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One of the biggest german public health insurance organizations said, that they will subsidize fitness trackers like the Apple Watch. The offer does not include smartphones that monitor health information and is limited to 50€ (~55$) every 2 years or 50% of the devices price. As part of a trend towards a more provision oriented health care system, some of the major organizations already subsidized fitness courses or even lowered their plan prices if people did sports in a club regularly. Original article (german): http://www.chip.de/news/AOK-Zuschuss-Krankenkasse-zahlt-bei-Apple-Watch-zu_81386225.html

Source: http://9to5mac.com/2015/03/12/researchkit-usage/ Stanford is one of five academic centers that have developed apps that use the iPhone’s built-in accelerometers, gyroscopes and GPS to provide data which assists in medical research. There are, say researchers, both pros & cons to recruiting study participants through ResearchKit … The big advantage is that researchers no longer have to rely on what study participants claim about things like the amount of exercise they take: the iPhone reports the actual data. But there are also downsides. For example, iPhone users may not be representative of the U.S. population as a whole. Participants may also accidentally select options when answering questions through the app, or have their responses biased by being presented with multiple-choice responses rather than a human being asking open-ended questions. These difficulties aside, the potential seems huge. Todd Sherer, CEO of the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, says that a traditional study with 800 participants over five years cost around $60M. The Parkinson’s app had 5,589 participants by Tuesday morning. If you want to know more about how ResearchKit works, and how you can help future medical studies, check out our hands-on guide. And here's a video from Apple about research kit: This is great! I feel that Apple made a huge contribution to medical field. Their one minor con can be overcomed since this is open source. Let's take a moment and appreciate them for what they had done.

I went out side and jumped on my trampoline for about 2minutes then took my heart rate, 173bpm. I got 29 in 10sec so 29*6= 173. Is this okay? Sould i start working out? 15 of age 120LB 5'5"< (not sure on my hieght now but last time about a 5 months ago it was 5'5")

Hello everyone, I am just wondering how much gaming in a weeks time in too much. I sometimes get a red rash like thing under my wrist when gaming (i dont have mousepad is that why?). For the past 2 weeks I played about 57 hours.

Obama Man has yet again saved the US! 41 days after the first known case of the Liberian man in Texas was diagnosed with Ebola, it's now official that there are currently no known people infected with Ebola in the United States. The last known suspected ebola patient was declared free of virus.. Dr.Spencer image below.. Dr.Spencer was admitted to Bellevue hospital on Oct. 23 and tested positive shortly thereafter, becoming the first in New York to be diagnosed with the virus. He had recently returned from Guinea where he treated Ebola patients with Doctors Without Borders when he became ill, and promptly isolated himself in his apartment. Spencer has been treated in a specially designed isolation unit at Manhattan's Bellevue Hospital. His condition was upgraded from serious to stable last week.His fiancee and two friends were quarantined initially but were released and are being actively monitored. A total of 4 people were diagnosed with the virus in the United States in the country's first-ever outbreak. It began on Sept. 30 when Thomas Eric Duncan, a Liberian man who traveled to Texas, was diagnosed with the disease. Two nurses Amber Joy Vinson and Nina Pham contracted the virus from him, leading the CDC to update its guidelines for health care workers. afterwards a total of 8 people in all in USA was reported to have been tested positive for ebola, All of the patients in the U.S. survived except Duncan. Remember the media frenzy on ebola? This clears out the well known cases from within USA , But not the rest of the world.. Ebola is extremely infectious but not extremely contagious. It is infectious, because an infinitesimally small amount can cause illness. US was very lucky to survive with one victim being affected..Nigeria also declared themselves ebola free recently... Here are some other statistics (cort CNN) Guinea - 1760 cases, 1054 deaths Liberia - 6619 cases, 2766 deaths Mali - 1 case, 1 death (infection originated in Guinea) Nigeria - 20 cases, 8 deaths Senegal - 1 case, 0 deaths (infection originated in Guinea) Sierra Leone - 4862 cases, 1130 deaths Spain - 1 case, 0 deaths Ebola outbreaks have been confirmed in the following countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Gabon, South Sudan, Ivory Coast, Uganda, Republic of the Congo (ROC), Guinea and Liberia. if you want to donate to support the cause for fighting ebola ,you can team up with Google's ebola campain where they will raise your donation with twce from their, eg: you donate 10$ they make it up as 20$ so its a win win, it's like a 2:1 ratio.. head over to https://onetoday.google.com/fightebola (secure original verified link) to help support the cause (donations start from 10$ all the way upto 1000 & above) Please do leave a comment or your thoughts on this whole epidemic thing down beloooooww... Source Link: http://mashable.com/2014/11/10/us-is-officially-ebola-free/ other reports & more reads: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/11/10/new-york-doctor-ebola-free/18822421/ http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/11/nyregion/craig-spencer-new-york-doctor-with-ebola-will-leave-bellevue-hospital.html http://money.cnn.com/2014/11/10/technology/google-ebola-donations/index.html

