Manchester Direct Family Practice
Health Apps for You!
Listed below are some health apps that we have tested and approved!
We provide a short summary to assist you with deciding if a particular app might be useful for you.
If there are additional health-related apps that you enjoy, please suggest them for this page!
AHRQ ePSS
Brief Summary: This app from the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality (AHRQ) allows you to look up United States Preventive Services Task Force recommendations and findings, based on specific demographic and behavioral information. It isn't intuitively obvious, but once the details are filled in the screen, hit the "Start" on the upper right. The recommendations will always come up with the Grade A recommendations (see Health Information page under USPSTF), but you can look at the others by hitting the selection at the top of the screen. Each recommendation that shows up can be drilled down into.
Available for: iPhone, Android
Cost: Free (developed by Federal Government)
Health IQ
Brief Summary: This app from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention gives a thirty question test on a variety of preventative health topics, getting progressively more challenging as the test progresses. It also has daily health quizzes on a wide variety of exercise and diet topics.
Available for: iPhone, Android
Cost: Free (developed by Federal Government)
MyFitnessPal
Brief Summary: Good for tracking food intake, and will automatically connect to your phone for activity tracking. Affiliate apps can map your walking, running, and biking routes!
Available for: iPhone, Android
Cost: Free (owned by UnderArmour)
Concussion Coach
Brief Summary: Developed by the Veteran's Administration for service members with Traumatic Brain Injuries, the assessment section and some of the tools would be useful or informative for anyone with concussion symptoms.
Available for: iPhone
Cost: Free (developed by Federal Government)
Clue Period Tracker
Brief Summary: This app (primarily for those that menstruate) allows you to track your menstrual cycles, including symptoms and signs associated with them. If you use contraception, it can remind you to take your pill or change your ring, but will NOT remind you to get another Depo-Provera injection, or replace a Nexplanon implant or an IUD.
Available for: iPhone, Android
Cost: Free