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Constant Therapy speech therapy app releases data from more than 20 million patient uses

Africa Health IT News June 23, 2016 0 Comment

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Constant Therapy speech therapy app releases data from more than 20 million patient uses

Constant Therapy, a rehab app for patients with neurologic injuries, shared data...

Very hot drinks ‘probably’ cause cancer: UN body

Africa Health IT News June 15, 2016 0 Comment

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Very hot drinks ‘probably’ cause cancer: UN body

Drinking very hot beverages “probably” causes cancer of the oesophagus, the UN’s...

MD Tech Tips: Mirror your iPhone or iPad on your Macbook for presentations

Africa Health IT News June 15, 2016 0 Comment

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MD Tech Tips: Mirror your iPhone or iPad on your Macbook for presentations

Mirror your iPhone or iPad on your Macbook during presentations when giving...

Eating more whole grains linked with lower mortality rates

Africa Health IT News June 14, 2016 0 Comment

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Eating more whole grains linked with lower mortality rates

Eating at least three servings of whole grains every day could lower...

NSA evaluates hacking biomedical devices such as pacemakers

Africa Health IT News June 14, 2016 0 Comment

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NSA evaluates hacking biomedical devices such as pacemakers

With more connected biomedical devices coming online, more vulnerabilities exist for hacking....

Kids’ sleep guidelines spell out shut-eye guidance by age

Africa Health IT News June 13, 2016 0 Comment

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Kids’ sleep guidelines spell out shut-eye guidance by age

Parental warning: Don’t lose sleep over new guidelines on how much shut-eye...

Pebble makes activity tracking algorithms public, encourages industry standards

Africa Health IT News June 10, 2016 0 Comment

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Pebble makes activity tracking algorithms public, encourages industry standards

Pebble is encouraging industry standard algorithms for activity tracking. The post Pebble...

Lighting color affects sleep and wakefulness

Africa Health IT News June 09, 2016 0 Comment

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Lighting color affects sleep and wakefulness

A research team from Oxford University have shown how different colours of...

Rite Aid app: Keeps it simple for patients with basic pharmacy services

Africa Health IT News June 09, 2016 0 Comment

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Rite Aid app: Keeps it simple for patients with basic pharmacy services

Rite Aid offers a nice, basic app for prescription management and pharmacy...

Think talking on your hands-free is safe? Think again, research says

Africa Health IT News June 08, 2016 0 Comment

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Think talking on your hands-free is safe? Think again, research says

Driving while talking on a hands-free phone can be just as distracting...

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Newly discovered antibiotic could help treat drug-resistant tuberculosis June 24, 2017
A newly discovered antibiotic, produced by bacteria from a cystic fibrosis patient, could be used to treat cases of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB). This is the finding of a team of scientists from Cardiff University’s School of Biosciences and the University of Warwick.
Self-help intervention may be useful as initial treatment to manage symptoms of chronic fatigue syndrome June 24, 2017
A self-help approach to a graded exercise program, supervised by a specialist physiotherapist, is safe and may reduce fatigue for some people with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), according to a new trial of 200 people published in The Lancet.
Meharry, MTSU collaborate to increase primary care physicians for underserved areas in Tennessee June 24, 2017
Leaders from Meharry Medical College and Middle Tennessee State University signed an agreement Thursday (June 22) to develop an accelerated pathway for talented students to graduate as physicians to serve in rural areas of the state.

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Africa Health IT News (AHIT) is primarily focused to the needs of health practitioners and other stakeholders in Africa. The content of Africa Health IT News is partly to showcase the positive trends in Africa healthcare which would not be mentioned or highlighted in most media.
Also, we aim to report trends and development in healthcare across the world which has been attained through the use of IT and all modern platforms, to help Africans in managing and developing their own healthcare.