Apps can help manage health conditions but few use them, poll finds
Although a plethora of smartphone apps can help people manage health conditions, a new poll suggests most don’t use them. File Photo by Skylines/Shutterstock Health and fitness apps are growing in popularity, but not among the people who might…
Teletherapy expanded during the pandemic, but is it effective for behavioral health?
PHOENIX (Cronkite News) – Telehealth has been a widely used resource during the pandemic, but as providers and policymakers consider its future, some continue to weigh the pros and cons of treating certain conditions from a distance – particularly mental…
Are Health Care Apps in Your Future?
© Provided by HealthDay FRIDAY, March 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Are you managing a chronic health problem, be it obesity or diabetes or heart disease or asthma? There’s likely an app for that. Health apps are becoming more and more…
He said he was asleep at time of wife’s murder. His health app said otherwise.
He said he was asleep at time of wife’s murder. His health app said otherwise. While not necessarily impartial, your smartphone is one hell of an observer. An Alabama man found that out the hard way this week when he was sentenced on Monday to 16…
HTN Meds Tied to Lower Mortality After Pancreatic Cancer Diagnosis | Health & Fitness
FRIDAY, Feb. 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Use of angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs) and angiotensin I converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors after a pancreatic cancer (PC) diagnosis is associated with a reduced mortality risk, according to a study…
Joan MacDonald, social media fitness influencer, is proving good health has no age limit
Joan MacDonald was delighted to welcome her daughter and son-in-law to her home in Ontario, Canada just before Christmas in 2016. What she hadn’t expected was her daughter’s reaction to the news that she was on medication for high blood pressure, high…
Smartphone System Can Assess Blood Clotting From Single Drop | Health & Fitness
MONDAY, Feb. 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A micro-mechanical clot detection system using the vibration motor and camera on smartphones correlates strongly with laboratory and point-of-care prothrombin time (PT)/international normalized ratio (INR)…
Health apps could help older adults with anything from sleep to diabetes, but most don’t use them
The percentage of adults age 50-80 who said they use a mobile app for a specific health-related purpose. Data from the National Poll on Healthy Aging from the University of Michigan. Credit: University of Michigan Mobile apps make it possible to track…
Doctors seeking health equity undeterred by neo-Nazi protest
BOSTON (AP) — Two doctors who teach at Harvard Medical School and have been working to establish greater equity in health care for people of color say they are undeterred by a recent protest outside Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston by a group of…
Universal health care bill faces deadline in California
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Democrats must decide Monday whether to advance a bill that would make the government pay for everybody’s health care in the nation’s most populous state; a key test of whether one of their most…