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Also, startup creates wearable tech to tackle head injuries in sport.

Starting this month, eligible Fitbit Sense users can participate in the study, which will look into how pulse arrival time can be used to measure blood pressure.   

The study found that patients using AliveCor Kardia Mobile required fewer follow-up EGCs and cardiac monitoring than their peers in the control group.

Also: Pre-conception genetic-testing startup Orchid completes seed round, and Canvas Medical scores $17M for its physician practice platform.   

Funding will be used to gain in-human data for startup’s OxiFlow brain haemorrhage solution. 

European digital health coaching company, Liva Healthcare and global biotechnology organisation, Amgen, have announced a partnership to make cardiac rehabilitation accessible to patients following a heart attack.

The manufacturer of the electronic artificial urinary sphincter aims to develop its device for treating urinary incontinence.

The integration is aimed at boosting data collection. 

Watertown, Massachusetts-based Firefly Health has closed its $40 million Series B funding round, led by Andreessen Horowitz.

The new research collaboration will zero in on athletes across Pac-12 universities.