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For Your Patients: Why Daily Movement Improves Your Brain Health, Part 1: Gene Activation and More by Dr. Sheri Colberg, Ph.D., FACSM When it comes to brain health, nothing beats physical activity and all types of daily movement for having a powerful effect. Having a healthy brain is essential to …

"Your School Your Rights" Patient Handout for Parents of Children with Diabetes Every parent with a child with diabetes needs to have this information. This updated four-panel brochure explains the legal protections for and rights of students with diabetes. Includes a school discrimination checklist and information on how to get …

Transportation Security Administration (U.S.) Free iOS/Android  One often overlooked challenge which faces our patients is traveling with their medications. Getting through airport security with their medications (as well as their sanity) intact requires some careful preparation ahead of time. The U.S. Transportation Security Adminstration (TSA) provides an app with detailed …

Groundspeak Inc. Free iOS/Android Summer provides a terrific opportunity for your patients to increase their levels of physical activity by getting outside. One unique way to motivate them might be "geocaching" which presents challenges to participants to collect "geocaches" by finding specific locations using their smart phones. There are millions …

Coheso, Inc. iOS $2.99/Android $2.99   For your patients on low-carb diets, the CarbsControl App gives the carbohydrate details on over 80,000 foods, the menu items from 300 restaurants, and 500 specific brands. This simple app features daily logs and goal setting to allow patients to monitor and control their …

Findings suggest clinicians can prevent or delay the onset of type 2 diabetes "over a very long period of time"….

Nike Inc. iOS/Android Free   Although the Nike+ Running App may seem out of reach for some of our patients, the app is designed for all levels of activity. Nike has also been very supportive of their running fans and has kept the app up-to-date. The app has a lot of …

Medical information manager for patients and caregivers (Lab results, X-ray, CT, MRI, Drugs, Prescription, ECG, Blood test, MD, IVF) Hello Doctor Ltd. iOS Free    Hello Doctor allows users to easily aggregate all of their medical records (paper or digital) on their mobile device and get to any one of them …

US Department of Veterans Affairs iOS Free    For your patients who are veterans, the U.S. Departments of Veterans Affairs has recently begun releasng several apps designed to both help vets in their personal health goals and also navigate the VA system. (For the complete of what’s available and what’s …

Charity Miles iOS/Android Free  Sometimes the best way to motivate people to do something for themselves is to make it a way to help others as well. Charity Miles is a free app that empowers your patients to earn money for charities while walking, running or biking everyday. They can choose …