Breast implant monitoring is important to patients, advocates, physicians and even manufacturers. Which is why Allergan is backing the Aesthetic Society creation of the Patient App. The HIPAA-compliant personalized mobile app will securely store patient implant records and offer information and safety updates, as well give patients a way to send feedback. The Patient App’s roots go back
Within the next 12 months, users will be able to attach a patch to their arm that alerts them to when they are dehydrated. Dehydration is even a cause for concern in a first world country such as the UK. Although most have fairly easy access to clean drinking water, some are often either unaware
The health website and point-of-care company are partnering to bring health content “wrapped in empathy” to the doctor’s office, said Heidi Anderson, Chief Growth Officer at Outcome Health. “We saw synergy between the approach Verywell takes with content and the approach we’ve been looking for at Outcome Health,” she explained. “It stems from research we
Pressure is mounting on the UK government to prevent food brands such as Heinz from using popular cartoon characters from TV and film to market junk food to kids. Action on Sugar and Action on Salt has called for a ban on on-pack cartoon animations on food that is high in sugar and salt to
Retail pharmacy CVS Health has taken moral action to oppose tobacco and e-cigarette companies by being the first major brand to boycott any agency that promotes smoking or vaping via the Quit Big Tobacco campaign. The definite stance has been prompted by a continued marketing push by tobacco firms to attract new customers. Norman de Greve, chief marketing officer for CVS Health,
A ‘sustainable and effective health data ecosystem’ is needed in Europe if the region is to make the most of data for patients and healthcare systems alike, new report concludes. The latest report from RAND Europe states that if social and technical challenges to value capture are addressed, health data could provide a variety of
