Aditi Pai

About 9 percent of Americans received comparative information about doctors from a ratings website like HealthGrades.

Earlier this month, Chicago-based startup FitnessCubed launched a Kickstarter for its device, a portable elliptical, called Cubii that fits under a user's desk.

Roseland, New Jersey-based Epion Health raised $4.

Philadelphia accelerator DreamIt Ventures announced its next class of startups for its health-focused program, DreamIt Health.

Fertility tracking app maker Glow announced a new app today for pregnant women, called Glow Nurture.

Samsung might partner with Under Armour to market Samsung's wearable health devices, according to a report from Yonhap News.

Philadelphia research park University City Science Center announced that seven startups will join its first digital health-focused program, simply called Digital Health Accelerator (DHA).

Researchers at Germany's Karlsruhe Institute of Technology have developed a smartphone-connected tool that can sense dust levels, which can be an important metric for some public health issues.

Just over 71 percent of obese or overweight employees using employee wellness program HeiaHeia have improved health and fitness since starting the program, according to a survey of 2,039 users that Finland-based H2 Wellbeing, the company behind HeiaHeia, conducted.

Two recent surveys, one from activity tracker maker Withings and the other from research firm IDC Health Insights asked consumers about their engagement with connected health devices.