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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.
By Aditi Pai | 01:30 pm | October 08, 2015
About a year into offering remote doctor visit services to employees, one of the most surprising findings that Jon Kipp, executive director of strategic health initiatives and services at Comcast NBCUniversal, pulled out of his data was that employees were using the service during business hours, when a doctor's office is open.