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    New apps allow doctors to keep digital eye on patients

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Technology has changed every day how we shot.

How we alert and how we say that health and fitness as a categories.

One of the most sustainable markets there is because it.

People always -- to -- -- stay healthy the marketplace is loaded with product gadget.

Track your exercise keep up with how many calories you consume an even monitoring your sleep.

For the consumer it's instant data it can really make an impact on your house if you can monitor -- you can control it.

So it's giving people the means to control their own health care one such device is the arm band by body media the price to solve this combined comprised of an arm -- it's really hard and sold our our technology you can you look at your data on -- Smartphone.

On the way out and you and a televisions.

Many of these gadgets are helping doctors keep a digital -- -- their patients we talk about sensors controlling our home -- our environment.

-- based on your mood and these types of technologies -- imagine you have diabetes.

And you're keeping track of your lecture.

So what happens is now you had your Smartphone.

Yes -- connects to you glucose meter.

-- -- -- -- -- -- And so every day you're feeding that information it's your Smartphone.

Now that if nations being sent up into the cloud.

New York doctors able to review it doctor -- person bombings -- -- it -- simpler technology that lets physicians felt prescriptions right from the found.

And -- that image appointments despite these advances he and other experts say nothing can replace face to face health care.

Don't get me wrong I do believe that patients need to touch doctors to needs to be a lot of communication.

The problem we have to watch -- forced to make sure the communication.

-- the information technology doesn't get between.

The patient and the doctor.

There are tens of thousands of apps available for your Smartphone or tablet and -- wearable devices.

Experts suggest you do your research and find one that's best suitable for your fitness level -- York in appointment Fox News.

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