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A personal health monitor, including: (a) a physiological data input device operative to gather physiological data; (b) a detachable module that is detachably connected to a multi-purpose personal data accessory, operative to transmit the physiological data to the multi-purpose personal data accesso

A personal health monitor, including: (a) a physiological data input device operative to gather physiological data; (b) a detachable module that is detachably connected to a multi-purpose personal data accessory, operative to transmit the physiological data to the multi-purpose personal data accessory; and (c) the multi-purpose personal data accessory, whereas the multi-purpose personal data accessory is adapted to execute health monitoring software such as to enable the multi-purpose personal data accessory to receive the physiological data, process the physiological data to provide processed physiological data and control a long range transmission of the processed physiological data to a remote entity.

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1. A personal health monitor, comprising: a physiological data input device operative to gather physiological data;a detachable module that is detachably coupled to a multi-purpose personal data accessory, operative to transmit the physiological data to the multi-purpose personal data accessory; and

1. A personal health monitor, comprising: a physiological data input device operative to gather physiological data;a detachable module that is detachably coupled to a multi-purpose personal data accessory, operative to transmit the physiological data to the multi-purpose personal data accessory; andthe multi-purpose personal data accessory, whereas the multi-purpose personal data accessory is adapted to execute health monitoring software such as to enable the multi-purpose personal data accessory to receive the physiological data, process the physiological data to provide processed physiological data and control a long range transmission of the processed physiological data to a remote entity. 2. The system according to claim 1, further comprising a controllable sensor, wherein the multi-purpose personal data accessory is adapted to execute the health monitoring software such as to enable the multi-purpose personal data accessory to process physiological data that is received from the physiological data input device and to activate the controllable sensor in response to a result of the processing. 3. The system according to claim 1, further comprising a second sensor, wherein the multi-purpose personal data accessory is adapted to execute the health monitoring software such as to enable the multi-purpose personal data accessory to process physiological data that is received from the physiological data input device and to control the long range transmission of the processed physiological data to the remote entity to selectively transmit processed physiological data of the second sensor in response to a result of the processing. 4. The system according to claim 1, further comprising a location determination circuitry for providing location information to the multi-purpose personal data accessory, wherein the multi-purpose personal data accessory is adapted to execute the health monitoring software such as to enable the multi-purpose personal data accessory to process the location information to determine an activity status of a user, and to process the physiological data that is received from the physiological data input device in response to the activity status. 5. The system according to claim 4, wherein the location determination circuitry is configured to provide location information from an accelerometer of the system. 6. The system according to claim 4, wherein the multi-purpose personal data accessory is adapted to execute the health monitoring software such as to enable the multi-purpose personal data accessory to process the location information to selectively provide a falling alert. 7. The system according to claim 1, further comprising an environmental sensor operative to gather environmental data, wherein the multi-purpose personal data accessory is adapted to execute the health monitoring software such as to enable the multi-purpose personal data accessory to process the physiological data that is received from the physiological data input device in response to the environmental data. 8. The system according to claim 1, wherein the detachable module includes a processor that is adapted to execute a second health monitoring software such as to enable the processor to receive the physiological data, process the physiological data to provide locally processed physiological data and to selectively provide alerts in response to the locally processed physiological data. 9. The system according to claim 8, wherein the processor of the detachable module is further adapted to control a long range transmission of the locally processed physiological data to the remote entity by a cellular modem that is coupled to the processor and which is external to the multi-purpose personal data accessory. 10. The system according to claim 1, wherein the detachable module comprises a storage compartment for storing medication, wherein the system is further configured to provide medication regime timing alerts. 11. A method for health monitoring, comprising: gathering physiological data by a physiological data input device;transmitting the physiological data to the multi-purpose personal data accessory by a detachable module that is detachably coupled to the multi-purpose personal data accessory;executing health monitoring software by the multi-purpose personal data accessory, to process the physiological data to provide processed physiological data; andtransmitting the processed physiological data to a remote entity. 12. The method according to claim 11, wherein the processing of the physiological data is followed by activating a controllable sensor in response to a result of the processing. 13. The method according to claim 11, wherein the processing of the physiological data is followed by controlling a transmission of the processed physiological data to the remote entity to selectively transmit processed physiological data of a sensor other than the physiological data input device in response to a result of the processing. 14. The method according to claim 11, further comprising providing location information by a location determination circuitry, processing the location information to determine an activity status of a user, wherein the processing of the physiological data is responsive to the activity status. 15. The method according to claim 14, wherein the providing of the location information comprises providing location information gathered by an accelerometer of the system. 16. The method according to claim 14, wherein the processing of the location information comprises processing the location information to selectively provide a falling alert. 17. The method according to claim 11, further comprising gathering environmental data by an environmental sensor, wherein the processing of the physiological data comprises processing the physiological data in response to the environmental data. 18. The method according to claim 11, comprising executing a second health monitoring software by a processor of the detachable module, whereas the processor processes the physiological data to provide locally processed physiological data; and selectively providing alerts, by the processor, in response to the locally processed physiological data. 19. The method according to claim 18, further comprising controlling by the processor of the detachable module a long range transmission of the locally processed physiological data to the remote entity by a cellular modem that is coupled to the processor and which is external to the multi-purpose personal data accessory. 20. The method according to claim 11, further comprising providing medication regime timing alerts for medications that are stored in a storage compartment of the detachable module.