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Bloodnote: Quick and easy blood pressure control for your mobile
The new slick (and very good-looking) application Bloodnote makes tracking and monitoring your blood pressure quick and simple. There are a number of apps available that are designed to give you more control over your health, allowing you to track and monitor everything your body gets up to throughout the day. However, many people don’t need to know how many calories they’ve eaten, steps they’ve taken and times they’ve exhaled, sometimes an all-singing, all-dancing app isn’t … Read entire article »
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Keep the blues at bay with the Depression Mood Monitor app
With Depression Awareness Week taking place from 22nd – 28th April and the last few days in London having been very rainy, we decided we wanted to find an app that could help us monitor our moods. The Depression Mood Monitor app lets users track mood changes as they happen (much like MyFitnessPal does with calories), and records them in a very simple, easy-to-read chart format. It also features comment and alert functions, and a one-step … Read entire article »
Filed under: Apps, Mental Health
Add competitive edge to your workouts with iPhone app Fitocracy
There’s nothing new about an app that allows you to track your workouts. Fitocracy, after huge success with a browser-based service, has launched a new iPhone app that brings everything you can expect from a fitness app, but adds a competitive edge. Fitocracy’s USP is the way it lets you go head-to-head with other users and friends. Earn points by logging fitness activities to earn badges or rank on a leaderboard. You can also follow your friends’ progress … Read entire article »
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Do you suffer from hay fever? Keep track on the pollen count with the Pollen Forecast app by Clarityn
Spring is definitely in the air and the days are finally getting longer as we moved into British Summer Time yesterday, 25 March. But March also marks the start of the pollen season, which is a very unpleasant time for those suffering from allergy and hay fever. If you are one of the many who go through copious amounts of tissues during the spring and summer months, this is the app for you. The free Pollen Forecast … Read entire article »
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GPs announce plans to ‘prescribe’ smartphone apps to patients
Mobile health has just taken a huge step forward with the news that GPs in the UK are set to be able to prescribe smartphone apps to help patients manage their health better. According to the Department of Health, the technology can put patients in charge of their medical records and health, especially in the cases of chronic conditions such as diabetes and hypertension. Over 500 apps were nominated as part of a competition run by the … Read entire article »
Filed under: Apps, CHS news, Latest News, Mobile Phone Apps
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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Be cautious when trying out new health and fitness apps
There are so many different apps on the market today that have been specially designed to keep us on the right track when it comes to our fitness and overall health. The new year has seen even more being launched that promise to motivate us all and help us stick to those tricky resolutions too. However, an article published recently over at USA Today warns people that a lot of these applications need to be approached with … Read entire article »
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iPhone app Skin Scan looks for skin cancer
Skin Scan is a skin cancer prevention tool that aims to ‘drastically reduce the cases in which people reach a medic when it’s too late and far more expensive by bringing a revolutionary screening method to potentially everyone’s home’. Developed by Cronian Labs, the technology is welcome by official bodies such as the Cancer Society of New Zealand as it could help remind people to look after their skin and visit their GP if they notice … Read entire article »
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