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Think you might have an STD? There's an app for that
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article published on 9 November, 2010
If you think you may have an STD (sexually-transmitted disease) but are too embarrassed to see a doctor about it, you may be in luck soon.
British health officials are currently developing a mobile phone app that will allow users to get diagnosed within minutes, and without needing to head to a clinic or a doctor's office.
The impressive app would work as follows (via Guardian): "A ... [ read the full article ]
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9. November 2010 @ 20:36 |
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Finally healthcare professions are at risk like everything else!
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SomeBozo
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9. November 2010 @ 20:50 |
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What is the reliability for the app, and will the app maker be responsible for misdiagnosis, i see the law suits starting already.
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stuntman_
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9. November 2010 @ 21:43 |
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they better make it sure it works right, you can't make an important health app that stupid people mgiht depend on and have it not work
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9. November 2010 @ 22:48 |
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i just used this app turns out i got a bad case of the Mountaineria Dewmydia.
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9. November 2010 @ 23:58 |
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This could be really great if they added HIV to the list...safe sex without condoms!
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stuntman_
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10. November 2010 @ 00:08 |
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hahahahahaha test someone before you get into bed with them then forget about the rubbers I like your style killerbug
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SomeBozo
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10. November 2010 @ 01:10 |
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Originally posted by KillerBug:
This could be really great if they added HIV to the list...safe sex without condoms!
HIV would seem next to impossible to test for with this kind of app, mainly because it mutates so quickly from person to person.
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10. November 2010 @ 03:51 |
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Originally posted by stuntman_:
hahahahahaha test someone before you get into bed with them then forget about the rubbers I like your style killerbug
To be fair, I would test myself as well so she would not be afraid to swallow.
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ivymike
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10. November 2010 @ 06:39 |
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I didn't know that USB was a "chip", LMFAO.
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10. November 2010 @ 20:27 |
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Originally posted by KillerBug:
This could be really great if they added HIV to the list...safe sex without condoms!
Condoms are as much about birth control as they are about preventing someone getting an STI.
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dEwMe
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11. November 2010 @ 10:43 |
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Yeah...I'd expect the chips to be single use and very expensive...STDs...just sad...lol
Just my $0.02,
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11. November 2010 @ 12:40 |
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Originally posted by dEwMe:
Yeah...I'd expect the chips to be single use and very expensive...STDs...just sad...lol
if they cost less than actual STD tests then it's fine, isn't it?
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11. November 2010 @ 13:19 |
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Yeah the cost of that chip will have to include the insurance litigations for the STDs that still are transmitted. I can just hear the testes-mony in court.
"Look, my phone told me to take this little jizzmo and pee on it and then screw it back into the phone. She did, and on my hands too, so I eased it into the phone hole; it hummed a minute, said safe, then my phone shorted out. Now I'm out the price of a phone and I can't pee anymore."
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16. November 2010 @ 02:13 |
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Originally posted by KillerBug:
This could be really great if they added HIV to the list...safe sex without condoms!
I hate to be serious... but you're forgetting about the long incubation period.
Its a lot easier being righteous than right.
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SomeBozo
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16. November 2010 @ 02:21 |
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Originally posted by Jemborg:
Originally posted by KillerBug:
This could be really great if they added HIV to the list...safe sex without condoms!
I hate to be serious... but you're forgetting about the long incubation period.
Good point, some information in found says 6 to 9 months where people can transmit the virus but not detectable.
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