Feeling stressed? Need a breather? Check out some free apps to soothe your soul!

• Breathe2Relax – Provides instructions and practice exercises to help you learn the skill of diaphragmatic breathing – Android and iPhone

• Relax Melodies – Features 46 ambient sounds, high quality retina graphics with animation effects, alarm and timer systems among others – iPhone and iPad

• Tactical Breather – Provides training on controlling your physiological and psychological responses to stressful conditions. Features an introduction to tactical breathing and a tutorial on how to use the app – iPhone and iPad

Download these and other apps by visiting the MSK Library’s Patient and Family Selected Mobile Resources LibGuide.

DrawMD is a collection of mobile apps intended to improve communication between patients and their surgeons. Using illustrations of medical procedures, physicians can create interactive visual guides to explain medical conditions and treatments.

Features:

• Edit preloaded anatomy images
• Upload and create new images
• Sketch, stamp and type on images
• Undo actions and erase sketches
• Print, save and email images

Specialties include: Pediatrics, Vascular, Sampler (Urology, Orthopedics, Anesthesia & Critical Care, Cardiology, General Surgery), Orthopedics, OB/GYN, General Surgery, Otolaryngology, Cardiology, Anesthesia & Critical Care.

To download one or all of these apps, visit the MSK Library’s Mobile Resources LibGuide.

Want to increase your knowledge of cancer care, research and survivorship?  Tune in to MSK’s podcasts! Episodes are available to download individually, or you can stay up to date by subscribing to a podcast feed.

Podcasts feature discussions by clinicians, scientists, nurses and other experts in the field.  Here are a few to get you started:

• Self-Hypnosis for Relaxation and Stress Relief (32:00) – MSK Integrative Medicine Service Chief Barrie Cassileth explains the benefits of self-hypnosis for cancer-related stress and anxiety – Cancer Care Podcast Feed
• Why We All Don’t Get Cancer (Part 1 of 3) (32:00) – Craig B. Thompson, President and CEO of MSK, discusses new ways to think about cancer and how cancer arises in human beings – Research Podcast Feed
• Building a Family After Cancer Treatment (38:00) – MSK fertility specialist Joanne Frankel Kelvin, RN, discusses the impact that cancer treatment can have on a woman’s fertility, and how patients can plan a family after treatment – Survivorship Podcast Feed

Not familiar with podcasts? Watch the short video, Podcasting in Plain English.