Hello, I'm not very active on the forum, but I would like to see Linus and Luke stand up for the WAN show. The WAN show is over one hour and 30 minutes and they and any guests are quite literally sitting the entire time. I have QUICKLY turned my desk into a "standing desk" within 10 minutes. I used a bunch of boxes and DVD / gamecube (medal of honor) cases. My only gripe is my keyboard is too high and tying this right now is NOT comfortable. Here is a link that shows standing rather than sitting is MUCH healthier. http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/five-health-benefits-standing-desks-180950259/?no-ist I'd also like to know if anyone else here using a standing desk.

i want a chair to use in my room i sit in my room studying alot and i wanted to invest in a chair i dont really wanna go past $350 so guys help me this will help my health too i sit pretty straight but right now im just on a plastic chair.

Calm down , you're not dead..Yet. Searching for symptoms online & don't know who to trust? Good news folks , the News comes courtesy of Engadget , For those who don't remember there had been a similar implication by google back in 2013 where for instance while searching for symptoms to confirm a causative disease you can actualy have a video chat with a certified personel for free of charge for a certain period about your current symptoms & not get misinformed by shady sites or troll sites which can eventually lead to demotivation or far worse personal effects & harmful psychological trauma that could end up in suicide, especially with teenagers ,The program was under trial back then still is but it's getting close to a full on trial Searching the web for symptoms of illness can be dangerous you could identify a real condition, but you also risk scaring yourself for no reason through a misdiagnosis. Google brought this facility to adress this issue, The trial stage is given out for free as for now, But, You'll likely have to pay for virtual appointments if and when the service is ever ready for prime time & google will have a cut on it , but you'll get your money's worth tho, but it could be much cheaper than seeing a physician in person. Remember, this system is still under trial ,using this or even anyother sites should be at your own risk. Post your thoughts & rants down beloowwwwwww.... Bonus: http://www.engadget.com/2014/10/11/google-tests-doctor-video-chats/

