ResearchKit From Apple

Apple is opening its ResearchKit platform to developers and researchers who can use the tool to learn more about patient diseases and conditions, like Parkinson's and diabetes. The platform collects data from various mobile applications and features of the smartphone as well as having the user take surveys. This data is then compiled into a cloud services where researchers can evaluate and analyze it to see if there are any previously hidden trends in the diseases. This has the potential to improve the health of the patients and the ability of the caregivers to care for them. Taking it one step further, the information could be compiled and added to other clinical studies. On the other end of it, the patient is giving up information about themselves. Should they be compensated for it or is knowing that they are a part of helping find treatments and cures for diseases enough? In the world today, data and information are currency and can fetch a very high price for the right buyer.

Loving Life

Life is a gift and we must use it wisely. The best part about it is that being happy does not involve luck or being in the right place at the right time. It really comes from intention and action. Here are a couple life tips to have you back on the track of enjoying every single aspect of it. First of all do the things you love and not the things you hate. Sounds pretty simple, right? No mobile application required either. We have been told to just deal with the hand we have and suck it up. That is not how it works though. Do what you love, it is that simple. As we grow up we somehow lose our sense of wonder and playfulness we had as children. Our minds are so consumed with the "have-to" tasks, bills, and other responsibilities that we put our fun and play time on the back burner. When was the last time you just kicked up your heels and let your inner child run free? Life is meant to be lived, loved, and experienced in the moment and I am not one to sit around and wait for retirement to do the things I love and you shouldn't either.