Medical News

Azumio's "Instant Heart Rate" app has passed the 10 million download mark, making it one of the most popular health apps on the market and demonstrating the popularity of medical apps.

HealthTap has created a healthcare social network with more 5,000 doctors to answer patient questions, illustrating another way technology is improving the doctor-patient relationship.

An app offering health care data has been expanded to include details on over 1,000 medications, another sign that apps are now a key source of medical information.

Instead of just playing games and checking e-mails, iPhone owners can now save lives, thanks to an app that alerts CPR-trained folk to nearby emergencies.

Verizon and Medco Health Solutions, a pharmacy services provider, have developed an app that provides critical information about a user's prescriptions, offering an unregulated but critical link between patients and doctors.

A public hospital in Australia has developed a free symptom-checker iPhone app for men, in another step in mobile technology helping to advance medical practice while helping men communicate more easily about their physical ailments.

Pill makers are boosting investment in healthcare apps, according consultancy firm Ernst & Young, developing a wide variety of programs to inform patients to eat right, log blood sugar levels and track chemotherapy appointments.

A smartphone-based ultrasound system has been recently approved for medical use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, in a move that expands the usage of mobile technology even further in the medical field.

Lusting after the looks achieved by your favorite "Bridalplasty" stars or just hoping for a nip and tuck here and there? There's an app for that.

Smartphones could help people live a longer, healthier life, thanks to "ShutEye," an Android app that improves the way people sleep.

The Food and Drug Administration has cleared a medical imaging app for the iPhone and iPad, which could save lives and speed up diagnoses by letting doctors consult on a case remotely.

The deaf can now communicate with the hearing by smartphone, through a new Android app called "Ntouch Mobile."

A Beverly Hills cosmetic surgeon has released an iPhone app that allows users to preview the effects of various surgical procedures on pictures of their own faces.

Researchers have released an online video game in hopes of harness people's "collective intelligence" to help scientific research.