I may be a little too cynical to provide an objective review of this application and I wouldn’t want to give the impression that I don’t consider stress to be a serious issue because I do. What I am finding difficult is in trying to work out what angle it’s coming from. Is it trying to put some "fun" into stress, which is an oxymoron of gargantuan proportions, or is it to be taken as a serious aid to reducing the condition? Read more
Fitness is big business these days and here’s an app that will help both coaches and those sweating under their guidance. It’s easy to lose motivation when trying to stick to a particular regime but with FitView members can stay focused by engaging with their coach and other group members. A simplified description of the app might say that it’s a bit like a social networking site but with a lot of sections and features geared to fitness. Coaches can set up a profile and invite group members who are undergoing the same programme. Personal fitness details like height, weight and ... Read more
The hardest thing about starting a fitness regime is finding enough time to implement it. A bit of motivation wouldn't go amiss either. What you really need is your own personal trainer. Well, Fitoodle is a social networking health and fitness tool that will act as your very own personal trainer as well as keeping you in touch with other health conscious friends. It doesn't really matter whether you are just wanting to trim up a bit ready for summer or are about to embark on a major lifestyle health change, Fitoodle is devoted to helping people reach their ... Read more
Running a medical practice these days is like running any other business when it comes to organization. When it comes to appointment scheduling and record keeping however it’s probably even more vital to have a robust system in place accessible by all practitioners from anywhere they might be. Read more
Everyone loves pandas. MoodPanda is a free interactive mood diary for iPhone, mobile and web browser that can be a benefit to your health and wellbeing as well as beings lots of fun. Many psychologists and therapists suggest that keeping a mood diary can be very therapeutic and can help towards the first steps of treating symptoms of depression, bipolar disorders and even PMS. But it wasn't designed for people fighting depression...it's an added bonus. Read more
This is a simple and free app and if you’re a solo healthcare practitioner of any kind you could do a lot worse than have a serious look at it. There are far more important things to be getting on with without having to spend time organizing the appointment book and in the hands of DocMeln you can, to a certain extent, happily forget about that aspect of the day’s work. Read more
I must be one of the luckiest people around. I’ve travelled a bit both for business and pleasure purposes but I’ve never had the misfortune to be eaten alive by bedbugs! I’m not quite sure what the people behind this site hope to achieve but I suppose they are providing a public service of some kind. Having said that I do think their mission to "report and follow bedbug information around the world" could be just slightly bordering on the over ambitious. There are a number of ways of interpreting the activity (or lack of it) on the site and some are ... Read more
Apps have become one of the boom industries of the 21st Century and I'm a little surprised that there haven't been more developed like this Ovulation Calendar for iPhone. This fitness and health app takes note of all aspects of conception and provides details of your most fertile days based on menstrual history and then tracks the progression of your pregnancy. Developers Zycia are well know in the health and fitness industry and also provide advice on conception and fertility from their website as a back up. Zycia thought about developing this Ovulation Calendar after one of their prestigious ... Read more
There are some things that are vitally important when you have been prescribed to take a course of pills but probably the most important are to take the correct dose at the right time and in the right time period. Easy Pill is a simple yet very efficient medical health management and tracking application for iOS that tracks all your prescriptions and reminds you when you should be taking your drugs to give you the best possible chance of curing your illness or managing your ailment. EasyPill is a medical app that offers advanced, daily tracking of all pills, ... Read more
Azumio have a new app called Sleep Time (developed in tandem with Stanford and the University of California, San Francisco) that has already hit number 1 in health and fitness for... Read more