Apps are revolutionizing healthcare. They are improving coordination between doctors and patients, resulting in better outcomes and the reduction of spiraling healthcare costs. This issue brings you information on apps that cannot but help in the better management of five life-threatening medical conditions.

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Apps to Protect Your Health

App:  iBG Star Purpose: Diabetes management, coordinated with a blood glucose meter.

This app comes highly recommended by a family member who has lived with diabetes for many years. Here's how she describes iBG Star. "It's an awesome blood glucose app. I test then my iPhone saves the results and sends them to my doctor. As well the app tells me if it suspects something is amiss". iBG Star is a comprehensive step-by-step diabetes management system that informs, supports, and empowers sufferers of diabetes to take control of their blood glucose. http://starsystem.sanofi.ca/products/ibgstar-case-iphone

App:  Asthma Tracker Purpose: Long-term asthma management

Asthma Tracker is a convenient way to keep a journal of your asthma attacks, and track your peak flow meter readings. You can track the frequency and duration of each attack, where you were when it started, what triggered it, and how you treated it. There are default choices available for locations, triggers, etc. One happy user has this to add: "The developers of the app are very responsive so if you have an issue contact them … they are fast and helpful. https://play.google.com/store/apps

App:  Blood Pressure Journal Purpose: Getting your blood pressure under control

This app helps you get better control of your blood pressure by tracking key data that you can view in a journal or on graphs, send to your doctor, use to compute statistics, and much more. Here's how one user describes Blood Pressure Journal: "Every time I visit my doctor, I simply bring in a print-out of my BP data since my last visit. My doc says I'm his most well prepared patient." https://play.google.com/store/apps

App:  Diet Point Weight Loss Purpose: Long-term weight management

Here's an app to consider if you are looking for a healthy, balanced weight- loss diet plan. Diet Point will even tell you how much you'll lose with each of its 130 diet plans. The app comes with checkable shopping lists for each plan. And there are meal reminders that will make sure you'll never miss meals again. According to one user "This app is awesome! There are lots of diet plans and tips everyday! You would just love to try everything!" https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=si.simplabs.diet2go&hl=en

App:  TouchOut Purpose: Up-to-date information on cancer treatments

TouchOut™ Cancer utilizes best in class content from the top cancer and healthcare organizations. Content includes prevention tips, new and updated clinical trials, stories of hope, information about cancer services and celebrity audio and video messages. Researchers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center have pioneered the use of computerized devices to help patients and their physicians decide among the major treatment choices for several cancers. TouchOut enables those touched by cancer to stay informed on how best to deal with a diagnosis of cancer. http://downloads.yahoo.com/software/mobile-iphone-touchout-cancer-health-news--s128141

An APP Tip

If you have a medical condition for which we have not suggested an app, it's probably a good idea to go online and check out what's available. You will probably be pleasantly surprised. There are some great apps that can help you to better manage many of the medical conditions that may affect you or someone you care for. Here's a starting point for your search: http://appadvice.com/applists/show/track-and-maintain-medical-conditions

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This Week's Hot New Apps

Photoshop Touch for Phone
FacebookTwitterEmailPhotoshop Touch for Android phone will let you transform your images with all of the features packed into Adobe Photoshop. With this app, you be able to combine layers, apply effects, and share images with your friends and family on Facebook and Twitter. You can download Photoshop Touch app on Google Play store here.

MessageMe
MessageMe is an app that focuses on context. It offers multimedia like photos, videos, songs, audio recordings, and more. The MessageMe app also has a cool "Doodles" feature that lets you send sketches to your friends. If you like drawing mustaches on random celebrities, you'll have fun with this app. You can download MessageMe on Google Play store here.

Next Issue

The next issue of The Essential Apps Report will focus on life in Toronto and how various apps can make life in the city easier and less stressful.

Editors Note

We’d like The Essential Apps Report to morph into a two-way conversation with our readers. Let us know about the apps you find most useful, and give us specific examples of how you have benefited from their use.

If you’d like to contribute your favorite apps for inclusion in a future issue, please contact me and, if your suggestions are used, we’ll credit you for your contribution.

Please submit your app ideas to ron@humemediainc.com

So long until next issue,

Ron Clifford
Publisher

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