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Connected health monthly mash-up #5
CES awards innovative health gadgets
You probably already have one or more health gadgets, but here are some more to add to 
your wish list: the nine most innovative health gadgets presented at CES 2012. Among our favorites is the New Balance Evolved Headphone System that monitors the runner’s heart rate, calorie burn, and steps via the ear buds all the while listening to music. Another example of great innovation is the world’s first cellular-enabled glucose meter that allows you to measure your blood sugar wirelessly. The user inserts a test strip into a slot on the device, which then sends the results in real time to a secure online database using an internal, wireless modem. Users, physicians, family members or caregivers can access and comment on these results.
Tagged application, connected health, health 2.0, mhealth, quantified self, social media
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Self-tracking: Go beyond fitness and health monitoring
Self-tracking is a much-discussed topic here on the blog, but we usually discuss self-tracking from a health perspective. However, there are several data that you can track besides health related matters in order to gain knowledge about your behaviors, habits, and thoughts, and to understand how you manage time and information. Today we’ll take a closer look at this side of self-tracking.
Apps for keeping your New Year’s resolutions
Are you having a hard time sticking to your New Year’s resolutions? Many of us make resolutions every year that we swear keeping, but after a couple of weeks we fall back into the same old routines. Here are some apps that can help you stick to those resolutions, whether it’s getting fit, eating healthier, or losing weight. Read more
Tagged application, body scale, fitness, habits, LoseIt!, mhealth, New Year's resolutions, selftracking, Stickk, weight
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A new dashboard is available for My.Withings.com
We have introduced a few changes in the online dashboard at My.Withings.com. Here is a quick tour of the new features.
Mobile applications for self-diagnosis
There are now plenty of health applications for all formats of mobile phones and tablets. From self-tracking apps to electronic health records to applications that remind you to take your medication. Today, we’ll shed some light on a specific category of apps: applications for self-diagnosis.
Amazing health innovation
Today, technological evolution is moving forward at a fast pace, and lately we have seen many impressive examples of innovation, which are bound to change the relationship between man and machine. In many cases, the purpose of these technologies is to make everyday life more convenient and improve our wellbeing – but it can also help people to fulfil tasks that they are not able to manage on their own. This is notably the case of many healthcare innovations, whose technology helps people who suffer from various ailments. Read more
Tagged application, brain scanner, connected health, health 2.0, innovation, mhealth, smartphone
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