Archive for April, 2010

  • UCLA engineer creates smallest telemedicine microscope

    UCLA engineer creates smallest telemedicine microscope

    Aydogan Ozcan, an engineer from UCLA who has previously adapted a mobile phone to perform the functions of a microscope has now invented the world’s smallest and lightest telemedicine microscope. Ozcan’s microscope was recently unveiled in a paper published in the  journal Lab on a...

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  • mHealth 2010 Conference & Expo registration open

    mHealth 2010 Conference & Expo registration open

    Registration for Clarion Events mHealth 2010 Conference & Expo is now open. The event will be a great opportunity to meet with the leaders of some of the most successful and innovative mobile health projects from around the world. The event is scheduled to take...

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  • UK General Election 2010 health policy round-up: Conservative

    UK General Election 2010 health policy round-up: Conservative

    The second feature of our Election 2010 policy round-ups is focused on the Conservatives, the party tipped to take the most seats after the election. Their manifesto is entitled ‘Invitation to join the government of Britain’ , playing up to their push for the electorate...

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  • Cellular scale enables autonomous weight tracking

    Cellular scale enables autonomous weight tracking

    New York based BodyTrace launched their BodyScale eScale and website to the market earlier this week as a tool for those looking to lose weight. The eScale is th e world’s first GSM-enabled bathroom scale that wirelessly transmits and uploads users’ data to the deicated...

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  • UK General Election 2010 health policy round-up: Labour

    UK General Election 2010 health policy round-up: Labour

    As the UK General Election draws ever closer (May 6th for those who don’t know) I thought it may be a good idea to take a look at what the three major parties are saying on the issue of healthcare, and what the implications for...

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  • Diversinet patents to overcome security and fragmentation challenges

    Diversinet patents to overcome security and fragmentation challenges

    Toronto based Diversinet have been issued two new patents which will help wireless carriers, device vendors and other members of the mobile ecosystem to overcome the challenges that fragmentation and security pose the industry. Diversinet has integrated these patented solutions into their MobiSecure products and...

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  • Bayer bringing diabetes management to the Nintendo DS

    Bayer bringing diabetes management to the Nintendo DS

    According to a recent article in Business Week Bayer will be bringing a Nintendo DS enabled blood glucose meter to the US in the next month. Already available in the UK, the Didget is a diabetes management device which plugs in to the Nintendo DS...

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  • Alere to deploy foetal for prenatal care of high-risk pregnancies

    Alere to deploy foetal for prenatal care of high-risk pregnancies

    Alere Healthcare, a leader in personal health solutions has announced a partnership between its Women’s and Children’s Health Division (WCH) and Monica Healthcare, a UK-based developer of a wireless foetal-maternal monitor. Alere WCH is the largest US provider of specialised health management services, supporting over...

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  • MyGlucoHealth Diabetes app comes to Nokia’s Ovi Store

    MyGlucoHealth Diabetes app comes to Nokia’s Ovi Store

    Entra Health Systems have partnered with the world’s leading handset manufacturer, Nokia, to make the MyGlucoHealth application for mobile diabetes management available on the Ovi Store. The application is for use on the Symbian and Series 40 operating systems, and will make it possible for...

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