Top 20 Health and Fitness Mobile Apps: iPhone vs. Android

Published by Allison Sharp on Mon August 16, 2010

Those involved in health care professions know how important it is to maintain proper health and fitness. Your health is important to your longevity, as well as to your overall well being — and even your happiness. With increased technology it is possible to improve your health and fitness with the help of mobile applications.

Among the most popular devices for practical applications are the iPhone and devices that run Android. If you are running one of these systems, you can take health and fitness help with you wherever you go, providing you with a little health care guidance. Here are the top 20 health and fitness mobile apps, 10 from iPhone and 10 from Android:

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Top 25 Free & Freemium Web Apps to Manage Your Healthcare and Medical Data

Published by Erin Johansson on Mon May 10, 2010

If you are a healthy individual or a patient, or if you work in healthcare, you may realize that many options for preventative or rehabilitative care exist online. But, the top 25 free and freemium (basic services for free, charges for advanced or special features) Web apps listed here also provide means for patients and their healthcare providers to communicate online, to share health records and to collaborate for health and wellness. Additionally, doctors or clinics can tap into these resources to streamline office operations. [click to continue…]

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33 iPhone Apps Every Healthcare Professional Needs

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Top 50 Health Care Pundits Worth Following on Twitter

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Everything You Need to Know About Swine Flu

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Swine flu is also termed as 2009 H1N1 type A influenza and is a human disease. However, against the common perception people get Swine flu from infection from other people instead of pigs. The disease is named as swine flu because virus causing influenza comes from pigs to humans. Virus of Swine Flu gets genes [...]

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What Exactly Is a Nurse Practitioner and Why Pick it As a Career?

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Nurse Practitioners (NP), who are common in practices and treatment therapies like other nurses, however, has a bit edge in comparison to others with registration and specialized training for certain diseases that a normal nurse is generally prohibited from providing treatment for. In peculiar cases, a Nurse Practitioner even can write prescriptions such like as [...]

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Nurse Practitioner Degree

January 5, 2010

A nurse practitioner degree is a program that is designed for registered nurses who want to increase their professional responsibilities and career choices. Unlike a registered nurse, a nurse practitioner is allowed to examine, diagnose and prescribe medication for patients. Prescribing medication is the most notable difference between registered nurses and practitioner nurses. This degree [...]

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