NEWSFLASH
50% OF UK ADULTS USE TECHNOLOGY
TO TRACK HEALTH Research published in the UK Digital Health Report by
PushDoctor.co.uk revealed that one in two adults in the UK use gadgets and technology to track and manage their health and wellbeing.
The report illustrated that the five most popular ways adults in the UK manage their wellbeing is by checking medical symptoms, monitoring exercise levels, establishing BMI scores, monitoring heart rates and checking blood pressure.
Tracking calorie intake, measuring sleep quality, testing vision, monitoring stress levels and moods also followed in the top ten.
A whopping 71% of British adults feel positive about using technology to better understand their bodies,
IOSH NO TIME TO LOSE CAMPAIGN MARKS FIRST
ANNIVERSARY An international campaign to raise awareness of occupational cancers has directly reached hundreds of thousands of workers in its first year.
The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health launched the No Time to Lose campaign in a bid to alert
health-tech by the general population remains a natural next step; with more and more people discovering how their health information can be used to guide, control and enhance their everyday lives.
their habits and how they can directly affect their state of health, believing technology helps them to be more aware of and more in control of their health.
These types of apps have been adopted more readily by women, with data showing men as late- adopters of technological health management tools.
Eren Ozagir, CEO and founder at
PushDoctor.co.uk, said: “We use technology to manage nearly every aspect of our lives - from socialising, to organising our finances and heating of our homes. The adoption of
businesses and employees to the most common causes of work-related cancers, and how to take preventative action.
Since being launched in London in November 2014, 110 organisations have formally supported the campaign and highlighted the issue to their workers, contractors and clients.
60 of the companies have taken their support a stage further by pledging to manage harmful exposes at work, to the combined benefit of around 375,000 employees.
At least 666,000 people a year die across the world as a result of work- related cancers – equal to one death every 47 seconds.
Through No Time to Lose, the IOSH is raising awareness of the issue and shedding light on five common risk factors associated with work-related cancer registrations and deaths.
IOSH members have also given their support to No Time to Lose by hosting presentations at 35 branch and group events in the last year – reaching around 3,000 delegates in the process.
Members and IOSH representatives have also highlighted the campaign
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“Sports and fitness trackers gave way to more advanced health-tech monitoring and interpretation tools, and now we have really applicable digital health tools like blood pressure and glucose applications. Combined usage can provide a view of an individual, their past and current health state, which can be used to inform what people do next, to take action to ultimately improve short, medium and long term health conditions.”
The data shows that at least one in two of all age groups except for the over 65s have used a gadget to monitor their health. 91% of 18 - 24 year olds have used these tools and 37% of over 65 year olds have monitored their wellbeing using technology.
at events around the world, including in Cyprus, Gibraltar, Hong Kong and Singapore in the last month alone.
IOSH Immediate Past President Tim Briggs addressed the WSH Annual Conference in Singapore last week. He said: “Many cancers, especially occupational cancers, are preventable. Everyone can play their part in tackling them, including the workforce.
“Employers can do their part by identifying the cancer-causing materials and substances that their staff may be being exposed to, and taking preventative action to reduce the risk.
“Many organisations have made great strides in this regard over the last 12 months by embracing the No Time to Lose campaign, but the message must continue to be broadcast.
“Because of the No Time to Lose campaign many organisations are now becoming more aware of the occupational cancer issues they potentially may face.”
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