Bushwalkers rescued thanks to smartphone app

according to SWIFT RESCUE: Senior Constable Whalley and Sergeant Jeffrey Barnett with the pair rescued from Mount Larcom. SWIFT RESCUE: Senior Constable Whalley and Sergeant Jeffrey Barnett with the pair rescued from Mount Larcom. Queensland Police ServiceA SMARTPHONE application has helped in the rescue of two people who got stranded while bushwalking at Mount Larcom on Tuesday. Crews from the Gladstone Water Police were immediately dispatched to rescue the pair, who spent an hour and a half climbing to the peak. Thanks to an emergency services app installed on the woman's phone, police were successful in locating them down a gully.

US addiction counsellor creates smartphone app to thwart overdoses - Tech News

In his dozen years using heroin, Lucien Izraylov took pains to avoid detection. He was ashamed of what he was doing, so he almost always shot up alone. It's a risky behaviour that can lead to a fatal overdose, especially as drugs are commonly tainted with the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl. But Izraylov, who says he now has years of sobriety behind him, thinks he has figured out a way to help.

Healthcare app from Telus and Babylon brings the doctor to your smartphone

as declared in In Vancouver yesterday, Telus Health (the healthcare division of national telco Telus) and British digital healthcare provider Babylon Health announced the launch of Babylon by Telus Health, an virtual healthcare app that will allow users to do things like check symptoms and talk to a doctor on their smartphones. According to Telus, more than 50 per cent of Canadians have a hard time finding after-hours health care without visiting an emergency room. Additionally, the app will allow patients to manage their prescriptions, request referrals to specialists and give patients access to their treatment history and doctor's notes. "Together, we are not only helping to improve the options Canadians have for accessing healthcare, but also providing them with a digital tool that makes communicating with healthcare professionals more efficient," said Juggy Sihota, vice president, Telus Health. The app will be available on iOS and Android, and in English, with a French version to be released later this year.

A smartphone app to treat and track autism

Now, in hopes of speeding things up, Stanford researchers are developing a smartphone app that could drastically reduce the time it takes to get a diagnosis. A smartphone app that could help diagnose autism uses a game to encourage kids to act out concepts such as being an artist or the feeling of being surprised. The app takes video of the kids at play to analyze and detect indicators of autism. From that, the app would learn to detect indicators of autism, which a child's doctor could then use to screen kids without having to see them in a specialized clinic. The team will also continue to gather data that could help the app better distinguish between kids with and without autism.

Evanston addiction counselor creates smartphone app to thwart overdoses — 'a foolproof way to stay alive,' he says

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