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We are currently exploring two of the concerns raised by Husain and Spence—the regulation of health apps and evidence for their effectiveness.1 Android and iOS app stores currently contain more than 100 000 health apps, and the number is constantly increasing.2 The NHS Choices Health Apps Library contains verified apps with trusted information that are clinically safe and comply with data …

Before becoming a medical student I worked as a health psychologist. This involved trying to explain what motivates the behaviours associated with health and illness. Medical training has steered me towards diagnosis and treatment, but perhaps there is room for more communication between these two disciplines. When taking histories many doctors do not routinely ask patients if they have considered a change in a behaviour that may play a part in their current illness and future health. Is this because we do not feel it is our role or because we do not have time? …