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HEALTHY SMARTPHONE:
Martha Earl, AHIP, Assistant Director
Michael Lindsay, AHIP, Serials/E Resources Librarian
Preston Medical Library, UT Graduate School of Medicine
1924 Alcoa Hwy
Knoxville Tennessee, 37920
Health
Oriented Apps
GENERAL
WEBMD
Downloadable App
for IPhone, IPad,
Android
Commercial, Ad
Supported
Features:
 Symptom Checker
 Drugs & Treatments
 Pill Identification Tool
 Local Health Listings
MEDLINE PLUS
 Mobile Optimized Website
( http://m.medlineplus.gov / )
 So you can use it on any device
with a browser!
 Free; Medline Plus is
produced by the National
Library of Medicine
 Search on:
 Health Topics
 Drugs
 Medical Terms
 Also available in Spanish
 Tip: On IPhone, I Pod Touch,
Add to Home Screen for
icon on your device.
LIVESTRONG ENGLISH-SPANISH
DICTIONARY OF CANCER TERMS
Downloadable App
for IPhone, IPad
Free
Features:
 Searchable dictionary
of over 6,000
definitions provided by
the National Cancer
Institute
SKYSCAPE MEDICAL RESOURCES
 Downloadable App for
IPhone, IPad, Android,
Blackberry
 Free
 Features:
 RXDrugs – information on
thousands of Brands and
Generics including interactions
and dosing calculators
 Archimedes – medical
calculator with 200 interactive
tools
 Outlines in Clinical Medicine –
Evidence Based clinical
information on hundreds of
diseases and symptom-related
topics.
MEDSCAPE
 Downloadable App for
IPhone, IPad, Android,
Blackberry, Kindle Fire
 Free App from WebMD,
more oriented toward
healthcare professionals.
 Features:
 Medical news & alerts for
34 specialty areas
 Can find, save, and email
articles from the app.
 Includes drug information
on over 8000 drugs
 Drug Interaction Checker
 Can save searches
FITNESS & NUTRITION
APPS
WEIGHT WATCHERS MOBILE
 Downloadable App for
IPhone, IPad, Android
 Free from Weight
Watchers
 Features:
 Monitor and track food
and activity points
 Check point values for
favorite foods
 Includes social
networking functions
RUNTASTIC
 Downloadable App for
IPhone, Android,
Blackberry, and
Windows Phone
 Free for basic version.
 Maps your workout
with built-in GPS,
tracking your progress
by distance, calories
burned, speed, heart
rate, etc.
MY FITNESS PAL
Downloadable App
for IPad, IPhone.
Free
Calorie Counter, Diet
Tracker
1.1 million foods in
database
Fast data entry
CALORIE TRACKER
 Downloadable App for
IPhone, IPad, Blackberry,
Windows Mobile.
 $2.99 from ITunes Store
 Features:
 Includes database of food &
restaurant items
 Personalized Daily calorie
intake based on goals
 Weight tracking and charts
 Can track water intake
 Daily reminders to help stay
on goal
DAILYMED
 Mobile-optimized
website:
(http://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/mobile/i
ndex.cfm)
 Free
 Features:
 Search on over 36,000
drugs
 Quality information from
National Institutes of
Health, National Library
of Medicine
FOODUCATE
Downloadable App,
available for IPhone,
IPad, and Android.
Free
Features:
 Includes barcode
reader, scan UPC
codes and learn about
food before you buy.
FOOD & FITNESS TRACKER FOR
SPARKPEOPLE
 Downloadable App for
IPhone, IPad, Blackberry
and Android
 Free
 Features:
 Food & calorie tracker with
more than 1 million foods in
the database
 Daily meal plans customized
for your goals
 Weigh in page that graphs
weight and progress over time
 Boasts the most detailed
weight and calorie reports of
any IPhone food tracker
 Track calories and workouts in
one app.
FOOD SAFETY &
RECALLS
RECALLS
Downloadable App
for IPhone, IPad
Free
Features recall
information from:
 FDA
 USDA
 CPSC
 EPA
 NHTSA
CALCULATORS
ARCHIMEDES FREE MEDICAL
CALCULATOR
 Downloadable App for
IPhone, IPad, Android,
Blackberry, Palm, and
Windows Mobile
 Free download
included with
Skyscape
 Features:
 Over 200 interactive
tools, organized by
specialty
BMI CALCULATOR
 Downloadable app
for IPhone, IPad,
Android.
