Yes, your phone is not merely a phone, but a health monitor too. This smart phone can be the future of medicine( on a funny note). But seriously this smart phone can provide you the basic health check ups like your heart rate, respiratory rate, blood oxygen level, variability in the heart rate etc. All you need to have is an phone and some apps. You need to plug into your phone some phone accessories and stick your thumb on top of it for about a minute and there you go, it measures your heart rate, respiratory rate, heart rate variability etc. Now, you no longer need to run to the hospital skipping office to take these simple tests. Do all this at the comfort of your home or office in just a minute and the best part is you need not spend much time or money on it.

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Health and Fitness APPS from iPhone and their Uses

  1. Withings Smart Blood Pressure Monitor: This amazing app is used to measure, track and graph your blood pressure from your phone. It is easily available for free download on the iTunes, phone store. It measures your blood pressure and pulse in an instant.

2.       Adidas miCoach Heart Rate Monitor for iphone/iPod: This heart rate monitor turns your phone into your own personal trainer in a ziffy. It is ideally recommended for  sports persons. This APP can track your heart rate, spped, distance and pace. It comes with a comfortable flexible chest strap. It is compatible with Adidas heart rate sensing apparel.

 3.       Baby Health Monitor Support: This simple and easy to use monitor can help you track your baby growth. In addition to this also a converter and a reminder application is provided for your convenience

4.       Chemo calendar:  This is a special health App for people undergoing chemotherapy. It quickly captures and organizes all your information in one place. You can email the reports in graphical or detailed format to your doctors and care givers.

5.       ITP Tracker: The ITP tracker will help you easily and quickly record the track events, appointments, health indicator and medical conditions.

6.       Vital Clip: This is an iPhone accessory that helps you measure your vital signs and adds context to deliver an instant and meaningful view of your well-being.

7.       Raisin Health Monitor:  This health monitor hooks up to an phone via Bluetooth, sending bodily information such as heart rates to the compatible App.  This also works over Bluetooth sending info on physical activity and pulse so on,. This app gives more details to the user about what’s going on their body and also helps to store info for charting history. The above apps are only some of the health apps available for phone. However, although they monitor your health yet you should always consult your physician before landing into conclusions.