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Study: Current mHealth app reviews are useless

The study looked at depression and smoking cessation apps, and has found a wide variations concerning effectiveness, performance and ease of use.
Walkadoo app

Study: Online tools and wearables can help employees be more active

Half of the study participants received an activity tracker and access to an online portal, and were able to outperform their peers in the control group.
2015: The year of the healthcare hacks - home

2015: The year of the healthcare hacks

Healthcare breaches are one of the fastest growing personal security threats. During 2015, millions of records were stolen from insurers...
IoFIT shoe

Samsung-backed Salted Venture unveils smart shoes

Called IoFIT, the product sports a number of pressure sensors to measure your posture, balance and weight distribution, and can send this data to an app.
Swimbot

Swimbot is made to correct your swim technique

The device acts like a personal coach, analyzing the swimmer's movements using nine built-in sensors and making sounds to prompt users to correct movements.
WIWE

WIWE is a small device that helps prevent a stroke

The device-mobile app system records ECG, and can also measure Blood Oxygen Level and Heart Rate, as well as function as a pedometer.
AirVisual Node

Startup launches smart air quality monitor on Indiegogo

AirVisual Node has a 5-inch screen where it displays information on air quality forecasts, outdoor air quality insights and phone alerts.
Runtastic Results

Runtastic Results app updated with a new training plan, exercises

In addition to the follow-up 12-week training plan, the updated version sports 15 new instructional exercise videos and four additional standalone workouts.
The sick state of healthcare data breaches

The sick state of healthcare data breaches

In 2015 alone, there were 55 reported network attacks at healthcare companies resulting in data breaches that affected 111,809,322 individual health records.
Galvanize

Pfizer Consumer Healthcare, Galvanize launch digital health accelerator in SF

The program will select companies specializing in the development of potential solutions for improved sleep, stress management, energy, aging and nutrition.
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