Iltifat Husain, MD

Giving out medical advice on twitter can lead to more harm than good

10 days ago by
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Discussion on the appropriate use of Twitter for medical advice and how much responsibility falls on the healthcare provider

The best medical apps released this past week v16

May 03, 2013 by
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The following is a list of the notable medical apps released for Apple’s iOS this past week.

Ohio goes mobile with organ donation, Lifeline of Ohio app launches

May 01, 2013 by
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Lifeline of Ohio’s mission is to empower Ohio’s community in order to save and heal lives through organ, eye and tissue donation.  They are an independent, non-profit organization — and they promote and coordinate the donation of human organs and tissue for transplantation. They have taken their mission to mobile form, by creating an application that encourages Ohio residents to register to be an organ donor. The app launched last week, and appears to have some kinks, as the registration [Read more]

The best medical apps released this past week v15

Apr 28, 2013 by
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The following is a list of the notable medical apps released for Apple’s iOS this past week.

Key iPhone & iPad medical apps released last week v14

Apr 19, 2013 by
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The following is a list of the notable medical apps released for Apple’s iOS this past week.

Key iPhone medical apps released last week v13

Apr 12, 2013 by
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The following is a list of the notable medical apps released for Apple’s iOS this past week.

Key iPhone medical apps released last week, v12

Apr 03, 2013 by
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A review of the key iPhone medical apps that were released last week, Week 12

Notable iPhone medical apps released for Week 11

Mar 27, 2013 by
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A new feature we’ll be doing at iMedicalApps is providing a weekly overview of the notable medical apps released for iOS and Android. The following is a list of the notable medical apps released for Apple’s iOS this past week.

A request to Dropbox & Evernote from Physicians, please add PDF annotation

Mar 26, 2013 by
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A feature that many medical professionals are pining for, PDF annotation within DropBox and Evernote

UpToDate mobile access shows Apple dominating Android in Physician use

Mar 25, 2013 by
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Data provided by UpToDate, one of the most popular tools used by Physicians, shows Apple dominating the market when compared to Android.

An exciting search engine that helps diagnose rare medical diseases, called Find Zebra

Mar 19, 2013 by
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A phrase that every medical student has heard during their training is, “When you hear hoofbeats, don’t expect to see a zebra”.  This basically mean you should try to focus on the “obvious”, and not chase rare diseases if the “obvious” makes sense. In medicine, there can sometimes be a tendency to chase and diagnose rare pathology because it’s “sexy”.  We are trained against this because we can cause harm by over-testing and if your final diagnosis makes sense, and [Read more]

Should you consider prescribing Facebook to older patients?

Mar 18, 2013 by
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A graduate student from the University of Arizona, Janelle Wohltmann, is studying whether Facebook use can improve older adult cognitive performance and make them feel more socially connected. Her preliminary findings show that after using Facebook, older adults performed about 25 percent better on tasks designed to measure their ability to continuously monitor and to quickly add or delete the contents of their working memory, also known as “updating”.