iPhone Medical Apps
I just downloaded a free app from Medscape. It looks very nice and there are doctor and hospital finders based on location and, in the case of doctors, by specialty. Unfortunately, there aren’t any reviews of doctors and I saw some on the endocrinology list that I would never go to but it’s a great start.
There are also drug interactions and more.
Medscape app for iPhone
More info and flash preview at http://www.medscape.com/public/iphone?
WebMD Mobile offers a symptoms checker, drugs and treatments, and first aid information.
WebMD iPhone app
There’s more info and a flash preview here: http://www.webmd.com/mobile
What other good medical apps have you found?
Interview with MaryO
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Cushing’s Help Founder, MaryO
“MaryO”, Mary O’Connor is the founder and webmaster for Cushings-Help.com and related sites. She is also a Piano Teacher and web designer in northern Virginia. She started having Cushing’s symptoms in early 1983 and finally had pituitary surgery at the NIH in November, 1987, Mary is a 25+ year survivor of Cushing’s Disease.
Due to her Cushing’s experiences and the lack of websites for people with Cushing’s, Mary founded the Cushings-Help website in 2000 to help others who were dealing with the rigors of testing and surgery.
MaryO, as she is fondly called by the members of the support board she runs in conjunction with the website, has been instrumental in educating thousands of people about Cushing’s. Through the use of her website and support boards, these same folks have been able to garner support and information invaluable to their diagnosis and treatment.
Mary is a survivor. Not only has she survived, but she has enabled so many others of us to survive, also.
She has been recognized in Forbes Magazine, many newspaper and journal articles, and is a speaker at Cushing’s Awareness events. She is married to Tom and has a grown son, Michael.
Intro: Hello, I have with us today Mary O’Connor, founder of the cushings dash help dot com website. Mary is a 20 plus year survivor of Cushing’s Disease. For those who do not know what Cushing’s Disease is, you may want to peruse the Cushings-help website. Briefly, it is an endocrine-related disease caused by a pituitary tumor (also called an adenoma) which causes life-threatening symptoms. Cushing’s Syndrome is a similar disease caused by an adrenal or other tumor.
MaryO, as she is fondly called by the members of the support board she runs in conjunction with the website, has been instrumental in educating thousands of people about Cushing’s. Through the use of her website and support boards, these same folks have been able to garner support and information invaluable to their diagnosis and treatment. She has been recognized in Forbes Magazine, many newspaper and journal articles, and is a speaker at Cushing’s Awareness events. She is married to Tom and has a grown son, Michael.
Mary, I know the listeners would love to hear your story. What can you tell us about your symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment with Cushing’s?
Other Topics Discussed:
- Why did you decide to start the cushings-help website?
- What are some of the things that can be found on the site?
- What are the message boards?
- How many members are there on the boards?
- How much work is involved in keeping up the site and the boards?
- How are you doing now? What has happened since your surgery for Cushing’s?
Closing: As you can see, Mary is a survivor. Not only has she survived, but she has enabled so many others of us to survive, also. Please stay tuned for more stories from these survivors! For more information, visit the cushings-help website.
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