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Withings Unveils Two Health-Related Smartwatches
Activité and Activité Pop smartwatches aim to help users track their lifestyles and improve their everyday well being
Muse ‘Sensing Headband’ Will Help Your Find Inner Peace
Seven sensors monitor brain activity to ensure you don’t overheat
iPhone To Become Medical Research Tool With Apple ResearchKit
Apple expands health ambitions with open source ResearchKit framework
V1bes Wearable Looks To Your Finger To End Stress
Ring sensor monitors three kinds of stress and can even check your brainwaves
Anthem Admits Data Breach After ‘Sophisticated’ Attack
US healthcare insurer admits 80 million customer and staff records compromised in a damaging cyber attack
Smartphone Use Alters The Human Brain
Smartphones use is altering the human brain, but not in the sinister way scaremongers would have you believe
BlackBerry Launches Cancer-Scanning Mobile Browser
Collaboration with NantHealth will let doctors access medical data through BlackBerry Passport devices
NHS Set To Embrace Mobile Health Apps, Digital Records
Patients will be able to access complete NHS records on their smartphone by 2018
Scientists Develop Safer Child-Friendly Battery Coating
Scientists invent coating to prevent visits to hospital A&E departments due to battery ingestion
Micro Robots To ‘Swim’ Through Human Body
Doctors in the future could make use micro robots swimming through your body to deliver medicine
Jawbone UP3 Device Enters Fitness Race
'Advanced' UP3 band monitors sleep cycle and workouts thanks to new “state-of-the-art” sensors
Google To Develop ‘Nanoparticle’ Pill For Cancer Detection
Search engine giant lends its R&D prowess to tackle health problems including cancer and heart attacks
Facebook To Launch Healthcare Services
Support communities and Facebook fitness apps among offerings rumoured to be on the way
Apple Pulls Health App From iOS 8 Due To HealthKit Bug
Apple admits to iOS 8 issue but says a fix might not be released until the end of the month
Cognizant Buys TriZetto To Bolster Healthcare
Cognizant acquires TriZetto in an effort to expand and grow its healthcare operation
IT Life: Finding Health With Big Data
Flying doctor Mark Ratnarajah pilots a big data site for health service consumers
Intel Uses Wearables And Big Data To Help Study Parkinson’s
Intel announces a partnership with the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research, uses smartwatches to track symptoms of the incurable disease
Google To Launch Google Fit Health Apps At I/O
Google and Apple go head to head in wearable tech health market
Samsung Targets Wearable Health Market With Simband
The next evolution in the wearable market arrives with Samsung's Simband device and Sami platform
Apple Earpods To Include Health Sensors – Report
New Apple earpods will reportedly include sensors to monitor a user's heart rate and blood pressure
BlackBerry Invests In Medical IT Startup NantHealth
BlackBerry and NantHealth to use Canadian firm's security and mobile expertise to expand
Atos Quits £500m Government Disability Testing Contract A Year Early
French company Atos is walking away from major government contract following concerns over its disability testing procedures
Apple Healthbook To Track Fitness, Blood Sugar, Sleep And Other Health Data
New images and information suggest Apple Healthbook is going to track all sorts of health and fitness data
Wello Mobile Case Turns Your Smartphone Into A Health Tracker
Users will be able to track blood pressure, body temperature and heart rate simultaneously using their iOS or Android handset.
Apple Looks To Cars, Medical Devices For Growth – Report
Mac maker Apple reportedly seeks new growth opportunities as smartphone and tablet markets slow
Health-Oriented Apple iWatch To Have LG’s OLED Screens – Reports
Apple hires bio-sensor experts, while rumours say LG will make the iWatch's screen
IBM Uses Big Data To Stop Hospital Infections
IBM is using big data techniques in an analytics system designed to help prevent infections spreading within hospitals
The US Vice President Who Feared A Cyber Heart Attack
Dick Cheney feared his heart implant could be hacked - but not everyone needs to worry, says Sean Michael Kerner
Google Health Is Dead: Long Live The Calico Anti-Aging Venture!
After the failure of Google Health, the choice of Art Levinson to run Google's Calico is a good one, says Brian T horowitz