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BridgingApps Top 5 Apps for Stress Management

Yoga Studio ByÂ Gaiam, Inc. Price: Free (iOS, Android) Yoga Studio app is the ultimate yoga app allowing users to play, create, customize and schedule easy-to-follow HD video yoga classes. This app is a top-notch app. Top. Notch. Brilliant in design,…

Mental Health Apps Lists: Life Management

Recognizing May as Mental Health Awareness Month, today we highlight BridgingApps lists that focus on keeping life under control. Of course no life can ever be brought completely under control, but mental and emotional stress are significantly reduced by committing…

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Self-Management Apps for Young Adults

The road to “self-management” (full personal independence) has a long learning curve. If you’re disabled, the curve is even steeper—not only because of the disability itself, but because society still tends to focus on “can’t-dos.” People may have told you,…

Parkinson’s Disease: Basics, Lesser-Known Facts, and Helpful Hints

April is Parkinson’s Awareness Month. Nearly 1 million people in the U.S. have Parkinson’s disease, with 90,000 new cases diagnosed each year. Most Parkinson’s patients (96 percent) are over 50; more men than women are affected. Common symptoms include: These…

For National Family Caregivers Month: Our App Recommendations

November has been National Family Caregivers Month since the 1990s. Of course, family caregiving itself is a year-round job. And often a job full of challenges: Whatever your concerns, there’s an app to help. Our BridgingApps Caregiver Apps list has…

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New BridgingApps List: Women’s Health Apps

October is #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth, but every month (and day) is a time to stay aware of women’s health concerns. While no age or gender is immune to the self-neglect habit, mothers and working women face unique pressures to focus on responsibility…

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Doctors Are People, Too

There’s a cartoon that shows a preschooler in a waiting room, asking his mother, “Do doctors ever get sick like real people?” Apps for teaching kids about doctors’ work: Doctors may seem superhuman to many who depend on them, but…

Everyday Tips for Managing Epilepsy

A salute to November as National Epilepsy Awareness Month. There’s more to epilepsy than the infamous grand mal seizure. In fact, for many people with epilepsy, such a “big bad” seizure is a one-time event or never occurs at all.…

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Living with a Dual Diagnosis: When Mental Disorder Meets Substance Use Disorder

Mental and emotional disorders present challenges on two fronts: dealing with the disorder itself, and dealing with stigma attached to the disorder. Public understanding has come a long way in recent decades, but it’s still easy to find people who…

BridgingApps Reviewed App | Breathe2Relax

BridgingApps just published the following BridgingApps Reviewed App on the site: Breathe2Relax is a stress management app which provides detailed information on the effects of stress on the body and instructions and practice exercises to help users learn the stress…