Author Archives: m.sherman

Harmful Drug Reactions Gets Help from Automated Follow-Ups

According to a new study performed in Canada, automated phone systems that send patients repeated reminders can help spot harmful drug reactions. Continue reading

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Battling Autism with an iPad

According to the advocacy organization, Autism Speaks and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), Autism, affects one in 88 children and has become the fastest-growing serious developmental and communicative disability in the United States. Continue reading

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Track Your Individual Metabolism on Your Smartphone

If you’ve ever dieted, you know how frustrating it can be to discover you haven’t lost any weight after a week of counting calories. Sure, you can always blame a poorly calibrated scale. But the lack of weight loss could be a matter of metabolism – we need to increase our metabolism rate so we can burn more of those calories. Continue reading

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How Facebook’s Graph Search Can Influence Healthcare

How does Facebook’s new search tool – versus Google – help healthcare? Well, the results you get from Graph Search are predominantly results from other Facebook users, not third-party sources. Continue reading

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Mass Immunization Efforts Get Help of Mobile App

A mobile app called HANDI is helping the U.S. Department Health & Human Services in mass immunization campaigns. Its purpose: to allow public health workers to register individuals, collect information and track immunizations, then transfer the data into necessary databases. Continue reading

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