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MyVytalics, Helix team up for genomics sleep product
From ancestry to wine pallet preferences, consumer genomics have fueled both popular curiosity and public discourse. Now MyVytalics, a relative newcomer in the space that focuses on healthy aging, is...
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Prince William spearheads online toolkit to promote workplace mental health
The British royal family is now turning its attention to online resources as a means of promoting mental wellbeing in the workplace. Earlier this week Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, launched Mental...
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Apple Watch Series 4 will have FDA-cleared ECG, fall detection
Well, we finally know what cardiac project Apple was talking with the FDA about two years ago. Apple Chief Operating Officer Jeff Williams announced today at Apple's special event in Cupertino that the...
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Digital health technologies come with 'responsibility of imagining unintended...
From Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica woes to news of the first deaths attributable to autonomous cars, the tech industry has lately found itself engulfed in moral controversies.Unfortunately, the health...
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Hurricane-affected residents can opt into free telehealth services
Hurricane season is swinging into full gear again as this week’s natural threat, Hurricane Florence, makes landfall in the US Southeast. Between the gusting winds and “catastrophic flash flooding”...
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Instagram now surfaces substance misuse resources for relevant searches
Following in the footsteps of its parent company, Instagram is looking reduce its potential role in the ongoing opioid epidemic.Whenever a user searches a drug or substance-related term on the...
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Apple's ECG announcement was likely years in the making, but its timing was...
Yesterday, Apple dropped a bombshell on the digital health world, as it is prone to do in its highly-produced launch events. While the announcement included fall detection on the Apple Watch and some...
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Women's health, patient checklist startups claim victory in Health 2.0's...
Women’s health tracking platform Mira and EHR-integrated ambulatory care checklist maker Avhana Health have surpassed dozens of competitors to be named the two victors of Health 2.0’ VentureConnect...
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Livongo unveils cellular-enabled blood pressure monitoring, mobile redesign
Today at Health 2.0 in Santa Clara, California, chronic disease management platform Livongo announced the launch of what it says is the US’s first cellular-enabled blood pressure monitoring system.The...
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Walmart wants to influence healthcare with diet-changing app
*/ Focus on InnovationIn September, we take a deep dive into the cutting-edge development and disruption of healthcare innovation.Tags: WalmartappDavid HokeAssociate HealthFresh TriCategories:...
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inui Health, formerly Scanadu, announces FDA-cleared home urine testing platform
Silicon Valley company home diagnostics company Scanadu, best known for its Indiegogo smash hit and Tricorder X-Prize competitor the Scanadu Scout, is coming back into the spotlight after a few years,...
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Walmart, neuroscience design firm partner to launch diet app Fresh Tri across...
Fresh Tri, a healthy behavior app developed through a partnership between neuroscience-focused design firm engagedIN and Walmart, will be rolled out this week for Walmart employees staffing 4,700...
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Newly re-acquired and refocused on health, Withings launches Steel HR Sport...
In a surprising turn, Withings founder Eric Careel bought his company back from Nokia, two years after selling it for $200 million. The circumstances were fortuitous: Nokia was looking to offload the...
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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation names winners of $50,000 AI, opioid challenges
The victors of two Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) pitch competitions were recently announced following a live judging session held at Health 2.0 in Santa Clara, California. There, judges named...
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Companies large and small tackle data privacy at Health 2.0
Data privacy has long been a concern in healthcare, but the past year has seen consumers increasingly concerned about whether or not their devices are always listening. Speaking onstage at Health 2.0's...
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API expands health data into risk scores, but are consumers ready for it?
*/ Focus on InnovationIn September, we take a deep dive into the cutting-edge development and disruption of healthcare innovation.Tags: innovationHealth 2.0dacadoohealth risk assessmentdigital health...
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JAMA study: Big Health's CBT app improves conditions of users with insomnia...
What happenedA new dual-arm randomized trial published this morning in JAMA Psychiatry found that use of Big Health’s Sleepio app as a digital cognitive behavioral therapy (dCBT) led to significant...
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How chatbots and robots can fill healthcare's unmet needs
Among patients and providers alike, bots are beginning to make their mark on healthcare.Supported by advancements in natural language processing and artificial intelligence, the technology is seeing an...
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It’s time for data to translate into better outcomes for patients
*/ Focus on InnovationIn September, we take a deep dive into the cutting-edge development and disruption of healthcare innovation.Tags: Health 2.0innovationIomedbig dataAPIbig data healthcare...
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STYR Labs launches pregnancy nutrition, self-tracking service to consumers
What happenedSTYR Labs has launched GYFT Baby, a subscription service for expecting mothers comprised of a mindfulness educational app, prenatal vitamin shipments, and a wearable for motion tracking...
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