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New mothers to be offered NHS counselling by Skype to tackle post-natal depression

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Laura Donnelly, Health Editor at the Telegraph reports on how new mothers will be offered counselling by Skype under NHS plans to tackle post-natal depression. ” I wonder how long it’s going to take until we accept that it is normal for women to experience a mental problem during or after pregnancy?

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Seven Market Trends

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I have selected seven topics for brief comments and predictions as we start 2012: 1. A series of vendors have sprung up to do just that for stroke care, mental health, hospitalist and intensivist services, and dermatology. In June 2010 I wrote that we were at the top of the hype cycle for mHealth. © 2012 Jonathan D.

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Apple’s Health Records App: A Ripple or a Roar?

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This blog post by Dr Joe Kvedar reflecting on Apple’s Health Record announcement makes for interesting reading ( I’m very optimistic about what this means for Patients and Carers ). mHealth Insight. But I can’t help but recall similar attempts to create health data repositories for patients on their mobile devices.