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New York City-based wellness app maker Noom and CityMD, a network of urgent care medical centers in and around New York City, are launching a pilot for people who are at risk for Type 2 diabetes using Samsung's S Health app, integrated with Noom's health program.

Medtronic has launched its MiniMed Connect system, which allows people with diabetes who use both a Medtronic continuous glucose monitor (CGM) and a Medtronic insulin pump to see data from both device on their smartphone, and send it to their caregiver.

In its most recent S Health app update, Samsung added support for all Samsung smartphones, starting with the Galaxy S3.

It's been a busy week for wearables and other digital health and fitness devices, with a plethora of announcements from major consumer electronics players.

Israel-based EarlySense has announced its first direct-to-consumer product: a sleep monitoring device called myEarlySense.

Diabetes management company Glooko has officially launched the kiosk version of its offering, the latest in a week of kiosk news from companies like HealthSpot and American Well.

In the second quarter of 2015, Apple shipped 3.

WellDoc and Samsung will bring a new version of WellDoc's BlueStar mobile prescription therapy for diabetes to 300 Toronto citizens in partnership with the Ontario Telemedicine Network (OTN), a Canadian government-funded nonprofit.

Smartphone cameras are an acceptable substitute for digital cameras when conducting a medical teleconsultation, according to a researchers at Sweden’s Karolinska Institutet and Stellenbosch University in South Africa.

Samsung has partnered with China-based payor Ping An Insurance to create a digital health platform, according to the Korea Herald.