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New mom/baby app born from Imagine Cup

Yet another app is emerging as a possible real-world competitor, and the Imagine Cup hasn't even held its final contest yet. The latest app to catch the industry's eye: momEcare, created by Shawn

Spain's Telefónica latest telecom to enter e-health realm

Yet another multinational telecommunications firm has taken the plunge into health IT. Spain-based Telefónica last week launched its global e-health unit, which the company says will

Annual cancer deaths will nearly double by 2030, study projects

The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the cancer research agency of the United Nations, concludes that by 2030, 13.2 million people per year will be killed by cancer. Furthermore,

Text messaging promises cheap, effective delivery of health information--in Africa

If you want to see the true potential of mobile healthcare, look east. Not as far as high-tech countries like Japan or South Korea, and further south than post-industrial Europe. Yes, once again, I'm