Dr Paul Cundy, a GP in Surrey and a member of the British Medical Association's IT Committee, said the general concept of being able to monitor patients using mobile technology was a good one.
Traders monitor the data to gauge the general mood of speculators, with excessively high or low numbers viewed by many as signs of overbought or oversold markets that may be ripe for price corrections.
If you follow the raw commodity markets, including precious metals, or monitor the raw commodity sector in general, then an examination of the weekly chart for the Continuous Commodity Index (CCI) is in order.