MSN Introduces Online Tools to Help People Make Smarter Health and Lifestyle Decisions

From swine flu info to symptom checkers, MSN My Health Info includes a broad range of widgets and tools to attract health-minded consumers.


On Oct. 1, 2009, MSN released the beta of My Health Info, a new online service that helps people manage their health information on the Web. This is a unique service that offers people a variety of tools and widgets to upload, organize and monitor health information stored in their personal Microsoft HealthVault accounts. The new service allows people to research medical concerns, read the latest health news, gain guidance from medical experts, learn about nutrition, and monitor conditions such as high blood pressure or diabetes.In addition, MSN is launching a specialized swine flu information center today on the MSN Health & Fitness home page. MSN works with trusted consumer health information providers such as Harvard Medical School and the MayoClinic . Because the data are stored in Microsoft HealthVault, people can access their information via the Web whenever they need it. Users can also customize their pages, access profiles of multiple family members at one time, allowing caregivers to more easily manage not only their information, but their family’s as well. (From the MSM press release)