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A start-up proposes to crowd-source medical diagnostics and other interesting finds, #TEDMED

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As the second day of TEDMED starts, we delve deeper into the issue of turning big data into real wisdom

iMedicalApps (@iMedicalApps) is at TEDMED 2013, #TEDMED

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High noon has come and gone in Washington DC and so does the beginning of the latest TEDMED event. Almost two thousand delegates from 31 countries will be attending TEDMED 2013, an event where individuals from all sorts of disciplines gather to ponder the greatest and biggest challenges that healthcare and medicine faces. Many exciting speakers are lined up for the event including Surgeon General Regina Benjamin and NIH Director Francis Collins, with talks ranging from the future of preventative [Read more]

Animated Essential Atlas of Anatomy and Physiology for Android

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Animated Essential Atlas of Anatomy and Physiology for Android is a good way of getting 3D animations and graphics for your students.

Pocket Lab Values is a handy lab reference app for Android

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Pocket Lab Values is a lab reference app developed by Joefrey Kibuule (currently a medical student) that attempts to aid healthcare professionals by providing reference values to common tests.

Animated Pocket Dictionary of Hypertension provides basic information through good animations for Android

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If you are looking for cool animations related to blood pressure and hypertension then look no further. Now if you are interested in abundant information you might want to look somewhere else.

Heart Sounds & Murmurs is a very good heart sounds app for Android

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Learning to auscultate is always tricky but this app can be of good use.

EMR on your Android phone with Patient Records Doctor ON GO

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A mobile attempt to solve the Electronic Medical Records situation for Android, called Patient Records Doctor ON GO is reviewed.

Baby Care is an Android app that tracks your baby’s growth

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Baby Care certainly can store huge amounts of information even if keeping track of our baby’s mood seems bordering on the obsessive.

CPR/Choking video app has good videos for patients but overall utility limited

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The CPR/Choking app offers instant videos on how to perform CPR and aid a choking victim.

British Red Cross’ first aid android app

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Need help during an emergency? This is the app you want your patients to have around

Virtual Nurse – Birth Control for Android can sort general questions but needs more work

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Virtual Nurse can answer some of your birth control questions but you might find yourself wanting for more.

NeuroMind for Android is a great app for keeping neurology skills sharp

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This app is for doctors who need to keep their neurology skills sharp. The information is sound and complete and it’s presented in a simple way.