EMIS Health helps care for the elderly at home
EMIS Health is supporting NHS trusts and health providers on the Fylde Coast to help elderly patients at home and reduce unnecessary hospital admissions The programme brings together six organisations:...
View ArticleApp helps 100,000 people contribute to Parkinson’s research
100 for Parkinson’s is a global project asking 100,000 people to track their health for 100 days, using an app, to help understand the impact of Parkinson’s and provide new research 100 for Parkinson’s...
View ArticleAnti-smoking wearable reduces nicotine cravings
Anti-smoking wearable displays significant reduction in user nicotine cravings as part of clinical trial. Chrono Therapeutics announced that clinical data for the company’s smoking cessation technology...
View ArticleKeep calm and check your awareable
Empatica has created Embrace, a medical wearable that monitors stress signals and can give users warnings when they are becoming too stressed. Embrace is a wearable wristband that was originally...
View ArticleIn cinemas soon…The Awareables: How much do you want to know about your body?
First there were the wearables, then along came a stranger from out of town who really made folks think differently… Awareables – you’d be forgiven for thinking this is the latest Pixar offering – but...
View ArticleProtecting the elderly from rip-off gadgets
Leading occupational therapist Maggie Winchcombe OBE talks about how to protect older and vulnerable people from being “ripped off” when purchasing mobility and independent living aids The mobility...
View ArticleDigital health apps: they’re becoming a habit…
Daryl Foy, Doctoral research candidate in digital health, and co-founder of web app service dialog.fit on making a habit of health apps Some way, somehow, that is the ultimate aim, for digital health...
View ArticleTotally interactive health education
Totally and Healthwise are providing people in the UK access to videos, interactive tools and decision aids to help them make better health decisions. By integrating the Healthwise Care Management...
View ArticleNHS app helps educate mental health patients
New NHS app helps people with depression and other mental health illnesses by educating them about electro-convulsive therapy (ECT) treatment. The app was developed by Leicestershire Health Informatics...
View ArticleWearable helps users see when they are over the limit
A wearable device that measures blood alcohol levels through the wearer’s skin has won the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism’s (NIAAA) Wearable Alcohol Biosensor Challenge The...
View Article5 apps for a healthy Glastonbury
Our list of the five essential festival apps to keep you healthy and safe at this year’s Glastonbury. Heading to Glastonbury this weekend? It’s time to stop worrying about cleaning those Hunter...
View ArticleJawbone blurs medtech and consumer lines with mobile health integration
Jawbone device owners can now track their health, locate healthcare specialists and store securely, safely access and share medical history from their mobile device. Medelinked, a global online and...
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