Health

Digital mental health company Headspace announced last month that it was partnering with Spring Fertility, a network of fertility clinics, to create “Support For Your Fertility Journey,” content collection features that provide guided meditations and mindfulness exercises to individuals navigating the fertility journey as well as audio conversations and a docu-style video series.  Dr. Jenna Glover, chief clinical officer at …

Apple has received FDA clearance for the sleep apnea feature in its newly released Watch Series 10 and over-the-counter hearing aid software embedded in its AirPods Pro headphones.  The Watch Series 10 sleep apnea feature measures whether a user has moderate to severe sleep apnea based on a new metric called Breathing Disturbances.  The device uses software algorithms and the …

Connected health technology company Withings announced it has received FDA 510(k) clearance for its Sleep Rx Mat, a noninvasive, contactless device designed to diagnose sleep apnea at home. Among the Sleep Rx Mat features, a pneumatic sensor measures respiratory rate, body movement and continuous heart rate, along with sleep cycles, duration and interruptions, while sound and motion sensors detect snoring …

Surveillance is the ability to identify potential threats as quickly as possible and share the resulting data widely. It is one of the tools in our defence against infections like mpox. We are currently seeing mpox clade I spreading in some African countries. In this blog post, we will explore the methods used by our teams which help us to …

Population health technology company Color Health announced the appointment of Dr. Rebecca Miksad as chief medical officer and Josh Sturm as chief revenue officer. Miksad is a medical oncologist and head of Boston University School of Medicine’s High Risk Cancer Genetics Clinic and formerly held the position of senior medical director at oncology-focused digital health company Flatiron Health.  She will …

DarioHealth, a digital chronic condition management platform, announced the integration of Twill’s condition-specific communities and peer groups with customized navigation expertise into its cardiometabolic platform. DarioHealth acquired digital therapeutics company Twill in February, accompanied by a $22.4 million equity financing. The integration expands on Dario’s holistic approach to managing chronic conditions including diabetes, hypertension and weight management, and aims to …

Canary Speech, an AI-enabled voice biomarker technology company, was awarded a patent for the development of its paired neural networks for speech analysis aimed at advancing the field of voice biomarker technology. The patent covers a paired neural network system to improve AI-powered speech analysis. It enables precise monitoring of subtle changes in an individual’s voice by comparing it with …

Finland-based health-tracking ring maker Oura announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire fellow Finnish company Veri, which offers personalized metabolic health programs.  Veri uses the FDA-cleared Abbott FreeStyle Libre 1, 2, and 3 sensors to monitor a user’s metabolic health by collecting data from their body. An app enabled by continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) then guides the user …

Pharmaceutical and diagnostics giant Roche has recently integrated a suite of AI algorithms into its enterprise digital pathology software. The company has collaborated with South Korean firm Deep Bio to power the navify digital pathology platform with the prostate cancer analysis AI solution, DeepDx Prostate. The AI technology provides pathologists with gland-level Gleason grading, measurements of tissue and tumour, and diagnosis …

Physical therapy software and EMR provider WebPT is partnering with tech giant Intel to integrate Intel RealSense PT Metrics into the WebPT EMR platform for physical therapy providers, allowing for AI-enabled motion capture technology.  RealSense PT Metrics is an AI-enabled data-driven kiosk that tracks and analyzes a patient’s movement, posture and range of motion and directs patients through their physical …