Seven years out from the original iPhone’s introduction, and four years past the iPad’s launch, Apple has found its next market ripe for reinvention: the mobile healthcare and fitness-tracking industry. Apple’s interest in healthcare and fitness tracking will be displayed in an iOS application codenamed Healthbook. Multiple sources working directly on the initiative’s development have since provided new details and images of Healthbook that provide a clearer view of Apple’s plans for dramatically transforming the mobile healthcare and fitness-tracking space… As detailed in the images throughout this article, which are complete recreations of screenshots, Healthbook’s user interface is largely inspired by the iPhone’s exisiting Passbook application. Versions of Healthbook in testing are capable of tracking several different health and fitness data points. Each category of functionality is a card in the Healthbook. Cards are distinguished by a color, and the tabs can be arranged to fit user preferences. As can be seen in the above images, Healthbook has sections that can track data pertaining to bloodwork, heart rate, hydration, blood pressure, physical activity, nutrition, blood sugar, sleep, respiratory rate, oxygen saturation, and weight. While other publications have reported to the contrary, the images clearly show that Apple is working on tracking hydration levels. Also contradicting other reporting, these images do not indicate that Apple is working on tracking stress or pregnancy data points. It is possible that this type of functionality could arrive in the future, but I do not believe Apple is currently developing those capabilities. Fitness Functionality: Three of Healthbook’s tabs are dedicated to fitness tracking: Activity, Weight, and Nutrition. Activity, which is pictured above, is similar to many other pieces of fitness tracking software on the App Store and other platforms. It tracks steps taken, calories burned, and miles walked. Heart Rate and Blood Pressure Monitoring: Healthbook will be able to store and track heart rate/pulse data in BPM (beats per minute) as well as blood pressure data. Blood pressure will be recorded in both its diastolic (minimum) and systolic (peak) forms. Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy Gear Fit wearable device and the Withings Pulse can work with a smartphone to track heart rate, but those devices do not include blood pressure functionality. The blood monitoring capabilities of Healthbook are perhaps the most unique and important elements of the application. Blood tracking functionality is found in sections called Bloodwork, Oxygen Saturation, and Blood Sugar. The capabilities of the Bloodwork section are currently vague, but the tab can present several different blood-related data points normally provided by healthcare professionals and bloodwork labs. Hospitals often track blood data in yearly physicals for patients, including data points related to liver function, kidneys, thyroids, and the heart. Lab reports related to blood results are commonly distributed to patients through printouts, emails, or faxes. Using the latest software and hardware technology, it is possible that Apple wants to reinvent this process. Healthbook can also track a person’s oxygen saturation. This refers to the percentage of oxygen that is in a person’s blood as a ratio to how much oxygen can possibly be stored in that person’s bloodstream. Oxygen saturation is important in the context of measuring a person’s respiratory rate (more on that below) and breathing quality. Many non-invasive devices for tracking oxygen saturation currently exist in the health tracking marketplace. Apple hired Dr. Michael O’Reilly last year, and he specializes in pulse oximeters, the technology used to measure oxygen saturation. Perhaps most importantly, Healthbook can track blood sugar (glucose) levels Hydration and Respiratory Rate Measuring: Hydration levels and respiratory rate are two other interesting health data points that Apple is working on tracking with Healthbook. Hydration tracking is critical, especially for athletes, and allows users to know how much water is in their bodies and if they need to drink more fluids. Respiratory rate is the measurement of the amount of breaths a person takes per minute. Respiratory rate data can be interpreted via the same technologies used to power the aforementioned blood oxygen level data, and there are not many known wearable devices that specialize in tracking respiratory rates currently. Sleep Tracking: Besides tracking fitness and blood-related information, Healthbook will have the ability to track sleep cycles. Details on what exactly that entails are currently slim. However we previously broke the newsthat Apple hired one of the world’s experts in sleep tracking: Roy Raymann, and his experience may hold some answers. Before joining Apple, Raymann worked at Philips and founded the company’s “Sleep Experience” laboratory. Raymann’s research into sleep focused on sleep patterns, sleep quality, and alertness. It is likely he has been contributing to the Sleep tab of Healthbook. Emergency Card: In addition to health and fitness tracking, Healthbook will be a centrally-located place that holds critical data about each iPhone user. The Emergency Card will store the customer’s name, birthdate, medication information, weight, eye color, blood type, organ donor status, and location. This information is critical for an emergency technician, doctor, or hospital staffer to identify and treat a user if they fall ill or become injured and are unable to speak for themselves. The Emergency Card feature will also allow users to add emergency contact information. With that feature, someone would be able to instantly called a pre-programmed phone number to a user’s family member, for example, to notify them of an emergency. In order to be truly useful, it seems plausible that this emergency information would be accessible from the iPhone’s Lock screen much like Passbook passes could appear on the Lock screen. Sourcing Data: M7, App Store, Third-Party Devices, or iWatch? While Healthbook is capable of tracking, sorting, and managing various types of health and fitness-related data, it is currently uncertain where this data will actually be sourced from. I believe that the data will be sourced from at least one of four possibilities: the iPhone itself, third-party App Store apps, third-party devices, or a future Apple wearable device (iWatch). Thanks to the capabilities of the iPhone 5s’s M7 motion co-processor, Healthbook could technically receive steps, miles walked, and caloric data from the iPhone itself. However, that is where the M7 stops being useful for Healthbook. Blood, hydration, and respiratory rate information would clearly need to come from other sources. Debut: Apple is said to currently be testing the Health Book software with iOS 8, the next version of the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch operating system. However, it is possible that the application’s launch could be pushed back to a future operating system version or cancelled entirely. If the application is tied to an Apple-built device, the debut would likely be connected to that hardware and may not be introduced alongside other iOS 8 functionality during Apple’s mid-2014 Worldwide Developer’s Conference. Sources have also indicated that iOS 8 will retain most of iOS 7′s design and features, but it will likely feature improved Maps software with public transit directions support, a standalone iTunes Radio application to increase usage, refinements across the system, and enhanced iCloud integration. Seems like Apple wasn't kidding when they said they had big plans for 2014, with iWatch, new Apple TV, iPhone 6 and iOS 8 Source: http://9to5mac.com/2014/03/17/this-is-healthbook-apples-first-major-step-into-health-fitness-tracking/

My ssd (Samsung 830 256 gb) is almost 2 years old now. I use it a lot (browse web constantly, stream vids, music, and lots of school work). I was wondering which program to use to test how "healthy' my ssd is. I dont' see any signs of it failing, but I don't want to get surprised one day. Any suggestions?

