MedM Blog
Welcome! This is where we communicate informally about our work and software, answer questions, and explain how MedM products are designed to help people. We also discuss how health monitoring can help prevent and manage disease, talk about connected health and its new technologies and developments. And most importantly, we aim to connect with our users, assisting them on the journey to better health, wellness, and improved quality of life. Please feel free to ask us a question or suggest a topic to address: support@medm.com or pr@medm.com.
March 25, 2024
What is Health Connect and How is it Different from Google Fit?
Both are Google products, but by 2025, Health Connect is to completely replace Google Fit as the tool for sharing of user data between Android apps. The timeline of change, the main differences between the two products, the list of supported data types, and data migration instructions are outlined in our post below.
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February 06, 2024
Are Body Composition Scales Accurate? What is BMI, BIA, and How to Use a Smart Scale Correctly?
BMI or the body mass index is simply a ratio of weight to height squared. BMI - not to be confused with BMR or basal metabolic rate (the number of calories a body needs to maintain life at rest) - was invented about 200 years ago by a Belgian-born sociologist, astronomer, and mathematician Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet, who was looking for a tool to study populations, not individuals.
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December 20, 2023
What is MedM Health 3.0? The Free, the Premium, the Special Offers
Dear MedM Community! Listening closely to your feedback, stories, insights, experiences, and needs, MedM has made the momentous decision to focus on crafting MedM Health as the most powerful people-first health monitoring service available. We want to invest in continually making MedM Health better.
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September 26, 2023
Why Keep a Blood Pressure Diary? When Should Health Monitoring Apps Be Used?
Health diaries save lives. They can help detect potential problems early, track trends, improve treatment plans, empower self-care, enhance compliance, facilitate effective communication with healthcare providers and more.
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September 06, 2023
Can I Take My Temperature with My Phone?
The short answer is “no”, but it is possible to track body temperature with the help of a mobile app and a connected smart thermometer.
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