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  • HemaApp gives smartphones the power to detect anemia

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    Mariella Moon
    Mariella Moon
    09.09.2016

    A team of researchers from the University of Washington have developed an app that turns smartphones into anemia detectors. See, the condition often goes undiagnosed in developing parts of the world. And seeing as it's the most common blood disorder out there, it likely affects more than 25 percent of the population that the World Health Organization believes it does. HemaApp gives medical professionals a way to see if patients have anemia simply by shining the phone's flash against their skin.