ship in the ocean it succeeded for the first time last month. as health and personal care companies grow and grow, more sensor-equipped products are on
3d printing in medical applications market, the markets, but what does all the new technology really mean for your overall medical care. reporter: when heather
booker's daughter sus not feel well, she whips out her phone to take her temperature. a lot of times when your child is sick, you forget things because you are focused with him. reporter: this thermometer registers if channing has a
fever and logs it with the medications and symptoms she has and sends it straight to her doctor. i don't have to get out a pen and note pad. it's right there at my fingertips. reporter: it's part of the
exploding trend in high tech medicine. some pregnancy tests now have a link to an app, and there's epipen alarms to make sure you don't forget it, and there's potential down sides to the connected medicine counter items.
the questions to ask are okay, who get the information? what information are they getting? why does that matter? it may not be medical data collected. the medical ap in addition to other fields it collects it
will collect your sns metadata, and it collects everyone who you have called, your phone number and how long you have talked to them and often. reporter: a recent study finds privacy poll sis on health apps are often week or completely missing.
they are not covered under the health privacy laws. the devices can be useful, just know the risks. reporter: apple just launched care kit that gives them new tools for creating and improving health software. so many more will be coming
out. what about the privacy issues raised in the story? with your fitbit?
