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What Exactly are the App Store’s Medical Standards?

Sep 04, 2009 by Iltifat Husain, MD

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Recently, I posted on a controversial healthcare application that claims to treat seasonal depression. In my post, I talked about the ridiculous app and wondered if the App Store approval process needed to be tweaked when it came to medical and healthcare apps. Then I started wondering if there are actual medical standards the App Store has in place. There was a nice write up done by PC World talking about how the lack of overall set standards are hurting [Read more]

New Blue Light Therapy App a Bit Shady. Does App Store Approval Process Need to Take This Into Account?

Aug 21, 2009 by Iltifat Husain, MD

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A new healthcare app just released on the market claims to treat seasonal depression, called BluWave. Dr. Grohol has an entertaining read about how this app is a bit dubious. He gives great clinical research data, and how the makers use shady research to market this device. The app claims to use "Light Emitting Diode (LED) technology to deliver blue light adjustable in specific Nanometers (nm). Blue light therapy has been clinically proven to combat seasonal affective disorder (SAD), depression, [Read more]

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What Exactly are the App Store’s Medical Standards?

New Blue Light Therapy App a Bit Shady. Does App Store Approval Process Need to Take This Into Account?

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