"Top 5 Health Apps to Download"
With more and more healthcare applications being developed for smartphones, it’s time to tap your way to great health. Last year, users were spoilt for choice with 10,000 such applications – twice the number from the year before.
Many of these are reference apps providing information on health issues, such as the signs and symptoms of diabetes. Other apps are more interactive, allowing users to personalise the advice and patients to monitor their own conditions.
Healthcare apps are great at providing quick, crucial access to information, especially for people on the move or those with existing conditions. Such apps also promote a strong sense of self-involvement towards general health and well-being.
But not all the medical information out there is reliable. There is no central authority monitoring the medical accuracy of healthcare apps. So it may be difficult for the average person to discern the trusty apps from the rest.
Also, foreign-launched apps – mostly catering to Caucasians -- may not necessarily work well for Asians.
The solution? Download apps from reputable local healthcare organisations. You can also discuss which healthcare app to use with your doctor. Lastly, don’t just follow an app’s guidance – like monitoring high blood pressure – and leave it at that. Seek proper medical guidance when you have to. An app can’t replace a doctor.
Top 5 health apps to download
1. Health Buddy (Free)
What it does: Just launched for all smartphones, this app features weekly health tips, health-related videos and alerts to the latest health news and events. You can also research conditions, diseases and treatment procedures (with accurate information written by SingHealth’s medical doctors and healthcare professionals), find a nearby General Practitioner (GP), as well...
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