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American Red Cross
The official American Red Cross First Aid app puts expert advice for everyday emergencies in your hand. Simple step-by-step instructions guide you through everyday first aid scenarios. Fully integrated with 9-1-1 so you can call EMS from the app at any time. Videos and animations make learning first aid fun and easy. Safety tips for everything, from severe winter weather to hurricanes, earthquakes and tornadoes help you prepare for emergencies.
Cost: Free
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Glucose Buddy
Azumio Inc.
Glucose Buddy is a data storage utility for people with diabetes. Users can manually enter glucose numbers, carbohydrate consumption, insulin dosages, and activities. Then, you can view all of your data on your free glucosebuddy.com online account.
Cost: Free
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HealthTap
HealthTap has more than 64,000 top U.S. doctors here to help you smile and feel good. Get help by talking to a live doctor anytime, from anywhere. Learn more by getting personalized answers, tips, news, and app recommendations direct from doctors.
Cost: Free
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Instant Heart Rate
Azumio Inc.
Place the tip of your index finger on phone’s camera and in a couple of seconds your Heart Rate will be shown. A real-time chart will show your every heart beat. It uses your phones built-in camera to track color changes on the fingertip that are directly linked to your pulse. This is the same technique that medical pulse oximeters use.
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Resources
Articles
- Introduction to Medical Disorders
- Aging and Your Eyes
- Arthritis
- Beware of Health Scams
- Constipation
- Diabetes
- Hearing Loss
- High Blood Pressure
- Hospital Hints
- Hyperthermia
- Stay Safe in Cold Weather
- Osteoporosis: The Bone Thief
- Seasonal Influenza Q&A
- Shots for Safety
- Stroke: Prevention and Treatment
- Taking Care of Your Teeth and Mouth
- Urinary Incontinence
- 2019 Novel Coronavirus/COVID-19
- Q&A on Coronaviruses
- Manage Anxiety & Stress Due to COVID-19
- Use of Masks to Help Slow the Spread of COVID-19
- 8 Things to Know about the U.S. COVID-19 Vaccination Program
- Facts about COVID-19 Vaccines
News
- When Is It Time for a Knee Replacement?
- AHA News: Death Rates From Tears In This Major Heart Artery Are Rising, Especially Among Women, Black Adults
- Omicron COVID Causing Severe Croup in Young Children
- 'Zapping' Air Passages May Bring Relief for Severe Asthma
- Moderna Asks FDA to Approve Second Booster for All Adults
- New Tick-Borne Virus Is Spreading Across U.S.
- Memory Issues Plague Long COVID Patients
- COVID Vaccine Won't Cause Rare Neuro Events, But COVID Infection Could
- Triglycerides a Stroke Danger, Even With Statin Treatment
- It Can Take Weeks for Some Patients With Severe COVID to Recover Consciousness
- 40 more
- Omicron Wave Had 5 Times as Many Small Kids Hospitalized Compared to Delta
- Breathing Dirty Air Could Raise Your Odds for Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Palliative Care Crucial After Severe Stroke, But Many Patients Miss Out
- Mammograms Can Also Highlight Heart Risks: Study
- Pfizer Asks FDA to Approve Second Booster for Seniors
- Even a Little Light in Your Bedroom Could Harm Health
- Mental Issues Can Linger More Than a Year After Severe COVID
- Rise in U.K. COVID Cases Closely Watched by U.S. Health Officials
- Long COVID May Bring Long-Term Lung Damage
- New Malaria Treatment Gets First Approval for Use in Children
- Warming World Means More Cases of Dangerous Low-Salt Condition
- About 1 in 6 U.S. Couples Disagrees on COVID Vaccination
- COVID Meds Appear to Work Against BA.2 Omicron Variant
- ‘Deltacron’ Variant Rare and Not a Major Concern
- Could Depression Make Dry Eye Worse?
- When Will Americans With Diabetes Get Relief From High Insulin Prices?
- COVID's Global Death Toll May Be 3 Times Official Numbers
- Drug Could Be Non-Antibiotic Alternative to Treat UTIs
- Flu Vaccine No Match for Circulating Variants This Season
- Lymphedema in Legs Strikes 1 in 3 Female Cancer Survivors
- Science Brings Shortcut to Spotting 50 Rare Genetic Diseases
- U.S. Airplane, Train and Transit Mask Mandates Extended to April 18
- Man Who Received First Pig Heart Transplant Has Died
- Pfizer Begins Trial of COVID Drug Paxlovid in Kids 6 to 17
- Could a Stool Test Help Spot Pancreatic Cancer?
- Upcoming Surgery Worry You? Poll Says You're Not Alone
- Half of Americans Live With Legacy of Childhood Lead Poisoning
- In Reversal, WHO Now Supports COVID Boosters
- Looking to Neanderthals to Explain Today's Lower Back Pain
- What's More Accurate, Blood Pressure Readings at Home or Doctor's Office?