Hi guys, For my IT subject in school, we are required to look into ethical issues of ICT in today's society. My group's job is to look into the implications of computer addiction and we are required to obtain a number of secondary or primary sources, such as surveys and interviews. If you have the time, please fill out the short survey here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/RHS22K7 Thanks in advance you are a great help!

I do not work for Bell or any affiliates; just a concerned Canadian Citizen promoting the awareness of mental health. #BellLetsTalk is a great cause and I hope this doesn't violate some obscure forum rule. If it does, mods just delete the post, and I apologize in advance. If it stays up, I thank @LinusTech, @Windspeed36, and @Slick; and everyone else, of course. @Bell_LetsTalk Bell Let’s Talk Day Campaign Fact Sheet The Bell Let’s Talk Mental Health Initiative Since 2010 Bell has committed over $62 million to mental health related initiatives in Canada. The Bell Mental Health initiative supports an extensive range of programs to enhance mental health in every aspect of Canadian life. The four pillars of this initiative are: anti-stigma community care and access workplace mental health research Bell Let’s Talk Day Campaign One of the key pillars of Bell’s Mental Health Initiative is anti-stigma. As part of Bell’s efforts to reduce the stigma of mental illness, the Bell Let’s Talk awareness campaign is engaging Canadians in a dialogue around mental health. With Olympian Clara Hughes front and centre once again, the fourth annual Bell Let’s Talk Day campaign features a national multi-media campaign that culminates on January 28, 2014. Joining Clara in the Bell Let’s Talk campaign again this year are Atlantic Canada’s Seamus O’Regan, Québec spokespeople Stefie Shock and Michel Mpambara and new ambassadors, former NHL star Joé Juneau, CFL veteran Shea Emry, musicians Robb Nash and Matthew Good, and stand-up comic Kevin Breel. Together, the Bell Let’s Talk team will be working to encourage Canadians to join them in the growing conversation about mental health. On Bell Let’s Talk Day, Bell will contribute $.05 to mental health related initiatives for every text message sent, mobile call and long distance call made by Bell and Bell Aliant customers, every tweet using #BellLetsTalk, and every Facebook share of the Bell Let's Talk Day image. Recognizing that simply talking makes a significant impact to help end the stigma of mental illness, the campaign encourages people to “start the conversation” about mental health and engage in dialogue with friends, family and co-workers. Mental health for all Staying on top of your game Everyone's concern Resiliency: at home, school, and work Stigma and discrimination Kids have stress too Frequently Asked Questions

Hi guys, So a server I'm working on has a RAID setup using a RAID card. The server needs to stay running (so going into the BIOS of the RAID card is a last resort). How would I test/look at one of the HDD's health with something like Speedfan or Crystal Disk Info this way? To clarify, in Disk Management on the server (Windows 2008 Server), one of the HDD's has an ! on it and the RAID array has failed redundancy. It's in RAID 5. If I open Crystal Disk Info, all HDD's connected via the RAID card simply show a ??? on them. They are labeled as SCSI devices (although they are SATA drives). On Speedfan, those drives are simply not there. I suppose I could just remove the problem drive (since it's RAID 5), but I'd like to avoid that if possible. Any help is appreciated. Thanks, Vitalius.

Well i'm building my pc soon and i'm going to be doing eyefinity setup and i'm going to be running crossfire R-290x's and i was wondering as the title suggests should i be worried about the frame pacing problems? And do you think we shall be seeing a patch for eyefinity crossfire setups in the near future?

Hey guys, I want to check how healthy my hard drive is but I can't find a program that I can download for free and know is safe. Anyone know some? Thanks.

Recently I bought a used desktop pc and it came with a Samsung 840. I have never used or owned a SSD and it is amazing! I have heard that SSD's have a limited number of writes but that doesn't worry me a whole lot because I am not a video or photo editor and I won't be doing anything else crazy with it. So I was wandering what is the best practices of keeping a healthy SSD? Is it best to leave it alone and let it do its thing, or is there something I should do regularly? I think with the raising popularity of SSD's people should should know the care for them, including me. Thanks LTT community!

Hi so I spend a lot of my day on my computer and lately I have been having problems with headaches after a few hours of looking at all the wondrous cat pictures Google has. I astigmatism and I already wear normal prescription glasses and I been thinking about getting something like gunnar optiks to help my headache issue but I'm not sure if that would help. So do any of you fine people have any advice or your opinion on gunnar optiks???