
About Herbs App
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center has debuted About Herbs, a mobile application presented by our Integrative Medicine Service. The app, compatible with iPad®, iPhone®, and iPod touch® devices, gives users quick access to comprehensive information about herbs, botanicals, dietary supplements, complementary therapies, and more.
About Herbs, Memorial Sloan Kettering’s first mobile app, draws from our About Herbs webpages. Users can explore evidence-based details about more than 260 products and services in the integrative medicine arena – from purported uses and chemical structure to adverse reactions and side effects. Each listing can be viewed in two formats: one written for consumers and the other for healthcare professionals. Updates and additions are provided automatically on a weekly basis.
“About Herbs draws from the robust content available on Memorial Sloan Kettering’s website and makes it accessible on-the-go for healthcare practitioners and members of the general public alike,” explains Barrie R. Cassileth, Chief of the Integrative Medicine Service.
Additional features of the app include the ability to:
- Search by product name, service name, or medical condition
- Save your favorite listings
- Browse listings without an Internet connection after the app has been downloaded
- Share content with friends and colleagues by e-mailing the link to the information on our website
We invite you to download the Memorial Sloan Kettering About Herbs app from the App StoreSM.
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Alice
Oct 4, 2012 • 9:39 AM
Shweta Trehan
Oct 4, 2012 • 9:15 PM
John Conti
Oct 8, 2012 • 9:03 AM
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Oct 9, 2012 • 5:50 PM
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Oct 11, 2012 • 9:29 AM
Randall Caporale
Oct 12, 2012 • 8:08 AM
Android is now most-used smartphone platform worldwide - so why Apple OS-exclusive?
http://www.pcworld.com/article/260846/gartner_android_extends_smartphon…
Memorial Sloan Kettering
Oct 12, 2012 • 2:51 PM
In reply to Android is now most-used by Randall Caporale
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Apr 8, 2013 • 9:03 PM
Valerie
May 3, 2013 • 3:33 PM
Hi Valerie, here is a direct link to the app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/about-herbs/id554267162?mt=8. Thank you for your comment!
Donna
Jul 1, 2013 • 10:49 PM
Hi, Donna. We now have a web-based version of the About Herbs app that is
compatible with all mobile devices. You can go here for more information about the app and a link to the web version: http://www.mskcc.org/apps. Thank you for your comment.
Donna
Jul 2, 2013 • 8:00 PM
JOHN P. HAMM
Jun 6, 2014 • 4:07 PM
OUR SON IS BEING TREATED FOR BLADDER CANCER. CHEMOTHERAPY DID
NOT WORK, AND THE CANCEROUS BLADDER WAS SURGICALLY REMOVED.
THE CANCER HAS RETURNED, AND WE WERE WONDERING WHETHER THE FERMENTED WHEAT GERM EXTRACT AVEMAR MIGHT WORK IN TREATING OUR SON'S CONDITION.
OUR SON IS CURRENTLY UNDER THE CARE OF DR'S HUSSAIN, AND HAFEZ AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HOSPITAL CANCER CENTER IN ANN ARBOR, MI.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR RESPONSE.
Memorial Sloan Kettering
Jun 6, 2014 • 5:07 PM
In reply to OUR SON IS BEING TREATED FOR by JOHN P. HAMM
Dear John, thanks very much for your question. Unfortunately, we cannot answer personal medical questions on our blog. If you’d like to speak to a doctor at Memorial Sloan Kettering, you can call for an appointment at 800-525-2225 during regular business hours. Or you can find out more here: http://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/appointment.
If you’d like to learn more about our approach to treating bladder cancer, please click this link: http://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/adult/bladder/diagnosis-treatment-msk.
Thank you so much for reaching out.
Peijay
Jun 21, 2014 • 2:14 PM
We now have a web-based version of the About Herbs app that is compatible with all mobile devices. You can go here for more information about the app and a link to the web version: http://www.mskcc.org/apps.
Thank you for your comment.
Richard
May 20, 2015 • 9:38 PM
The link to an app for devices other than Apple still doesn't appear to be available. The link in comments above for web based devices ultimately just sends to the About Herbs page and the link on that page just goes in circles returning to the same page. No app. How do we download the app for non-apple devices?
Dear Richard, thanks for bringing this to our attention. Unfortunately, we do not have an app for non-Apple devices and there are currently no plans to develop one. However, our newly redesigned website is optimized to work on all mobile and tablet devices. You should be able to view and navigate our online About Herbs database on your non-Apple device: https://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/treatments/symptom-management/integra… . We hope this is helpful.
When will it be available on Androids? I'd love to have this app to go with my Epocrates app.