(Times of Israel) LifeWatch Technologies, an Israeli company, unveiled the world's first "medical smartphone" last week. The LifeWatch V is equipped with numerous monitoring and measurement tools to monitor heart rate, body temperature, blood sugar levels, cholesterol levels, blood pressure, and others. The device works as a phone, with normal smartphone functions, but also records important medical information and uploads it to LifeWatch's remote monitoring service, which records a user's health and updates his medical records, alerting emergency services when necessary. Users monitor themselves by holding the device on its four corners, where sensors are located. To take their temperature, users pass the device across their foreheads.
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