Get Health-Smart with these Gadgets that’ll Get You in Shape

Given the advent of smartphones and advanced technology, a lot of areas in our lives have been affected immensely. For starters, our computers are becoming more like robots; mobile phones are becoming more like mini computers, and the list keeps going on and on and on. Technology is indeed taking over, and purists just need to accept this fact. Though it can sometimes work to our disadvantage—being utterly reliant on too much technology, we shouldn’t let this faze us. The advantages of having advanced technology incorporated into our lives definitely outweigh its downside.

When it comes to health, various trends are being developed, improved, and furthered. In the scientific realm, professionals are looking for better and easier ways of dealing with things. Medical breakthroughs are happening a lot nowadays, thanks to technology. And as we deal with and live our own lives, we can’t help but be more aware and conscious of how we take care of our body. Despite the work and the stress, we can still maintain a healthy body if we take little steps to achieve them. Thanks to smartphones and technology, we can keep track of our health and continue to nurture it in the simplest way possible.

Everyday Health

Everyday Health is perhaps “that one app” you have been looking for to keep track of those calories, and so much more! Available for iOS and Android, this application gives you everything you need that’s health-related. It offers an array of awesome features that are sure to keep you glowing with health every single day of the year.

Everyday Health offers simple yet helpful tips that are refreshed every day. It also contains medically-reviewed information regarding the top 50 health conditions that are circulating globally. Apart from this, you also get expert responses from medical professionals, doctors, pharmacists, and other veterans in the medical field.

Another relevant aspect of this application is the “What Would Mom Say” segment, which includes basic advice for everyday health. This includes answers to commonplace health issues also such as what to do when you have a flu, a sunburn, or even as simple as a toothache.

Everyday Health also has a built-in calorie counter to keep track of what you eat and snack throughout the day. Just plug in some necessary measurements, such as your BMI and weight, and watch the application do the rest on informing you when enough is enough. And of course, this application also comes with simple exercise routines such as jumping rope and yoga that you can do on your own. They also incorporated chores with calories so you know how much you are burning by doing simple things like gardening, cleaning the house, and so much more.

Aside from being free of charge, Everyday Health is also community-based so you and your friends can all be healthy together and monitor each other’s progress. It’s a great way to get fit and stay in shape.

Zeo Sleep Manager Bedside

Sleep is very, very important to one’s health. Apart from regulating the function of your body system, sleep is important for cellular regeneration. Zeo Sleep Manager Bedside is a system that actually helps improve your sleeping patterns. Formerly known as the Zeo Personal Sleep Coach, this product’s goal is to analyze and recommend better ways of sleeping.

As aforementioned, we all want a good night’s rest because of the benefits it gives us physically, mentally, and emotionally. And having a comprehensive system such as this to monitor your sleeping patterns and habits will definitely guarantee you with a great start every day.

Its smart design includes a lightweight headband that is wireless—this is used to keep track of your sleeping patterns. It also includes a bedside display, so you can monitor the results of your night’s sleep. Apart from this, it comes with some online sleep-related analytical tools, and a personalized sleep-coaching program to assist you in significantly improving your slumber.

LifeWatch V

LifeWatch V, dubbed as “the phone that can possibly save your life”, runs the Android operating system, and is made for the health-conscious and those who need to monitor their health.

This is indeed a technological breakthrough in terms of the smartphone industry because this phone actually has built-in sensors that keep track of your health. It’s amazing how integrated this phone is, given its medically-related capabilities.

One of the features that you can find in this phone is the electrocardiography (ECG) tool where you simply place four of your fingers on a sensor-like device on the phone itself. Conveniently placed on both sides of the phone, this system can give you your ECG reading in a quick 25 seconds. The LifeWatch V can also take your body temperature! That’s right, with this device you don’t have to whip out your thermometer if you’re feeling under the weather. All you have to do is place the phone on your forehead. Your temperature will be determined in 10 seconds by an infrared sensor located at the phone’s back.

Another amazing feature that this phone has is that it can take your blood glucose level. The LifeWatch V comes with a slot for blood tests, complete with the finger pricker. The result will be displayed on the device in just a matter of seconds. Apart from these distinct and unique features, it can also calculate your heart rate, blood saturation levels, body fat analysis, and stress levels.

Voice Recognition Software

Another technological breakthrough in the medical field is the development of speech recognition software that can determine signs of Parkinson’s disease. Parkinson’s is known to be a degenerative disorder that stems from the central nervous system, and one of the key signs of having it is displayed through one’s speech.

Prior to this, there has been no concrete method for diagnosing someone with Parkinson’s. Scientists developed this machine to improve the handling of Parkinson’s and to prevent it before it becomes worse.

Though the machine being developed is still in its learning stage, massive amount of data through the means of research is being gathered in order to concretize and further this machine. So far, through experimentation and having recorded the voices of 50 patients with Parkinson’s disease, it was discovered that an 86% accuracy level was achieved through the voice alone. This is definitely a milestone in medical technology, and we can only expect the best from it in the months to come. Hopefully, by the end of the year, this Parkinson’s-determining machine will be released for the world to prevent the disease before it is too late.

Stem Cell Therapy

Stem cell therapy has become more popular nowadays as more and more people are getting access to the treatment, and actually getting healed as a result. Stem cell therapy uses biological cells to replenish and replace the dead cells in the human body. This has been a great method for curing terminal diseases such as cancer, despite the heated moral debate and controversy surrounding it.

With that said, the stem cell therapy has been doing more good than bad, and more hospitals around the world have been applying this technology in their medical procedures as it continues to prove itself as a viable option to healing. Stem cell therapy has extended its arm from humans, and is now being applied to pets as well.

These technology breakthroughs in the medical field are intended to improve the entire world’s well-being and overall health. From a simple application to a complicated medical procedure, technology has definitely eased the lives of health enthusiasts and medical professionals globally.

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