Quip expands consumer dental supplies service with appointment browsing,...
Quip, an online subscription platform that ships dental supplies to consumers, is expanding its service to help members book professional care for their mouths.Called Quipcare, the app-based platform...
View ArticleNurx adds STI testing to its mail-order product suite
Nurx, the San Francisco-based startup best known for providing contraceptives via telemedicine, has just added a new home STI testing option to its slew of services. The new offerings, which were first...
View ArticleVitalityhealth partners with Doctify, Clinerion expands patient network...
New partnerships. The prominent health insurer VitalityHealth has partnered with Doctify, a leading online review and booking platform for medical consultants. They have developed ‘Vitality Specialist...
View ArticleWithings rolls out connected blood pressure, ECG cuff in EU; US launch slated...
Withings announced this morning that it is updating its connected blood pressure cuff product line with two new offerings: a revamped version of its existing at-home cuff, and a premium cardiac monitor...
View ArticleManaging women's health: 5 unique takes on femtech
Evaluations made in 2019 suggest that €180bn is being spent on femtech products each year. Despite this, investment has predominantly focused on infertility and reproduction, as opposed to treating...
View ArticleWalgreens adds Propeller Health, Dexcom's products to its health services...
Roughly a year on from its launch, Walgreens Boots Alliance announced that its Find Care platform — a mobile and web tool guiding consumers toward curated health services — has added eight new partners...
View ArticlePinterest rolls out new tool aimed at helping users with anxiety, stress
Pinterest is often a platform synonymous with wedding boards, apartment designs and general inspirational quotes. But often users are looking for answers or support in regard to more serious questions....
View ArticleJAMA editorial highlights pros, cons of D2C telemedicine services
Direct-to-consumer telemedicine services have attracted plenty of attention from investors and patients alike, due in part to their lower costs and ease of use. From a medical standpoint, however,...
View ArticleMicrosoft files patent for 'multidimensional' optical heart rate sensor that...
A new patent filing suggests that Microsoft, which seemed to have definitively abandoned health wearables with the shutdown of the Microsoft Band in 2016 (and the decommissioning of its corresponding...
View ArticleDeepMind's AI can predict AKI up to two days before it happens, according to...
The DeepMind Health mobile app Streams uses digital tools to help identify patients at risk of preventable harm, currently from acute kidney injury (AKI) and sepsis.The Streams technology compares a...
View ArticleThe healthcare chatbots are coming. Be afraid. Or not.
Paddy Padmanabhan is founder and CEO of Damo Consulting, a growth strategy and digital transformation advisory firm that works with healthcare enterprises and global technology companies, and author of...
View ArticleSitata's traveler safety platform relaunches with new in-app telemedicine...
Sitata, a service that supports international travelers with safety and health information relevant to their trip, has relaunched its platform with a host of new features, key among which is support...
View ArticleApple, Eli Lilly, Evidation Health joint study suggests device sensors can...
Sensors from consumer-grade devices like iPhones, Apple Watches, iPads and Beddit sleep monitors capture enough data to spot mild cognitive impairment or Alzheimer’s disease dementia, according to a...
View ArticleLifeOmic launches chronic disease prevention app
Earlier this week LifeOmic, maker of a provider-facing data integration app, announced a new platform dubbed LIFE Extend that's designed to help patients prevent chronic disease associated with aging....
View ArticleNeuroMetrix pivoting from D2C, restructuring business following weak...
Following another rough quarter, NeuroMetrix has sought outside help in an effort to restructure its business and is pivoting away from a direct-to-consumer business model for its wearable pain relief...
View ArticleKurbo by WW takes on contentious childhood obesity challenge by stressing...
Following an acquisition last year by WW (formerly Weight Watchers), Kurbo Health has retooled and relaunched its weight loss app and coaching services as Kurbo by WW. The tool not only sports a new...
View ArticleCashMD launches price transparency tool
With a focus on healthcare cost transparency, CashMD is launching a new platform that will show consumers the expense of various procedures at local medical providers before they book an appointment....
View ArticleAliveCor ends sales of KardiaBand, its ECG accessory for Apple Watches
Update: This story has been updated to include additional comments from AliveCor. Mobile ECG maker AliveCor has ended sales of KardiaBand, its FDA-cleared ECG wristband designed for use with Apple...
View ArticleCarrot's smoking cessation program helped 32% of study participants quit,...
Redwood, California-based Carrot has released new trial data supporting the performance of its digital smoking cessation program. Conducted by the company and published in JMIR mHealth and uHealth,...
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Fitbit unveils data-driven personal health subscription, Fitbit Premium
Fitbit pulled back the curtain on its fall launch lineup this morning, revealing a major new subscription health service called Fitbit Premium right alongside the latest versions of its tried and true...
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