iStockphoto]Want to record how many steps you take, keep track of your blood glucose levels, or know when you need sun protection?
Then look no further than your mobile phone.
Our love of ever more sophisticated smartphones has the potential to turn what used to be 'just a phone' into an essential tool for good health, as a growing number of us use our mobiles to access specialised health and fitness apps (short for applications).
And research suggests how we currently use our phones as health tools is only the beginning.
A report released last November found there were 17,000 mobile phone health apps available for both consumers and healthcare providers in major app stores.
The report's authors, market research firm research2guidance, also predicted that 500 million people globally, out of a total of 1.4 billion smartphone users, will be using health apps by 2015.
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