Digital Health
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Flare Capital's Alexandra Mullin and Ian Chiang outline COVID-19's impact on the worsening opioid crisis and how the digital opioid use disorder space is likely to develop over the coming years.
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Lily is Garmin’s smallest watch yet, with a 34mm watch fase and 14mm band meant to “enhance the overall feminine aesthetic.”
The Samsung Health Monitor app will be updated to enable these features on the Galaxy Watch3 and Galaxy Watch Active2 beginning on February 4 for certain markets.
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The platform provides patients and their physicians insights into blood pressure patterns that better inform the diagnosis and management of hypertension.
Nerivio is a wireless, noninvasive remote electrical-stimulation wearable that is worn on the upper arm at the onset of a migraine.
The evidence review and expert deliberation will examine ethical issues, risks, and benefits.
A McKinsey report breaks down the six strategic steps taken by established players in digital health.