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26 March 2020

Lessons from gaming – can we get patients hooked on health apps?

Gaming and healthcare are not usually put together in the same sentence but Kumar Jacob, founder and CEO of Mindwave

20 March 2020

NHSX working on coronavirus contact tracking app

The app, which would operate on an opt-in basis, would alert people to new cases of suspected coronavirus their area,

A woman using the SkinVision app to scan a mole on her arm

14 February 2020

Skin cancer apps ‘cannot be relied upon for accurate results’, study finds

Experts found the apps may cause harm from failure to identify potentially deadly skin cancers, or from over-investigation such as

14 February 2020

Mobile health and apps news in brief

This month's mobile apps round-up features news two London trusts are to pilot a health and wellbeing platform to boost

4 February 2020

Cancer diagnosis leads to social-networking app to boost mental health

Four years after Fabian Bolin's diagnosis, the War on Cancer app was launched providing a social networking platform for cancer

28 January 2020

Draft NICE guidelines suggest apps can support behavioural change

Apps, wearable devices and online programmes may help people be more active, manage their weight, quit smoking and reduce alcohol

9 January 2020

Three in ten GPs recommend apps to ease pressure on CAMHS

In a survey of 994 GPs, 31% said they recommend patients use NHS approved apps to manage poor mental health

6 December 2019

Mobile health and apps news in brief

This month's mobile apps round-up features news an augmented reality asthma app to teach children how to use their inhaler

A woman taking a photo of a man's back using the Miiskin app and viewing the changes on a computer

25 November 2019

Apps valuable tools for skin cancer self-monitoring, say dermatologists

Of 245 dermatologists, 93% said keeping photographic records of moles and wider areas of skin was a good way of

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