Small Gadgets That Make You Healthier From: Scientific American - 03/2013 - page 33 By: Maryn McKenna At any moment, someone in the US most likely is having an asthma attack. The breath-robbing disease afflicts around 25 million Americans, and every year about half of them lose control of their asthma. They may rush to the emergency room or reach for a rescue inhaler, a source of quick-acting drugs that can relax constricted airways in minutes. Predicting who is at risk of such crises is difficult, however, because the relevant statistics that would identify trends come from the patients' own recollections days or weeks after the emergency. In several US cities, a new technology may change that. In Louisville, KY, in parts of California and in Washington State, asthma patients are using rescue inhalers topped with a small sensor that wirelessly broadcasts when, where and how often the device is used. The data pass through a secure server to patients' mobile phones and a physician's Web dashboard, providing an instant record of how well a patient is doing and archiving the information for future reference. Read the entire article at: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=small-gadgets-that-make-you-healthier Links: Asthmapolis http://asthmapolis.com/ Fitbit http://www.fitbit.com/ Scanadu38) http://www.scanadu.com/