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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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Study finds mobile health tech does improve fitness and healthy eating
Every week we hear about new mobile health apps and gadgets that pair up to promote a healthier lifestyle. But as the mobile health market gets bigger, more people are questioning whether these solutions really work or whether it’s all just a big gimmick. Well, according to new research that monitored overweight adults over a 20 week period, they can be successful when combined with the right amount of willpower too. The study, conducted by the National Heart, … Read entire article »
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Get access to your very own doc-on-demand with HealthTap
Let’s be honest, going to see your doctor is a bit of a pain in the proverbial. Getting time off from work is always a struggle and getting an appointment can be hard work also. With HealthTap, this headache could be about to disappear. Available for free on iOS, Android, and the web, HealthTap lets you ask real doctors medical questions and receive quick answers in return. HealthTap connects you with its network of doctors to ask whatever question you need … Read entire article »
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Runtastic adds a range of gadgets to its mobile app
Popular fitness and run tracking application Runtastic announced this week that it will be launching its own range of devices to enable users to track their workouts even more accurately. Runtastic is a pretty big player in the mobile fitness app market, it’s had more than 5 million downloads in total and 1.4 million in January alone. It’s probably so popular because its online portal caters for seven different languages and it’s available for iOS, Android, BlackBerry … Read entire article »
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Stop slouching with iPosture
For many of us work involves sitting in front of a computer for hours upon end. Not only does this affect our eye sight negatively but also our posture. Bad posture can lead to all kinds of health problems down the line, so we should all really think of ways to improve it before it’s too late. Guess what, now there’s a health gadget for that! The iPosture comes with WINS, or Wearable Intelligent Nano-Sensor, a microchip … Read entire article »
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O2 announce plans to launch mobile telecare service
O2 have announced plans to launch the UK’s “first telecare service built around mobile technology”. The operator’s Help at Hand service will enable the remote monitoring of patients with chronic conditions. Scheduled to launch in April by O2 Health, the new scheme will be managed by the operator’s business unit focused on the mobile health market. O2 says the new service will increase support for those with long-term conditions to outside the home and their immediate … Read entire article »
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Research suggests 170M wearable health and fitness gadgets by 2017
We’ve seen plenty of wearable health and fitness devices being launched onto the market recently, like the UP bracelet, the FitBit and most recently the Nike+ FuelBand, and according to new research, it seems the trend to track everything you do while there’s a gadget attached to you somewhere will continue to be hugely popular. The statistics from US-based ABI Research suggest that by 2017 there’ll be more than 169.5 million wearable devices on the market. As … Read entire article »
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Striiv reckons gamification is key to mobile health gadgets success
It’s fair to say that mobile health gadgets have well and truly taken off over the past year. Just last week, the GSMA announced that by 2017, m-health will be worth a predicted $23 BILLION dollars. At CHS, we’re seeing health gadgets and apps coming thick and fast from the likes of Adidas, Nike, Motorola, Jawbone and others. The big question many will be asking is if users are engaged and sticking with them for the … Read entire article »
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Get a better night’s sleep with the Zeo Sleep Manager
According to recent statistics, people are not getting enough sleep. Whether it’s our hectic lifestyles, the need to check Facebook on your phone at all times, playing poker online, or non-stop worrying, it seems our brains and bodies are paying the price. Getting good quality sleep every night doesn’t just make you more refreshed for the next day, but it has a direct impact on your overall health and wellbeing. There are some easy home remedies such … Read entire article »
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CES 2012 – The Basis, a wrist based rival to the FitBit, Jawbone Up and BodyMedia Fit
Out of all the new health gadgets that are being paraded as CES, this is the one that we are most looking forward to getting out mitts on. The Basis is a rival to products like the Fitbit Ultra and Jawbone Up, but I think it looks more stylish and high tech, more like the BodyMedia Fit. You also don’t need an iPhone to use it. The Basis is essentially a high-tech fitness tracking device housed … Read entire article »
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