Consumer

Dublin, Ohio-based HealthSpot, which offers telemedicine kiosks for workplace and retail locations, has shut down, according to a report over at MedCity News.

Only a month after GreatCall announced that it had acquired the assets of aging in place startup Lively, GreatCall unveiled the Lively Wearable by GreatCall.

At CES this week Withings, which has recently focused on fitness its Activite watch series — unveiled a new medical device, Withings Thermo, a WiFi connected thermometer.

Misfit has unveiled a new activity tracking device that is cylindrical in shape instead of round like Misfit’s other trackers.

After spending hundreds of millions to acquire some of the leading health tracking platforms in the market a year ago, Under Armour is upping the ante again, this time on the hardware side, with a new suite of health devices, its calling UA HealthBox.

Fitbit has launched its newest and arguably most stylish fitness tracking device, called Blaze, which offers similar functionality to a smartwatch.

Raleigh, North Carolina-based heart rate sensor company Valencell is suing both Apple and Fitbit over alleged patent infringement, and is accusing Apple of additional deceit as well.

The most recent app from Logicworks, an app development company led by Matthew Nifield, which uses the iPhone's own touch screen to weigh food, was rejected by the Apple App Store.

The Qualcomm Tricorder X Prize has extended its deadline and tweaked the requirements for its seven remaining finalists, the group announced last month.

Digital health and wellness is where digital banking was two years ago, according to a new report from Apigee, which surveyed 1,000 smartphone owners 18 years of age or older in the United States.