Free download,
commercial product
Features:
 Can set how length
and weight are
measured
 Strong user ratings
NHLBI BMI CALCULATOR
 Downloadable App for
IPhone, IPad
 Free from The
National Institute of
Health’s National
Heart, Lung and Blood
Institute
 Features:
 Can toggle between
English/Metric
measurements
 Includes normal ranges
HEART RATE MONITOR BY LOGYOURRUN
 Downloadable App for
IPhone, IPad
 Free
 Features:
 Monitor pulse by tapping
the screen or counting
heart beats
 Calculates heart rate
zones and where which
zone you are in
 Works with heart rate
straps, eliminating the
need to count your heart
beats.
CHRONIC DISEASE
MANAGEMENT
STAT FRAMINGHAM HEART AGE
 Downloadable App for
IPhone, IPad
 Free
 Features:
 Calculates 10 year
Cardiovascular Disease
Risk, based on:

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Age
Cholesterol level
Blood Pressure
Smoking
GLUCOSE BUDDY
Downloadable App
for IPhone, IPad
Free
Features:
 Provides a convenient
way to log, graph, and
store glucose readings.
BREAST CANCER: BEYOND THE SHOCK
Downloadable App
from National Breast
Cancer Foundation
Free
Features:
 Content to help users
learn more about the
condition
 Hear stories from
women
 Ask questions
ASTHMA MD
 Downloadable App for
IPhone, IPad
 Free
 Features:
 Track asthma symptoms,
triggers, peak flow,
medications
 Visualize asthma activity
on a color graph
 Map PFM to severity
zones
 5 star user rating
T2 MOOD TRACKER
 Downloadable App
available for IPhone,
IPad, Android
 Free
 Features:
 Monitor moods on six preloaded scales, anxiety,
stress, depression, brain
injury, post-traumatic
stress, general well-being
 Custom scales can be built
 Can add notes to
document daily events,
medication changes and
treatments.
EMERGENCIES,
DISASTER SAFETY &
PUBLIC HEALTH
CDC APP
 Downloadable App for
IPad, or available as
mobile optimized
website: ( h t t p : / / a p p s . u s a . g o v / c e n t e r s for-disease-control-and-prevention/)
 Free from Centers for
Disease Control
 Features:
 Data & Statistics
 Information on diseases &
conditions
 Disaster safety
 Environmental health
 Healthy living.
HEALTH MAP MOBILE
Downloadable App
for IPhone, IPad,
Android
Free
Features:
 Mapping of disease
outbreaks near you
FEMA APP
 Downloadable App for
IPhone, Android,
Blackberry, and as
mobile optimized
website
( h t t p : / / a p p s .us a . g ov / fe m a - m o b i le / )
 Features:
 Information on
preparedness
 Contact information for
FEMA
 Where to go for help
POISON CENTER HELP
 Downloadable App for
IPhone, IPad
 Free App Developed by
American Association
of Poison Control
Centers
 Features:
 Free, confidential access
to poison control experts
 Keeping the app on hand
means never having to
worry about where to find
the number in an
emergency.
EPA AIRNOW
Downloadable App
for IPad, IPhone
Free
Features:
 Real-time, locationspecific reports
 Current air quality
 Air quality forecasts
for ozone and fine
particle pollution
UV INDEX FROM EPA
Downloadable App
for IPhone, Android,
Blackberry, and as a
mobile optimized
website
(http://apps.usa.gov/uvindex/ )
Free
Features:
 UV Index
 Air quality ratings
wherever you are.
OTHER
DROP BOX
Downloadable App
for IPhone, IPad,
also accessible from
your web browser.
Free
Features:
 Securely store files
online.
 Share files with other
users
WEATHER UNDERGROUND
 Downloadable App for IPhone,
IPad, Android.
 Free
 Also available as a Mobile optimized website:
http://m.wund.com/cgibin/findweather/getForecast?brand=mobile&query=3792
0
 Features:
 Users can set up their own weather
station, to add their readings to
the Weather Underground network.
 Over 22,000 personal weather
stations report data
 Interactive Wundermap
 Temp, ‘feels like’ temp, wind speed
& direction, humidity, dew point,
visibility, pressure, gusts and
severe weather covered.
QUIXEY
Note: Not an
App
Search
engine
designed
specifically
for apps
https://www
.quixey.com/
USA.GOV MOBILE APPS DIRECTORY
Mobile-optimized
website
http://apps.usa.gov/
Free from USA.gov
Directory of US
Government Apps
TIP: Browse this for
mobile apps