Last week we reported on Mayo Clinic's new mobile-focused startup: mRemedy, which is creating smartphone applications based on Mayo's medical research. mRemedy is a joint collaboration with application developer DoApps. The venture's first application was a meditation application that teaches users breathing exercises and other methods for reducing stress. According to a report from SmarterTechnology, mRemedy's second app, Mayo Clinic will be creating its own medical smartphone apps, too and the first one should be available later this year: A free "Symptom Checker" that will try to define the user's malady, explain its most common causes and also advise a user when to visit a physician.

UPDATE: Mayo Clinic spokesperson Kathleen Anderson wrote in to explain that "not all Mayo Clinic mobile apps developed by Mayo will be part of mRemedy. The Symptom Checker app will be solely a Mayo Clinic app and not part of mRemedy."

"Our second app will come from the Mayo Clinic's global products and services area--a symptom checker app that works like the one at MayoClinic.com, but which will be made available as a free download so you can use it anywhere, anytime," Anderson told SmarterTechnology in a recent interview.

For the full report, head over to SmarterTechnology