Top Health Applications for the iPhone

An iPod... a Phone... an Internet Communications Device...
And now Health Freak's gadget..?

Here are some of the top health application that you can have running on the new iPhone:

1. Epocrates: Epocrates is a mobile clinical practice suite that includes integrated drug, disease, and diagnostic guides, ICD-9 and CPT coding reference, and a robust medical dictionary. In short it is a pocket reference for the health care professional that could assist him greatly.

2. iPharmacy: Lost your prescription? Use this Web Application to view common dosages and directions for thousands of prescription drugs. A generic and name brand drug database that lets you browse thousands of drug descriptions, dosage, symptoms, side effects, and more, all from the palm of your hand. Great for medical practitioners who need quick access to drug information.

3. Unbound MEDLINE: Get access to more than 17 million medical journal articles anytime, anywhere. Plus, Unbound's unique Best Evidence search defines search parameters to retrieve evidence-based journal articles.

4. Quitter: Do you want to quit smoking? Again? Try out quitter. It shows you how long it has been since you last smoked and how much you have saved since then.

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5. Absolute Fitness:A fitness app that helps you track your food intake with its built-in nutritional database. You can log exercises as well.

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6. iPhone Emergency Card: It can store your health, contact and blood type information which can be used in case of emergencies. Moreover it gives users to access maps to nearby hospitals.

7. The Pocket First Aid Guide: You never know when you might need it, the Pocket First Aid Guide for the iPhone will help you treat anything from bee stings to eye injuries.