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Doctors using Facebook as a clever diagnostic tool
You may think Facebook is just all about ranting posts, boring updates and drunken photos from your “friends”, but it’s actually proving to be a clever diagnostic tool for doctors who are working with stroke victims. As the average Facebook user has been tagged in a fair few photos, those in the medical profession are working to better understand what causes strokes and when they occur by browsing through them. According to All Facebook, a doctor at the … Read entire article »
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Facebook launches new app HealthyShare
This week Facebook has announced that it will be teaming up with General Electric to launch a brand new application called HealthyShare, which will allow users to add all kinds of health and fitness goals to their timelines. It’s about time the social network dipped its toes into the eHealth space! According to Gigaom, the partnership has been made to coincide with the Olympics this summer and take advantage of the globe’s current fascination with sports … Read entire article »
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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 »
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Huge spike in organ donors after new Facebook feature is introduced
Earlier in the week Facebook launched a new feature that enabled users to tell their friends and families that they’re an organ donor. But do many people want to reveal that kind of information and will it really make a difference in the long run? On Monday there were rumours flying round the internet that Facebook would be launching a brand new feature that would have “the power to save lives”. This led many to believe … Read entire article »
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MapMyFITNESS launches app for new Facebook Timeline
One of the largest and most popular health and fitness communities, MapMyFITNESS, has this week launched an app to integrate it’s users’ health and fitness data into Facebook’s new Timeline. The dedicated application will allow users to share all kinds of health stats, goals, achievements and fitness activities with their friends. We imagine this will be really beneficial and could encourage some people to push themselves that little bit harder or connect others with friends that … Read entire article »
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CES 2012 Withings Smart Baby Scale – which tweets your baby’s weight
If you have had a child you probably know that weighing them is a process fraught with all kinds of difficulties, from getting on the scales through to keeping them still. The biggest problem is invariably actually remembering to write down their weight so you can access it at a later date Well French technology company Withings hopes to come your aid on that one. It has just announced an Internet-connected baby and toddler scale, the Withings … Read entire article »
Filed under: Child health gadgets, Mobile Phone Apps
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