Weight Watchers acquires Hot5
The startup provides users with access to a wide range of short fitness videos from mobile devices; its two apps had more than 400,000 downloads.
Flagship Ventures teams-up with AstraZeneca, Nestle and Bayer
The parties will work together to create the next generation of cutting-edge innovations leading to a portfolio of pioneering digital health ventures.
Sherpaa raises $2.25M for its text messaging service
Employees can use Sherpaa's app, the web, or a phone to communicate with doctors, who can respond on an array of medical issues and send prescriptions.
IBM’s Watson Health moves into personalized medicine, EHR integration
The company is partnering with more than a dozen cancer institutes to personalize treatment via DNA, to gather medical data and come up with treatments.
Evolent Health files for an IPO
The company which offers health care providers a software platform that manages a value-based care model is looking to raise up to $100 million.
Welltwigs’ fertility solution combines BBT, hormone tracking and a mobile app
The company offers a pair of devices called Thermotwig and Labtwig, and a mobile app to give women a better way to track their baby-making window.
FitClick’s app uses voice to track calorie intake
Available as a free download for iOS and Android phones, the Talk-to-Track app can interpret spoken entries to identify food items and calculate calories.
San Francisco startup looking to decode longevity
By crowdsourcing scientific data across the world, Igantia plans to decode human longevity by examining the biological clocks inherent to women.
Omron unveils smart blood pressure monitor and scale
The two Bluetooth-enabled devices are designed to allow chronically ill patients to stay at home while connected to healthcare professionals.
Smart clothing shipments to reach 10.2 million units by 2020
At the same time, body sensor shipments will decrease from 3 million units in 2013 to 1.2 million by 2017, before rising again to 3.1 million units in 2020.









