Aditi Pai

At the Samsung Developer's conference this week, Samsung released the reference design for its wristworn wearable, called Simband, to developers.

Thirteen percent of consumers plan to purchase a health or fitness wearable device within the next year, according to a survey of 2,000 consumers from Acquity Group, a subsidiary of Accenture.

Dublin, Ohio-based HealthSpot, which offers telemedicine kiosks for workplace and retail locations, has raised an undisclosed sum from Xerox.

An eye scanner may be able to detect glaucoma in patients by examining patterns of eye movements recorded when subjects watch a movie, according to researchers at City University London who published their findings in Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience.

Shelton, Connecticut-based Fitlinxx, maker of the B-to-B activity tracker Pebble, has announced its newest device, a bandaid-like heart rate tracker, called AmpStrip.

Sunrise, Florida-based MDLive, which offers telehealth services including patient-to-physician remote visits via mobile devices, has acquired online therapy provider Breakthrough Behavioral.

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Seattle-based behavior change company 2Morrow has launched an app, called SmartQuit, that aims to help smokers quit.

West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania-based chronic care management app developer CareCam Health Systems raised $2.

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