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Did you know that the Cardiio app can accurately measure your heart rate, by using the camera of your iPhone? Here’s how it works: Every time your heart beats, more blood is pumped into your face. This slight increase in blood volume causes more light to be absorbed, and hence less light is reflected from your face. Using sophisticated software, your iPhone’s front camera can track these tiny changes in reflected light that are not visible to the human eye and calculate your heart beat! This video below shows the process:


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Very nice infographic about the mHealth in the US. According to the article:"there were more than 1 billion visits to physicians’ offices in the U.S during 2011. According to the survey driving the data for the infographic, it was found that 40% of doctors believe mobile health technologies can reduce the number of office visits. In addition, 80% of doctors are already using smartpthones and medical apps, of which there are more than 10,000 available in Apple’s iTunes App Store. It was also found that doctors are 250% more likely to own a tablet than other consumers, while 56% of doctors...


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