Moodnotes lets iPhone users capture their feelings, improve thinking habits
The app is focused on mood tracking and journaling as a way to help users understand and modify their thought processes to promote general emotional wellbeing.
FLAVORx launches iOS app to help children take their medicine
The application aims to improve adherence to pediatric medications by giving parents and children the ability to choose the taste of their liquid medicine.
Practo raises $90M Series C to expand its operations
The company plans to hire new people, expand to other markets, as well as look for potential acquisition of companies over the next three to six months.
Fitbit moves 4.5M devices in Q2 for revenues of $400M
The figure compares to revenues of $114M in the same period last year and represents a Y-o-Y growth of 250%; Fitbit has sold more than 25M devices to date.
Yelp teams-up with ProPublica to add medical information
The information covers more than 25,000 medical treatment facilities, including 4,600 hospitals, 15,000 nursing homes, and 6,300 dialysis clinics in the US.
Pathway Genomics launches $99 genetic test
The Pathway Fit genetic test analyzes over 75 genetic markers known to impact metabolism, exercise, and energy consumption use within the human body.
precisionFDA to enable genomic researchers to collaborate
The platform will enable next generation sequencing (NGS) researchers to share and cross-validate their tests/results against crowd-sourced reference material.
MicroHealth launched to help patients manage chronic illnesses
Unlike other services targeting large chronic disease populations like diabetes, MicroHealth is focused on rare conditions, starting with hemophilia.
Stanford’s MyHeart Counts app now accepts participants from the UK, Hong Kong
The expansion to other markets was introduced as part of the update that added new features that help study participants keep their heart healthy.
IBM to acquire Merge Healthcare for $1 billion
Big Blue plans to leverage the Watson Health Cloud to analyze and cross-reference medical images against a deep trove of health-related data sources.









