Alphabet Inc.’s experimental medical technology unit Verily halted one of its longest-running projects on Friday: the development of a contact lens that measures glucose levels of people with diabetes.
Read MoreMore than 400,000 people have signed up for a Stanford University study being sponsored by Apple Inc. to examine whether Apple Watch can detect patients with undiagnosed heart rhythm problems, one of the largest heart screening studies ever to be conducted.
Read MoreThe TechWatch editors have selected this news item because it is analogous to our LiveWell development project BreatheWell Wear. We hope you can try out both BreatheWell Wear and Google's web-based breathing exercise.
Read MoreSome industry watchers believed that Apple couldn't move out of the shadow of Steve Jobs and carve out for itself a new and different direction. Yesterday, under the leadership of Tim Cook, Apple proved them wrong.
A redesigned Echo Dot, a smart microwave and a subwoofer are just some of the new things Amazon unveiled at its September event.
Read MoreThe Michael J. Fox Foundation is partnering with Verily on an mHealth program that will use the Verily Study Watch to collect data from more than 800 people living with Parkinson's.
Read MoreCedars-Sinai and UCLA researchers have found that a consumer-grade mHealth wearable - in this case, a Fitbit - can help providers in remote patient monitoring programs for patients with heart issues.
Read MoreIn a ruling announced this week, CMS will reimburse through Medicare for CGM platforms that enable diabetic patients to share data through a smartphone with their care providers.
Read MoreTwo years ago, a handful of Apple employees dreamed up a device that would take the company beyond the world of healthcare apps, and into healthcare products. That device isn’t the Apple Watch, at least not yet. Instead, it seems to be a device whose function could very well be rolled into future Apple Watch devices down the line. Apple applied for a patent for said device in a listing that became public today, and it looks... underwhelming.
Read MoreA game-changing wearable device may help transform stroke rehabilitation. Developed at Northwestern University, the stretchable sensors stick to a patient’s skin. The electronics move with the body and report health statistics, including sleep quality, muscle activity, and heart function.
Read MoreMicrosoft is closing down its HealthVault Insights platform, ending an mHealth app program that had been around since 2007.
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A new study out of UCSF uses an AI platform integrated with popular mHealth wearables like the Apple Watch and Android Wear to detect diabetes in one's heart rate and step counts.
Read MoreIntel has launched an impressively light, regular-looking set of smart glasses called Vaunt, confirming rumors from Bloomberg and others. Seen by The Verge, they have plastic frames and weigh under 50 grams, a bit more than regular eyeglasses but much less than Google Glass, for example. The electronics are crammed into the stems and control a very low-powered, class one laser that shines a red, monochrome 400 x 150 pixel image into your eye. Critically, the glasses contain no camera, eliminating the "big brother" vibe from Glass and other smart glasses.
Read MoreA new article published last night by The Wall Street Journal takes a look into how accessibility-focused technology has the "potential to fundamentally change the mobility, employment and lifestyle of the blind and vision-impaired."
Read MoreThe FDA cleared marketing for Embrace, a smart watch that helps epilepsy patients and caregivers monitor seizures.
Read MoreEvidation Health and Brigham and Women's Hospital have launched an mHealth program to collect and analyze digital health data from sensors in wearables and smartphones to help people dealing with chronic pain.
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A new wearable sensor designed to be worn on the throat is seen as a major advancement in rehabilitating stroke patients.
Read MoreApple’s recently announced efforts to enhance the healthcare capabilities of its iPhone Health app represent a jump-start for efforts to advance the coordination of patient care through record sharing.
Read MoreThe one constant in many industries today is change, thanks to the unabated infiltration of advanced technologies. The healthcare industry is no different. The image of the doctor taking notes after examining a patient and filing information in folders is giving way to the doctor entering data into a handheld device which will communicate with a central online database containing patient information.
Read MoreFitbit has announced plans to acquire Twine Health, giving its consumer-facing mHealth platform health and wellness coaching tools that could attract health systems and payers looking to improve patient engagement.
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