Cholesterol-Tracking Smartphone Users Take Lifesaving Selfies

With a new smartphone device, you can now take an accurate iPhone camera selfie that could save your life -- it reads your cholesterol level in about a minute. Forget those clumsy, complicated, home cholesterol-testing devices. Cornell engineers have created the Smartphone Cholesterol Application for Rapid Diagnostics, or “smartCARD,“ which employs your smartphone’s camera to read your cholesterol level. “Smartphones have the potential to address health issues by eliminating the need for speci