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London, England (CNN) -- There are a growing number of smartphone applications aimed at assisting medical professionals or improving personal health.

From AirStrip OB, which lets obstetricians remotely access real-time data about newborn babies, to Epocrates, a kind of drug encyclopedia for medics, phone apps have the potential to be lifesavers.

Then there are the apps aimed at improving people's general health, such as RunKeeper, designed to make it easier to keep fit, and Absolute Fitness, which could help you keep tabs on your diet.

We take a look at just a few of the health-related applications now showing on a smartphone near you.

This is a great idea but it may begin giving people a false sense of security. People might start taking their own health into their own hands and without the correct knowledge and no how people might end up fatality hurt or even killed. I think if the proper precautions are taken with the applications then people might be able to use this for the good of mankind. Lets say for instance a person is chocking and this application has the ability to show someone how to perform the heimlich Maneuver. This can potentially become a widely used application.