Smartphone Apps for Health and Wellness

Smartphone Apps for Health and Wellness helps readers to navigate the world of smartphone apps, and direct them to those which have had the best medical evidence in obtaining the users' goal. It covers the history of apps, how they work, and specific apps to improve health and wellness in order to improve patients' outcome. The book discusses several types of apps, including apps for medical care, sleeping, relaxation, nutrition, exercise and weight loss. In addition, it presents the features of a good app in order to empower readers to make their own decision when evaluating which one to use. It is a valuable resource for clinicians, physicians, researchers and members of biomedical field who are interested in taking advantage of smartphone apps to improve overall health and wellness of patients.