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Report: Smart clothing, glasses will grow fastest as 350M wearables ship in 2020
As wearables shipments hit 350 million in 2020 (up from 224 million in 2018), healthcare wearables are poised to bring in more revenue via subscription services than wearables in any other industry,...
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Merck, National Sleep Foundation to launch new Fitbit-powered study
Physicians have touted the benefits of a good night’s sleep for centuries, if not longer, but it hasn’t been until recent years that a provider can see clear data on whether or not their patients have...
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Siren launches smart sock for diabetes patients, announces $3.4M in funding
San Francisco-based microsensor textile company Siren has announced the first product using its proprietary Neurofabric material. The Siren Diabetic Sock and Foot Monitoring System and its accompanying...
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NIH-funded study to use Trak, a home fertility test for men
Sandstone Diagnostics’ Trak Male Fertility Testing System will be used in an NIH-funded study being conducted by Boston University and Stanford University, according to a statement. The Pregnancy Study...
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Under Armour notifies users of MyFitnessPal data breach affecting 150M users
Under Armour has notified users of its MyFitnessPal food and nutrition app of a large-scale user data breach that occurred in late February. The company’s investigation into the breach is ongoing,...
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Adherium receives OTC clearance for AstraZeneca's Symbicort inhaler
Smart inhaler company Adherium announced last week that it has received 510(k) clearance for over-the-counter sales of its inhaler monitoring device for AstraZeneca’s Symbicort aerosol inhaler, called...
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Rumor: Samsung Gear S4 is coming soon with focus on sleep, fitness
Samsung is developing the long-awaited successor to its Gear S3 smartwatch and could launch it sometime this year, according to a report from SamMobile, a blog focused on all things Samsung. Citing...
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Report: Walmart in talks to acquire medication delivery startup PillPack
Walmart is reportedly in talks to acquire PillPack, a New England-based virtual pharmacy with around $100 million in funding. According to CNBC, which broke the news, the retail giant is offering less...
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Apple's EHR feature launched last week. Here's what that looks like for...
Last year Katherine Kaiser graduated from Stanford University, incidentally meaning she also “graduated” from the Stanford health system. It was time to shop around for new doctors in her area, but...
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WebMD's new symptom checker ditches avatar, adds professional CDS tool
WebMD, long the go-to for patients turning to the internet for an answer to mysterious symptoms, has launched a redesigned, rebuilt version of its symptom checker, originally launched in 2015. The...
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Apple faces new lawsuit over its heart rate monitor
Apple’s heart rate monitoring technology has come under fire after Anne Arbor, Michigan-based Omni MedSci filed a lawsuit against the tech giant for patent infringement. The suit — which was filed in...
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Outcome Health will pay $2.9M in class-action settlement about 'daily...
Things aren't getting any better for Outcome Health, the digital health media company that recently settled a three-month legal battle over claims that the company misled its investors and defrauded...
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Study: App for mindful meditation had the same effect as sham meditation app
When stress levels are high, turning to an app for guided meditation might not be all that effective, according to a recent small study published in BMC Psychology.Researchers found no significant...
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With PerkinElmer and Northshore deals, personal genomics company Helix gets...
Personal genomics company Helix announced two new partnerships this week, both of which take the company — which has focused on ancestry and lifestyle applications in the past — strongly into the...
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DARPA gives Kryptowire $5.1 million for smartphone-based health tracking
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency awarded a $5.1 million contract to Kryptowire, for technology that can gather and aggregate smartphone sensor data. The Department of Defense hopes to...
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NuvoAir to launch its updated smart, wireless spirometer for home use
Stockholm, Sweden-based respiratory monitor maker NuvoAir (formerly Pond Healthcare Innovation) has unveiled the newest version of its home-use spirometer.Dubbed the Air Next, the small and portable...
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PeerWell adds AR fall prevention feature to platform
San Francisco-based PeerWell has added an augmented reality feature to its app, which helps post-surgical patients manage their recovery. The tool, called PeerWell's Trip and Fall Hazard Detector, uses...
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In-Depth: How digital health is changing marathons
Forty mph winds pelted cold rain against the runners as they approached the Boston Marathon’s infamous Heartbreak Hill. It was just before this mark that runner Courtney Duckworth’s eyesight started to...
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Philips adds American Well telemedicine into uGrow baby-tracking app
Telemedicine company American Well and health technology company Royal Philips anounced back in January that they would partner to integrate American Well's virtual care capabilites into Philips'...
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Google lends map expertise to support DEA's Prescription Drug Take Back Day
This Saturday, the United States Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) will host its third National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. And this time, Google is helping out. The search engine company and tech...
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