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Only 1 in 4 People Over 50 Use a Mobile Health App – And They Tend to Be Healthier and Wealthier

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use at least one mobile health app, and 56% of older people have never used one. Among seven mhealth tools, the most commonly-used is to track exercise. One in 3 older people who use a mobile health app do so for exercise, followed by nutrition (currently adopted by 22% of older folks), weight loss (for 20%), and sleep (17%).

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The need for speed: Expediting availability of mobile health solutions amid COVID-19

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Arnol Rios, head of business development at Sony's Takeoff Point, offers advice on more quickly preparing and deploying wearables and other mobile health tools.

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Federal agencies release updated privacy guide for health app developers

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The Mobile Health Apps tool aims to help developers determine which federal laws apply and which agencies oversee different aspects of mobile health technology.

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Our Mobile Health and Parkinson’s UK create apps and devices library

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Parkinson’s UK and Our Mobile Health have launched an apps and devices library to help people living with Parkinson’s manage their symptoms in response to increasing demand for trusted digital health tools.

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Our Mobile Health Data: Shared, Identifiable, and Privacy-Deprived

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As more mobile app users — consumers, patients, and caregivers — use these handy digital health tools, much of the data we share can be re-identified and monetized by third parties well beyond those we believe we’re sharing with. Will Americans benefit from a U.S.-style style GDPR?

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How Young People Are Using Digital Tools to Help Deal with Mental Health

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By race, younger Blacks index much lower in terms of searching for information on all health issues (except for heart disease), especially mental health conditions whether anxiety, stress or depression. A new mental health risk arose in 2020 in the U.S. With depression increasing among young people in the U.S.,

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Roundup: Haryana develops mobile health app, latest health informatics company launched and more briefs

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Also, US-based Pearl has received regulatory approvals to market its AI diagnostic tool for dental radiology in Australia and New Zealand.