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By Jonah Comstock | 11:15 am | October 13, 2015
More and more health insurers are embracing telemedicine as a way to provide lower-cost care to a large swath of covered patients.
By Aditi Pai | 11:05 am | October 13, 2015
San Carlos-based ShopWell, which offers a nutrition app, raised $3.
By Jonah Comstock | 10:26 am | October 13, 2015
Early next year Lumo Bodytech, the company behind the Lumo Lift and Lumoback posture and activity tracking devices, will launch a new wearable, Lumo Run, a pair of running shorts or capris with a sensor embedded into the waistband to track runner-specific health metrics like cadence, bounce, ground contact time, braking, stride length, and pelvic rotation.
By Jonah Comstock | 10:16 am | October 13, 2015
Stanislas Niox-Chateau, Ivan Schneider and Jessy Bernal, the founders of DoctoLib.
By Jonah Comstock | 12:04 pm | October 12, 2015
A smart baby bottle, which uses sensors to measure a baby's tongue strength and sends the data to a provider's mobile device, has received FDA clearance.
By Jonah Comstock | 11:24 am | October 12, 2015
Funding for wearables startups -- not just health-focused wearables -- is on track for a five-year low according to a new report from CB Insights.
By Aditi Pai | 11:04 am | October 12, 2015
Intermountain Healthcare, a not-for-profit health system based in Salt Lake City, Utah, has partnered with American Well to launch a video visits app for patients.
By Aditi Pai | 09:15 am | October 12, 2015
Germany-based Clue, which has developed a women's health app, raised $7 million from Union Square Ventures and Mosaic Ventures.
By Jonah Comstock | 08:39 am | October 12, 2015
Belfast, Northern Ireland-based Intelesens has received FDA 510(k) clearance for its wearable vital signs monitor, called zensor, designed for monitoring patients outside the hospital.
By Jonah Comstock | 01:49 pm | October 08, 2015
Propeller Health is working with Boehringer Ingelheim.