- Begin Now to Protect Your Heart as Clocks 'Spring Forward'
- Brain Changes May Fuel 'Long COVID' Anxiety, Confusion
- AHA News: Break Up Binge-Watching by Taking a Stand
- How COVID-19 Can Change the Brain
- Heart Defects Could Raise Odds for Severe COVID-19
- 6 Healthy Steps to Preventing Colon Cancer
- AHA News: These Three Risk Factors May Have the Biggest Impact on Dementia Cases
- U.S. Surgeon General Investigates COVID-19 Misinformation
- Long or Irregular Periods May Put a Woman's Liver at Risk
- Could Your Blood Type Make COVID Worse?
Questions and Answers
Book & Media Reviews
- A Life Shaken
- A Therapist's Guide to Understanding Common Medical Problems
- As I Live and Breathe
- Beyond Health
- Blood and Guts
- Burn Unit
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (The Facts)
- Complications
- Cracked
- Early Warning
- 34 more
- Elegy for Iris
- Embarrassing Medical Problems
- Every Note Played
- How Science Works
- Human Trials
- Intensive Care
- Learning to Fall
- Listening in the Silence, Seeing in the Dark
- Memory and Dreams
- Mindstorms
- My Sister's Keeper
- Planet of the Blind
- Portraits of Huntington's
- Pox
- Prader-Willi Syndrome
- Scared Sick
- Seeing the Crab
- The Anatomy of Hope
- The Cambridge Illustrated History of Medicine
- The Camera My Mother Gave Me
- The Cancer Monologue Project
- The Deadly Truth
- The Essential Guide to Prescription Drugs 2005
- The Measure of Our Days
- The Mind-Gut Connection
- The New Disability History
- The Pursuit of Perfection
- The Shakeress
- The Silent World of Doctor and Patient
- The Will to Live and Other Mysteries
- Truth & Beauty
- Under the Medical Gaze
- Women, Body, Illness
- Your Genetic Destiny
Links
Videos
- What is Lupus and Who Gets It?
- Could You Have Prediabetes
- Resist Taking Unnecessary Antibiotics
- Taking Energy Drinks to Heart
- Weathering Migraines
- Crohn's vs Ulcerative Colitis
- Six Things You Need to Know About Ebola
- Headache or Migraine?
- Preventing Pre-Diabetes
- Getting Radiation During Breast Cancer Surgery
- 165 more
- Antibiotics Aren’t Always The Answer
- Adult Onset Asthma
- Healthy Eating for a Diabetic
- Younger People Slower to get Diabetes Diagnosis
- Recognizing Type 1 & Type 2 Diabetes
- Diabetes: Know Your Numbers
- Cold or Allergy?
- What You REALLY Need to Know about Ebola
- Signals You May be Ready for Joint Replacement
- Slowing the Spread of Superbugs
- Telehealth
- E.Coli Facts
- Diabetes Doesn’t Disappear
- Infectious Diseases A-Z: Measles
- When Do You Need an Antibiotic?
- Are You Having a Heart Attack?
- The Journey of Palliative Care: Putting Quality Back Into Life
- Treating 'Stomach Flu'
- Diabetes- What You Don't Know Could Hurt You
- Why Second Opinions Are Good for Patients
- Follow Your Gut: Microbiomes and Aging
- Vaccines 101: How new vaccines are developed
- Treating Migraines
- High Blood Pressure: What You Should Know
- Reading the Stroke Signs
- Belly Fat Danger Revealed
- Diagnosing Celiac Disease
- Coronavirus Anxiety
- Avoiding Illness When Traveling
- Q&A on Coronavirus - COVID-19 with WHO's Dr Maria Van Kerkhove
- Coronavirus - 7 Steps to Prevent the Spread of the Virus
- Coronavirus: How to Talk to Kids
- Answering 20 Questions about COVID-19
- What’s Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)?
- What Is Celiac Disease? Symptoms
- Prevention and Control of Skin Cancer
- Tackling Concussions
- Understanding Parkinson's disease
- Carpal Tunnel: Who Gets It?
- Asthma 101
- Health and Wellness: Taking a Stand Against Sitting
- Back Pain: Oh My Aching Back
- Itching for Answers: Testing Your Allergy IQ
- Keeping Kidneys Safe - Know How Medicines Affect the Kidneys
- The Role of Family History in Breast Cancer
- What is Diabetes
- Do your part to stop the spread of flu at home
- Could You Have Prediabetes?
- Are You at Risk for Kidney Disease?
- I Have High Cholesterol.. What Should I Do?
- What Does "Bad" Cholesterol Do?
- Five Things to Know About Measles
- Celiac Disease 101 - An Overview
- Asthma in Children: Working Together to Get it Under Control
- Top 3 Tips for a Healthy Heart in the New Year
- Do your Symptoms Add Up to Diabetes
- Breakdown on AFib
- Non-Smokers Getting Lung Cancer
- Connecting with a Cardiologist
- A Hot Treatment for Asthma
- Who Needs a Flu Vaccine?
