Researchers at UC San Diego Health System’s Department of Reproductive Medicine and the National Latino Research Center (NLRC) at Cal State San Marcos University recently presented data at the American Public Health Association Conference in Washington D.C., demonstrating the impact of text4baby, a free mobile service that provides pregnant women and new mothers in San [...]

In an industry driven by improving the quality of patient care, meeting regulations and controlling costs, leading Healthcare IT executives understand the strategic importance of working towards a digital era. As the population continues to age, chronic diseases grow and patients become empowered through new technologies, the Healthcare landscape has to adapt as its workload [...]

Source: Wikimedia Commons, Morgue File, Jason Howell, Jade and RRY Photo Manipulation Orthopedic surgeon Arun Mullaji of Breach Candy Hospital and Lilavathi Hospital, Mumbai, performed the first iPod Touch assisted knee replacement surgery in Asia. The patient, a 75-year-old man, was able to walk the same day that the surgery was conducted. Smith & Nephew [...]

With a new application developed by a U-M neurologist, better understanding of the anatomy of the peripheral nervous system can be found right on your iPhone. Nerve Whiz is a free application for medical professionals interested in learning the complex anatomy of nerve roots, plexuses, and peripheral nerves. It can work on Apple personal devices [...]

Phones are not just for conversation anymore. A surgeon in Indian used an iPhone app to help install a new knee and now Aesculap Implant Systems has launched an App for use on the Apple iPad, iPhone and iPod. The new App features OrthoPilot navigated surgeries, shows animated surgical techniques, operating room videos and an [...]

Reminding your bones to grow…Smith & Nephew has announced a new, free service that helps patients keep on track with their physician-prescribed EXOGEN Ultrasound Bone Healing System treatment plans. Via EXOGEN CONNECTS, patients can receive reminders and tips for healthy living. Those who enroll in EXOGEN CONNECTS have on hand a personal wellness and support [...]

Playing two Wii Fit video games-Step and Hula-can provide adequate exercise to improve health and physical fitness, reports a study in the March issue of The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, official research journal of the National Strength and Conditioning Association. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer [...]

News outlets report on challenges associated with the push to go digital in the next five years. Center for Public Integrity: Will Digital Technology Reduce Gap In Health Between Rich and Poor? Although the federal government is directing billions of dollars in economic stimulus money to get electronic health record technology into hospitals and clinics [...]

Males who use laptops on their laps are likely to experience scrotal hyperthermia – elevated temperatures in their testicles – which can significantly affect the quality of their sperm, and consequently their fertility, US scientists report in the medical journal Fertility and Sterility. The authors add that even if they protect their laps with a lap [...]

The Associated Press: “AT&T Inc., the country’s largest telecommunications company, on Thursday said it is setting up a division to target the health care industry,” in hopes of being part of the action when the industry “adopts electronic medical records, doctor’s visits by video-conferencing and wireless gadgets like remote glucose monitors.” The company’s new “ForHealth” [...]