Depresión: cómo pueden ayudar los antidepresivos
Lesedauer: 3 min Cada vez más personas sufren depresión. La gravedad y los síntomas son muy variados. Los niños y adolescentes también se ven afectados con mayor frecuencia en la actualidad. Cualquier persona que se sienta deprimida o impotente durante un periodo prolongado y pueda descartar causas físicas -como la carencia de vitamina D3- puede ser ayudada con antidepresivos tras consultar a un médico. Lo más importante es la regularidad de la ingesta.
Enfermedad coronaria: cómo mantener el corazón en forma
Lesedauer: 3 min Es una de las cardiopatías más comunes en todo el mundo y puede provocar infartos, así como arritmias cardiacas y tener otras consecuencias graves. Hablamos de la cardiopatía coronaria, una enfermedad en la que el corazón deja de recibir suficiente oxígeno y nutrientes. Las personas mayores se ven especialmente afectadas. Al principio, sin embargo, la buena noticia: con un cambio en el estilo de vida y una medicación regular, esta cardiopatía puede tratarse bien.
Allergies: Managing medications cleverly
Lesedauer: 2 min Allergy sufferers know it all too well: If the immune system comes into contact with an allergen, the body reacts allergically. Sometimes the allergy can only be controlled with medication. For these to work, they must be taken regularly. This is where the TOM app comes in: with daily reminders on the smartphone, it is an active help against forgetting.
TOM Medications | Support in daily medication management
Lesedauer: 2 min Many chronic diseases exist worldwide, affecting the lives of millions of people every day. Not only dealing with the disease itself, but also often comprehensive therapy plans and daily medication prove to be a burden for those affected.
Hipertensión arterial: mantener la cabeza fría
Lesedauer: 2 min La hipertensión arterial es una de las principales causas de enfermedades cardiovasculares como infartos de miocardio y accidentes cerebrovasculares. Algunas de las causas de la hipertensión son la obesidad, el poco ejercicio y el estrés, combinados con una predisposición hereditaria. Si la hipertensión no se trata, pueden aparecer enfermedades secundarias, sobre todo en el sistema cardiovascular.
Diabetes: staying in balance
Lesedauer: 2 min It is considered one of the most widespread diseases in the world: Diabetes, also known as «diabetes», is a metabolic disease that can have severe consequences. «Diabetes mellitus» refers to various diseases that are based on a metabolic disorder. An elevated blood sugar level is the result.
Increased therapy adherence, the TOM app can do it
Lesedauer: 9 min According to the World Health Organization (WHO), only about half of people suffering from a chronic disease take their medications as prescribed.[1 Other studies also report similar numbers, varying by disease.[2] This should alarm patients, healthcare providers, payers, business and the public sector alike, because the negative consequences of this non-compliance with prescribed treatment, called treatment infidelity, are enormous. We describe why patients find it difficult to follow treatment recommendations.
TOM Medications receives award from Healthcare Insights
Lesedauer: 2 min TOM Medications did it again and was rewarded with a great award from The Healthcare Insights! We have achieved a place among the «10 most recommended digital health solution providers from Europe in 2021» with our TOM app. The Healthcare Insights magazine is a comprehensive guide to all things healthcare. In the process, TOM Medications also received a certificate recognizing our contributions to the healthcare industry.
TOM app increases therapy adherence of its users
Lesedauer: 2 min Whether deliberately not taken or simply forgotten: Non-compliance with therapy can have far-reaching health consequences for patients. This is exactly where the TOM app comes in.
More than a medication reminder app
Lesedauer: 2 min With the help of the TOM app, no medication will be forgotten in the future. However, the little helper from the Zurich-based start-up Innovation 6 offers numerous other functions.