- Keeping Up with Heart Failure
- Turning the Immune System Against Lung Cancer
- Dealing with Menopause, Naturally
- Managing Chronic Disease Pays Off
- Beyond the Data -- Dengue and Chikungunya in Our Backyard: Preventing Aedes Mosquito-Borne Diseases
- Peanut Allergies: A Bigger Threat to Kids with Asthma
- Liver Disease and Anxiety and Depression
- Improving Muscle Health
- Stroke Prevention Diagnosis and Treatment Options Webinar
- Cancer Clinical Trials: What is a Clinical Trial?
- Zika Virus
- Young People May Need Colonoscopy
- Working to Eliminate Measles Around the Globe
- Colorectal cancer: A disease of development
- Huntington Disease
- Facts about the Measles (MMR) Vaccine
- Love Your Heart. Everyday Tips to Keep Your Heart Healthy and Strong
- Does my Child Have Asthma and How Should it be Treated?
- Superbugs Moving From Hospitals to Homes
- Infectious Disease Expert Explains MERS
- How to Prevent and Detect Skin Cancer
- Concussion Guide for Parents
- How Your Immune System Works
- How the Digestive System Works
- Living with Lactose Intolerance
- Avian Flu
- Faster Healing for Abdominal Surgery
- The Road to Zero: CDC’s Response to the West African Ebola Epidemic, 2014–2015
- Avoiding Heat Exhaustion and Heatstroke
- Preventing Salmonella and E. coli
- Adults: Do You Know What Vaccines You Need?
- Seasonal Allergies
- Game Change in Treating Heart Attack
- Beyond the Data Update -- Climate Change and Health
- Increased Rates of Pregnancy Complications in Women with Celiac Disease
- Behavioral Health Response to Ebola
- Learning & cognitive difficulties in children: Challenges after a head injury, including concussion
- Low Testosterone Often Spells Low Bone Density
- WHO: Prevent hepatitis
- Allergy Overload
- Vaccines for Lyme Disease - Past, Present, and Future
- Becoming a Living Liver Donor: Evaluation, Risks, and Recovery
- Breaking Down Hip Fractures
- Working on Your Back Pain
- The Heartburn-Asthma Connection
- Stop the Spread of Antibiotic Resistance
- Vaccinations and Immunizations
- Influenza, an Unpredictable Threat
- Hyper-Hypo Thyroid, What’s the Diff?
- Reading the Warning Signs of Parkinson’s
- Older Americans Preventing Diabetes
- Asthma Update
- Get Vaccinated and Prevent Measles
- Family History and Heart Disease
- Breast Feeding and Gluten Introduction: What Research Tells Us
- Rashes: A Brief Overview of the Different Causes
- Back to School: Sick Kids - Should They Stay or Should They Go?
- Preventive Cardiology
- Pumping up Heart Warnings on Pain Relievers
- Pre-Diabetes a Chance for Prevention
- Cancer - What does it mean that a chemical causes an increase in cancer risk?
- CDC Urges Sepsis Awareness
- Managing Celiac Disease Through Diet
- Learn the ABCs of Ticks with Dr. Bobbi Pritt
- New Stem Cell Therapy for Crohn’s Fistula
- Trends and Racial Differences in Celiac Disease
- Obesity Can Have Implications Specific to Women
- Zika Virus 101
- Coping With Stress: Cognitive-Behavioral Stress Reduction
- What are the Risk Factors for Kidney Disease?
- Can Hypnotics Help Celiac Disease Patients Get a Good Night’s Sleep?
- Aspirin 411: What the New Guidelines Mean
- Kids With Asthma Who Are Exposed To Secondhand Smoke Have Twice As Many Hospitalizations
- Ankle Sprains—Pain Free Does Not Mean Normal
- Sport Concussions in Youth
- Genetics For Preventive Cardiology
- ‘Creeping Fat’ May Contribute to IBD
- What’s Triggering Your Allergies?
- Is There a Link Between Celiac Disease and Heart Disease?
- Lupus: Your body's immune system attacks your own tissues and organs
- Psoriasis and beyond: targeting the IL-17 pathway
- A Review of Treatments Available for Celiac Disease
- How to handwash? With soap and water
- Disparities in early childhood obesity: Risk factors and possible solutions
- Recognize the Signs and Symptoms of Stroke
- Bone Up on Calcium
- Lose That Burning Feeling (Heartburn)
- Thyroid Nodules and Thyroid Cancer: What You Need to Know
- Zika virus - Questions and answers
- Heartburn or Something More Serious?
- Microcephaly and Zika virus infection - Questions and answers
- Celiac Disease: What Is a Gluten-Free Diet
- Zika Virus: Four Myths and What You Need to Know
- Is It a Cold or Allergies?
- What is Lupus and Who Gets It?
- 5 tips to keep your gut microbiome healthy
- Lungs & Respiratory System
- Heart Burn or Heart Attack?
- How Parents and Caregivers Can Help Kids and Teens Cope with the Increased Stressors with COVID-19
- How Your Thyroid Impacts Your Weight
- Don't Underestimate the Dangers of Heat
- Is it cold, flu or allergies?
- How Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Are Related
- Kids and Common Infections
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