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By Aditi Pai | 07:14 am | December 03, 2014
New York City-based Kinsa Health has announced that its FDA-cleared smartphone-connected thermometer is now available at CVS and Apple Stores across the US as well as online at Amazon, Apple.
By Jonah Comstock | 10:42 am | December 02, 2014
Mount Sinai's patient stay app.
By Brian Dolan | 09:00 am | December 02, 2014
Misfit, maker of the activity tracking devices Shine and Flash, has raised $40 million from China-based strategic investors ecommerce giant JD.
By Jonah Comstock | 08:46 am | December 02, 2014
Google-backed 23andMe is finally relaunching its mail-order personal genome service -- just not in the United States.
By Aditi Pai | 07:59 am | December 02, 2014
Using a smartphone app to monitor weight loss is effective if the user is willing to self-monitor calories, but for most patients, using a health app won't result in a substantial weight change, according to a UCLA study in the Annals of Internal Medicine of 212 primary care patients.
By Jonah Comstock | 10:24 am | December 01, 2014
Bradley Merrill Thompson testifying before Congress last year.
By Jonah Comstock | 10:15 am | December 01, 2014
South Korean technology company LG Electronics has received an FDA 510(k) clearance for something called "LG Smarthealth".
By Aditi Pai | 10:08 am | December 01, 2014
Maven CEO Kate Ryder New York City-based Maven Clinic, a video visit service that aims to connect women with healthcare practitioners, will launch early next year.
By Jonah Comstock | 08:27 am | November 25, 2014
Graphic from NPR According to a new survey from Truven Health Analytics and NPR, 68 percent of American consumers are willing to share health information with researchers, but this group of people is more likely to be wealthy, well-educated, and young.