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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.
Mount Sinai's patient stay app.
Misfit, maker of the activity tracking devices Shine and Flash, has raised $40 million from China-based strategic investors ecommerce giant JD.
Google-backed 23andMe is finally relaunching its mail-order personal genome service -- just not in the United States.
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.
Bradley Merrill Thompson testifying before Congress last year.
South Korean technology company LG Electronics has received an FDA 510(k) clearance for something called "LG Smarthealth".
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.
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.