Editor’s note: The following is an excerpt from NPR.
How many calories have I consumed this week? How well did I sleep last night?
What about this thing on my leg — is it infected? What does an ECG for ventricular tachycardia look like again?
Yes, you guessed it. There is an app for that.
In fact, the sheer number of applications that attempt to answer your burning medical queries is staggering. Consider the platforms alone: Once there were only iPhone apps, then Android and iPads entered the market. You can’t even call them mobile apps anymore – Facebook has its own apps, and Google’s Internet browser, Chrome, does, too.