Spanish biotech company Monteloeder has signalled an exciting new era in nutrition with the launch of a trailblazing mobile digital solution that allows consumers to track the benefits of using its NutroxSun™ oral suncare formulation. Two years in development, the new app harnesses big data, clinical science and the very latest persuasive technology to deliver […]
It’s no longer only restaurant food and cabbies that smartphone users can order to their door – a new doctor “delivery service” app has been designed, which allows patients to request a general practitioner to arrive at their home within an hour and a half. GPDQ – GP Delivered Quickly – is a start-up company, […]
Cancer Research UK scientists have launched a new app, Tumour Takedown, for smartphones and tablets that shows how some cancer treatments work. The new app, developed in collaboration with Centre of the Cell, was unveiled at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition. It allows the public to test out three different cancer therapies on a […]
A top British entrepreneur thinks he’s solved the problem of our over-stretched NHS – a personal robot doctor you can access with the click of a button. Ali Parsa, founder of the Babylon health app, claims his new device is safer than visiting a doctor or nurse when you’re worried about any undiagnosed symptoms. Babylon is being […]
NHS Blood and Transplant has launched an augmented reality campaign supported by experiential activity to raise awareness of blood donations among potential donors. The campaign, ’See the power of blood donation’, created by agency 23red, also highlights the life-saving power of blood donations and uses innovative augmented reality technology to encourage the public to offer […]
Public Health England (PHE) has launched its first hackathon in Manchester, inviting developers to come up with apps and other digital services to encourage healthy living in children. The initiative follows the success of PHE’s Change4Life campaign in January, centring on an app which measures how much sugar is contained in day-to-day products. Four months […]
Australian Tinder users have been ‘swiping right’ to a series of personified STIs as part of a campaign by condom brand Hero. From ‘Johnorrhoea’ to ‘Sydphilis’ and ‘Herpeia’, a series of 10 fake profiles named after the diseases have been appearing as potential date options for singles on the platform in a bid to highlight the unpleasant side-effects […]