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Smartphones are becoming an important tool in fighting illness and disease

The ultimate goal for health care professionals is for a smartphone user to be able to have his or her smartphone help conduct a physical. Accessories could be utilized to look into a patient's ears, eyes and mouth and the phone could send pictures and information back to a doctor who could make a timely diagnosis upon receipt of the information. The University of California, San Francisco, is looking to sign up 1 million people in a study called Health eHeart Study. The goal is to see if mobile tracking of patients' heart rate and blood pressure can lower cardiovascular disease.

For many people with a fear of going to the doctor, using a smartphone might allow them to have their health checked for the first time in years. These people are so nervous about going to see a doctor, that their blood pressure actually rises sharply as soon as they step into the office. "White coat disease," as the condition is called, affects many people throughout the world. Even if a small percentage of those afflicted agree to a remote exam, a large number of lives might be prolonged or saved.

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Verizon customers with Android, BlackBerry and Windows Phone devices have something to look forward to this summer. That is when the AOL.com portal will be made available to Big Red customers on an exclusive basis. The AOL.com portal will provide users with the recently revamped AOL.com homepage. The portal will offer breaking news, weather and maps and will also offer personalized content.

Verizon customers gaining access to AOL.com will find the portal providing them with streaming events and popular videos. The AOL.com portal will start to appear shortly, bookmarked on the default browser loaded on participating Verizon models.

"We are always looking to reimagine how AOL delivers high quality content across multiple devices. This arrangement with an industry leader -- Verizon Wireless -- helps us deliver digital experiences, at scale, to millions of consumers in innovative ways."-Chris Grosso, GM, AOL Homepages
source: BusinessWire via AndroidCentral
Press Release NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AOL (NYSE: AOL) announced today a content distribution partnership that will bring the AOL.com portal to Verizon Wireless smartphones and certain tablets running the Android, Windows Mobile and RIM operating systems. It is the first time that AOL will be the exclusive provider of the VZW Home mobile web portal on smartphones and tablets for the nation’s largest wireless carrier.



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