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Of wearable fitness device makers, Fitbit spent the most on advertising its devices last year, investing $21.
San Francisco-based Lir Scientific is developing a new wearable device, called Brightly, that tracks the user's bladder fullness to help remind people to urinate.
Researchers at an Australian university have developed stretchable, wearable sensors that could detect both harmful toxic gasses and dangerous UV radiation.
More than 70 percent of Walgreens Balance Rewards members participating in the healthy choices program with a connected device were still active in the program a year later, according to Walgreens.
BodyMedia's patents, now owned by Jawbone, are at the heart of the new suit.
Walgreens, which partnered with MDLive to offer telemedicine services in two states last December, has added three more states to its rollout and announced that MDLive video visits will now be available on desktop computers and tablets, in addition to smartphones.
New York-based behavioral health startup AbilTo has raised $12 million in third round funding led by HLM Venture Partners.
Boston-based digital health startup Gain Life has launched its first offering, ManUp Health, which is an online weight loss program designed for men.
Compared to past World Wide Developer Conferences, Apple's latest presentation was light on health-related content.