Withings Activité

Withings Activité fitness tracker doubles as a fancy watch

The watch is touted to fuse "haute-couture design with intuitive, discrete technology" and -- for what it matters -- is made in Switzerland.
Verizon Virtual Visits platform

Verizon unveils Virtual Visits platform to enable modern telemedicine market

Apps relying on the Virtual Visits technology will allow consumers to request a virtual medical session for acute conditions, like a cold, flu or sore throat.
LifeTrak Core C210

Salutron adds LifeTrak Core C210 to its activity tracker portfolio

The $69 wrist band is one of the most affordable fitness bands on the market; it can track sleep, heart rate, calories, steps and distance.
drchrono integrates Google Glass to build the first Wearable Health Record (WHR)

drchrono integrates Google Glass to build the first Wearable Health Record (WHR)

By using the Glass with drchrono, doctors are able to take photos and record videos without having to touch anything that could get their hands infected.
FitStar World Cup Workout Challenge

FitStar launches 10-day “World Cup Workout Challenge”

The special 10-day program runs through June 22, allowing non-paid users to try out several premium Freestyle Sessions for free.
UPMC to buy 2,000 Surface Pro 3 devices for their physicians

UPMC to buy 2,000 Surface Pro 3 devices for their physicians

UMPC will use Microsoft's tablet to give their physicians quick access to the most important information they need about every patient they see.
SmartStop

Chrono Therapeutics secures $32 million to further develop its smoking cessation technology

The Series A round was raised from a number of investors, including Canaan Partners, 5AM Ventures, Fountain Healthcare Partners, Mayo Clinic and GE Ventures.
Elsevier acquires Amirsys

Elsevier acquires Amirsys to augment its evidence-based clinical solutions suite

This acquisition will help Elsevier provide its customers around the world with a greater ability to improve the quality of care and patient outcomes.
iHealth Align

iHealth unveils the world’s most portable mobile blood glucose monitor, affordable strip replacement program

iHealth Align is the world's smallest, FDA-approved mobile blood glucose monitor which plugs directly into iPhone or Android device though a headphone jack.
FitStar is turning one-year old, passes 1 million downloads

FitStar is turning one-year old, passes 1 million downloads

During this time the company helped users collectively burn 150 million calories, which is nearly 50,000 pounds or the weight of five adult African elephants.