UK-based digital health startup Numan completes £10M in Series A funding
Digital health clinic for men, Numan, has completed a £10 million Series A funding round, to expand on its men's health and wellbeing products and pharmaceuticals, personalised supplements and access...
View ArticleLady Technologies releases two-in-one fertility tracking and pelvic floor...
Femtech company Lady Technologies today announced the launch of its FDA-registered fertility tracking and pelvic floor exercising device called kegg.Along with the product release, the company also...
View ArticleBorderlands 3 is using its millions of gamers to help map the human gut...
Back in April, Borderlands 3 – a big-budget, role-playing first-person-shooter videogame that sold over 8 million copies within six months of its release – received a free update that introduced a new...
View ArticleDubai Diabetes Centre exploring effectiveness of virtual health follow-ups...
A new study exploring the effectiveness of virtual health follow-ups using home-monitoring devices and mobile technology is currently being conducted by the Dubai Diabetes Centre (DDC) with the support...
View ArticleCDC's 'virtual human' relays prostate cancer info through candid conversations
Last month, the CDC launched a prostate cancer information program with a uniquely digital face: a "virtual human" named Nathan who speaks with men about screening and treatment."Talk to Someone About...
View ArticleGarmin launches new connected scale that can give users trends over time
Last week Garmin launched its new scale, dubbed Index S2, which is able to send weight and health data to a connected app. In addition to body weight, users can tap into the scale for insights on body...
View ArticleRoundup: GPDQ launches London's first private drive-through COVID-19 testing...
PAINCHEK ANNOUNCES CARE HOME CAMPAIGN Responding to the NHSX pledge to give 11,000 iPads to UK care homes, AI-powered pain assessment company, PainChek, has announced a one-off campaign to help UK care...
View ArticleCVS launches telemedicine enabled contact renewal service
CVS is setting its sights on the eye care space, launching a new digital tool that lets customers renew contact lens prescription remotely via an online vision test and an asynchronous telemedicine...
View ArticleVerily contests report that San Francisco, Alameda 'severed ties' with its...
Yesterday, Kaiser Health News reported that California's San Francisco and Alameda counties had "severed ties" with a highly publicized "Project Baseline" COVID-19 testing program supported by...
View ArticlePairing wearables data with self-reported symptoms could improve COVID-19...
Symptom-based COVID-19 screening can be improved by incorporating data collected from wearable sensors into prediction algorithms, an approach that could complement ongoing testing efforts by spotting...
View ArticleUnder Armour sells off MyFitnessPal for $345M, will shut down Endomondo by 2021
Under Armour announced late last week that it is selling off MyFitnessPal to investment firm Francisco Partners for $345 million – a fair bit lower than the $475 million it paid for the connected...
View ArticleR2G Report: Digital diabetes market will be worth €1.3bn by 2024
Digital health analysis and consultancy company Research2Guidance (R2G) have just released The Global Digital Diabetes Care Market 2020, the fourth edition of their biannual research report providing...
View ArticleOmada reports blood sugar, weight improvements after 12 months with its...
New top-line data presented by Omada Health and researchers from the University of Nebraska Medical Center and Wake Forest University suggest that the chronic condition-management company's digital...
View ArticleBupa partners with Well.Me partner for workplace health tracking tool
UK-based employee health monitoring service Well.Me has partnered with Bupa to expand employee health tracking in UK workplaces, with a potential roll-out to over two million employeesAs part of the...
View ArticlePocDoc selected for DigitalHealth.London accelerator programme
PocDoc, a digital platform that brings together blood testing and integrated health assessments via a smartphone app, has been chosen as one of the 2020-2021 cohort of the DigitalHealth.London...
View ArticleGreater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership piloting platform which...
Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership in the UK is running a pilot of a web platform which allows users to store their medical data in a Personal Online Data Store - or pod.Startup...
View ArticleFinnish digital health startup Popit partners with pharma firm Almirall to...
Finnish digital health startup Popit and Almirall, a global biopharmaceutical company focused on skin health are collaborating on a support tool for patients with psoriasis.The solution consists of...
View ArticleAmazon releases new Alexa features allowing families to monitor seniors...
Amazon has rolled out a slew of new features for its Alexa personal assistant that will help U.S. users check in on an aging family member from afar.Called the Care Hub, the features allow users to...
View ArticleMedtronic launches CGM-integrated smart insulin pen for multiple daily...
Shortly after acquiring smart insulin-pen-maker Companion Medical, Medtronic has officially launched the InPen device alongside integration with its Guardian Connect connected glucose monitoring (CGM)...
View ArticleAmazon furthers foothold in digital pharmacies with launch of Amazon Pharmacy...
Retail giant Amazon is building up its foothold in the digital pharmacy space by rolling out Amazon Pharmacy, a new digital shop that lets customers order and manage their prescription medications...
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