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Innovative iphone application, iHydrate, from Mobile Sports, Inc. , gives giving athletes, parents of athletes, coaches, and athletic trainers the tools and information they need to avoid dehydration and other, more serious heat-related illnesses.

To help keep athletes of any age not only stay hydrated but avoid the catastrophic risks of heat-related illness or death, iHydrate(TM) is the first iPhone application to:

• provide the heat index--the apparent temperature on the basis of the current temperature and relative humidity at the user's current  location
• display the level of heat-illness risk under the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) heat index
• allow parents, coaches and athletic trainers to schedule hydrattion reminders for before, during and after sports
• help facilitate the replacement of fluids lost during sports based on urine color and/or amount of weight lost.

In addition to these tools, iHydrate includes a helpful reference section, including basic information on dehydration and heat-illness prevention, signs and symptoms and treatment, and the Pre-Season Heat-Acclimatization Guidelines recently issued by the American College of Sports Medicine and seven other medical groups.

iHydrate is especially useful in children as they often forget to drink water and also the harmful effects of dehydration are severe in them.

Source: Mobile Sports, Inc.