Tag: Medical - Latest Releases

Jun 10, 2013 - Indie developer James Hollender's iOS universal app for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch, Vitamin K, includes a notification to users about a food that's low in Vitamin K but can be life-threating to Coumadin users. The Vitamin K app allows users to easily find out how much vitamin K there is in over 900 different foods which is critical in helping keep the effectiveness of their blood thinning medications working properly.

Jun 07, 2013 - Virtually Free Ltd, a UK-based start-up, released Phobia Free 1.01, an iPad/iPhone app featuring games and augmented reality to help overcome the fear of spiders. It uses exposure therapy in the form of interactive games with spiders. The objective of the game is to help spiders escape from common threats they face when they are in a house or a garden. The spiders are progressively more realistic ending with an augmented reality tarantula they can hold in their hands.

Jun 07, 2013 - Children of all ages can perfect their articulation and get a head start in speaking with Speech Therapy for Apraxia 1.2 for iOS and Android. Developed by Blue Whale Apps and a certified Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) from the National Association for Child Development, Speech Therapy for Apraxia helps individuals practice speaking by presenting a variety of phonemes and moving through a gentle progression of levels that challenge motor planning for speech.

May 30, 2013 - KidsMeasure 1.0 for iPad ($1.99) makes growing up a bonding experience for parents and children. The app rewards children for growing up with cute animal trophies when they reach new development milestones. Parents can easily measure and track their child's growth over time using the iPad camera. Measurements are compared to official World Health Organization charts on child development for reference. With iCloud, measurements are safely stored an can be taken from one iPad to the next.

May 30, 2013 - Children of all ages can perfect their articulation and get a head start in speaking with Speech Therapy for Apraxia 1.2 for iOS and Android. Developed by Blue Whale Apps and a certified Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) from the National Association for Child Development, Speech Therapy for Apraxia helps individuals practice speaking by presenting a variety of phonemes and moving through a gentle progression of levels that challenge motor planning for speech.

May 30, 2013 - Virtually Free Ltd, a UK-based start-up, releases Phobia Free 1.01, an iPad/iPhone app featuring games and augmented reality to help overcome the fear of spiders. It uses exposure therapy in the form of interactive games with spiders. The objective of the game is to help spiders escape from common threats they face when they are in a house or a garden. The spiders are progressively more realistic ending with an augmented reality tarantula they can hold in their hands.

May 29, 2013 - Michael Parker, M.D., an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, introduced HeartPhys 1.0, a new app for iPad that enables users to learn about the heart and blood vessels through interactive diagrams and videos. HeartPhys tackles some of the key cardiovascular concepts and lets users interact with visuals and gain insight into what's going on. The app also provides narrated Show Me videos, describing each concept in detail, as well as extensive text explanations.

May 23, 2013 - KidsMeasure 1.0 makes growing up a bonding experience for parents and children. The app rewards children for growing up with cute animal trophies when they reach certain development milestones. Parents can easily measure and track their child's growth over time and compare it to official World Health Organization charts. KidsMeasure contains reference charts on height and weight development as well as on the body mass index. With iCloud, measurements can be taken from one iPad to the next.

May 22, 2013 - Michael Parker, M.D., an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, introduces HeartPhys 1.0, a new app for iPad that enables users to learn about the heart and blood vessels through interactive diagrams and videos. HeartPhys tackles some of the key cardiovascular concepts and lets users interact with visuals and gain insight into what's going on. The app also provides narrated Show Me videos, describing each concept in detail, as well as extensive text explanations.