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POSTED October 24, 2011 - 10:26 | POSTED BY munish2425

GPS tracker for Alzheimer sufferers

In a recent study conducted by George Mason University's College of Health and Human Services in U.S., a GPS device will be used as a tracker for Alzheimer’s patients.

The shoes with in-built GPS device has been manufactured by GTX corporation and will soon launch 3000 pairs in U.S. market.

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POSTED February 15, 2011 - 17:05 | POSTED BY Neharika Sabharwal

NYC health officials unveil app for free condoms

In an attempt to ensure people have easy and quick access to free condoms, the New York City Health Department launched the NYC Condom Finder, a mobile phone application to coincide with Valentine's Day, which is also the National Condom Awareness Day.

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Dr. Monica Sweeney, the city’s assistant health commissioner, said: “We want New York City to be the safest city in the world to have sex… A lot of people come here for that, so we want them to practice safer sex.”

She added: "We don't want not having access to be the barrier, we want condoms to be barrier."

The working of the NYC Condom Finder
New Yorkers with Android or iPhone devices can now download the NYC Condom Finder application from the Android Market or Apple's iPhone App Store.

POSTED March 6, 2009 - 15:27 | POSTED BY Shikha Patial

Blood glucose reduction target harmful for diabetics: Experts

New York, March 6: The target of achieving tighter control on glucose level of type 2 diabetesdefine patients may instead harm them, experts opine.

Blood glucose reduction target harmful for diabetics: Experts

National Health Service (NHS) employers and general practitioners (GPs) had earlier agreed upon a target to reduce glucose level of the patients to below 7 percent.

Richard Lehman, a GP in Oxfordshire, and Prof. Harlan Krumholz, Professor of Medicine at Yale University School of Medicine in the United States, have condemned the move arguing that it is against medical evidences that show that lowering glucose to such level is of no help to patients and may cause harm to them.

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