• Things You Should Know if a Loved One Has an Eating Disorder

    Things You Should Know if a Loved One Has an Eating Disorder

    Eating disorders are incredibly complex.  Even people who have recovered from them, have a hard time understanding everything about them.  Each disorder is unique to the individual and with it comes its own unique set of experiences and issues.  It may be triggered by different events, and manifested in unique and yet peculiar ways.  If…

  • Apple, Google and Fitbit Receive Fastpass from FDA for Health Apps

    Apple, Google and Fitbit Receive Fastpass from FDA for Health Apps

    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has named the companies involved in a recently instituted “pre-certification” program that determines whether or not they meet baseline quality standards for health software.  Apple, Fitbit and Samsung and Alphabet’s Verily are among the firms that will help the FDA set the benchmarks and decide just how much information…

  • How to Monitor you Progress Through the Apple Watch Activity App

    How to Monitor you Progress Through the Apple Watch Activity App

    If you have an Apple Watch, your iPhone is always monitoring what you’re doing.  Which is kind of creepy, but you can relax as it’s just looking at your activity.  But if you’re wondering how you’re doing over a period of time, you can actually do this with the Activity app for the iPhone.  It’s…