Health Apps, A New Era Of Healthcare Right At Your Fingertips - Philadelphia News, Weather and Sports from WTXF FOX 29

Health Apps, A New Era Of Healthcare Right At Your Fingertips

Posted: Updated:
Health apps have become a new era of healthcare right at your fingertips. Health apps have become a new era of healthcare right at your fingertips.
PHILADELPHIA -

Pain in the head? Pain in the neck? There's an app for that, and just about everything else - all part of a new era of healthcare right at your fingertips.

Tech expert Anthony Mongeluzo's iPhone is loaded with health apps, including one that claims to check the level of your stress simply by placing your finger over the phone light and camera lens.

You can download many of these apps for free.

The apps can even serve as great tools for healthcare providers, but some doctors worry patients may take self-diagnosing too far.

FOX 29's Dr. Mike Cirigliano says a health app can't catch everything.

"Sometimes, disease can present in very subtle ways and you might miss something that you might regret later," Dr. Cirigliano said.

You can watch FOX 29 reporter Joyce Evans' story in the video above.

  • Local News

  • Sunday, May 26 2013 12:22 AM EDT2013-05-26 04:22:30 GMT
    Police are investigating a body found in the home of a well-known Philadelphia attorney.
    Police are investigating a body found in the home of a well-known Philadelphia attorney. 
  • Saturday, May 25 2013 11:48 PM EDT2013-05-26 03:48:06 GMT
    A local elected official hits the gas again when FOX 29 Investigates' Jeff Cole tries to ask him a few questions about why a ghost worker was on his staff.
    A local elected official hits the gas again when FOX 29 Investigates' Jeff Cole tries to ask him a few questions about why a ghost worker was on his staff.
  • Saturday, May 25 2013 9:06 PM EDT2013-05-26 01:06:21 GMT
    Jasmine Moore should be getting ready to celebrate her 15th birthday Sunday. Instead she and several relatives are nursing burn wounds they suffered after fire ripped through their Cobbs Creek home.
    A critically injured child along with her relatives are recovering at CHOP after an early morning fire. They say if not for a quick thinking family member things could have been a lot worse.
Powered by WorldNow

WTXF-TV
330 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106-2796

Phone: (215) 925-2929
Fax: (215) 982-5494

Didn't find what you were looking for?
All content © Copyright 2000 - 2013 Fox Television Stations, Inc. and Worldnow. All Rights Reserved.
Privacy Policy | Terms of Service | Ad Choices