The newly developed
application for iPhone and iPad, BioDesk, helps women to track menopausal and hormonal
symptoms fast and easy, helping to learn themselves better and recognize the
body internal feedback to the external factors. The application will also
assist to collect the complete set of the necessary information and report your
symptoms back to your doctor.
Managing your Profile
Biodesk helps you manage your personal profile very
easily. You will set up a username and all dosing and symptoms will be tracked.
You receive a complete list of common and standard medicines/therapies and
hormonal/post menopausal symptoms. The application has a built-in list of around
40 symptoms that makes it easy and quick for you to choose one and record. However,
Biodesk allows you to add your own symptoms to the existing list, making it a
customized app suited for your individual requirements.
You can track your symptoms with varied degrees of
severity. You have four options from low to severe to track the severity of the
symptoms.
It is recommended to track and record your symptoms on
a daily basis. This will aid HRT specialist in making hormonal therapy
adjustments, if you are under the therapy. If you are not, it will help you to
make necessary tweaks to your diet, lifestyle, and get professional
recommendations from your physician on how to manage the negative effects of
the menopausal symptoms.
Graphs
Biodesk's special feature allows you to prepare a
graph of your progress over a period of time. You can easily email your graph
to your healthcare professional to enable them to view and interpret how you
are feeling. It also helps you save you time when you visit your healthcare
professional because your physician will be able to review your graphs before
you visit and prescribe you medicines/therapies accordingly.
Glossary
Biodesk iPhone app has an in-built glossary to make
it easy for you to understand the technical medical terms. Check out the
glossary to understand the terms.
Developer’s website: http://www.biodesk.co/
Pricing: $9.99
