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By Aditi Pai | 09:51 am | March 26, 2015
A majority of published text message interventions between 2009 and 2014 that addressed diabetes self-management, weight loss, physical activity, smoking cessation, and medication adherence were effective, according to a systematic review of reviews published in The Annual Review of Public Health.
By Aditi Pai | 08:59 am | March 26, 2015
Redwood, California-based health app maker Hello Heart has raised $1.
By Jonah Comstock | 12:37 pm | March 25, 2015
A screenshot from Share the Journey.
By Aditi Pai | 12:27 pm | March 25, 2015
Older, low-income women prefer to use digital health tools to a paper questionnaire when entering health data, according to a small study of 15 English and Spanish speaking women conducted by researchers from the University of California San Francisco.
By Jonah Comstock | 12:07 pm | March 25, 2015
Vital Art and Science, developers of myVisionTrack, a vision test service for patients with age-related macular degeneration or diabetic eye disease, has received a second FDA clearance for their platform, which includes an app and a provider dashboard.
By Aditi Pai | 11:47 am | March 25, 2015
The global revenues for smartphone-connected fitness tracking devices and equipment will grow from $2 billion in 2014 to $5.
By Aditi Pai | 10:17 am | March 25, 2015
Microsoft has updated the Xbox One console's fitness app, called Xbox Fitness, to sync with Microsoft Health, the cloud-based health integration platform that Microsoft launched with the Microsoft Band.
By Aditi Pai | 10:46 am | March 24, 2015
Phoenix Children's Hospital has announced that it will install 200 tablets in patient rooms to provide patients and their families with customized, interactive information about their treatment plan.