Now Jawbone’s making a comeback on the self-tracking gadget scene we’ve found ourselves with an abundance of devices that we can strap to our bodies, bras and other random bits of clothing, but aren’t they starting to look a little… well… rubbish? We don’t want to get all fluffy and shallow and put the way a gadget looks over its features (although that’s exactly what we’re doing), but most of the devices on the market just … Read entire article »
Filed under: Fitness Gadgets, Health Gadgets
Will Jawbone’s new Up bracelet fitness gadget be a success this time?
Right now there may be loads of different fitness apps and gadgets on the market, but one of the first pioneers in the whole health tracking tech space was Jawbone’s Up bracelet, a wearable gadget that hugged your wrist all day long with a lot of promising features designed to help you track your activity levels and a lot LOT more. Sounds great, right? Well it was until it failed in rather epic proportions, in … Read entire article »
Filed under: Fitness Gadgets, Health Gadgets
Will implantable health gadgets be big in 2013?
We’ve all become accustomed to health gadgets that hook onto our belt loops, sit in our pockets or strap onto our arms, but could gadgets that are implanted into our bodies be the next big health tech trend of 2013? A US-based company called IntraPace has been developing a gadget that can be implanted into user’s digestive systems in order to stop them feeling hungry. The abiliti device and weight loss system works by minimising feelings of … Read entire article »
Filed under: Health Gadgets
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
Active8rlives: Will food diaries make us fitter and healthier?
In theory losing weight and keeping track of what you’re eating sounds easy, just eat less than the energy you expend, track calories and do everything mindfully. Simple, right? Um no, it’s really not given there’s a multi-million pound dieting industry and so many people try to diet, fail, try again, fail again and so on. Well now Active8rlives (yep, the rogue 8 annoys us too, but let it lie) has launched a new picture-based food … Read entire article »
Filed under: Health Gadgets, Mobile Phone Apps
Runtastic launches four new fitness apps
Sport and fitness app and online service Runtastic has launched four new apps into its get fit and stay fit ecosystem this week as part of its new “Pump It” collection of fitness tools, in order to really challenge users and get them setting (and breaking) all kinds of physical challenges. The apps aren’t your run-of-the-mill fitness and health tracking offerings, but instead they provide users with a reliable way of sticking to goals and challenges, … Read entire article »
Filed under: Mobile Phone Apps
Bandu: the wrist watch that tells you when to relax
Stress can be the result of so many things – some types of stress is even of the good kind. But for most people, pressures from work or family life piling on top of each other play a huge part in making their stress levels hit the roof. For me, it’s when my computer freezes when I’m on a deadline and I can’t switch it off in case I lose my work. All I can … Read entire article »
Filed under: Apps, Health Gadgets
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