Apple has hired a small team of biomedical engineers to work at a nondescript office in Palo Alto…
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Can me-too Google’s me-too ‘Google Fit’ catch up with Apple’s revolutionary HealthKit?
Not long after Apple launched its health platform HealthKit on iOS in mid-2014…
Apple scores major Apple Watch win
Just a few weeks after Apple, Inc. pointed out at its September event that it is now the second-largest watchmaker…
In major win for Apple, Aetna becomes first insurance company to subsidize Apple Watch
Aetna today announced a new initiative to revolutionize members’ consumer health experience…
Apple reportedly working on sleep tracker for the Apple Watch
During the unveiling of the new Apple Watch, the iPhone-maker presented the wearable as primarily a fitness device…
Apple to expand HealthKit from tracker to diagnosis tool; new Apple Watch apps for sleep tracking, fitness levels in pipeline
So far Apple Inc.’s HealthKit has mostly collected fitness data from its devices…
Apple working on all-new, advanced health-tracking hardware; years in the making
Apple has developed a ‘revolutionary idea’ with this new product…
New ‘SweatCoin’ iPhone app pays people to get fit
A free smartphone app that will pay people to be physically active launches on Wednesday in Britain…
Why you’ll wear an Apple Watch to keep your job
With Apple Watch, Cupertino has taken a leadership position in the mass-market for…
Share your fitness data for an Apple Watch – or cash
In one program, workers can buy a $350 Apple Watch for just $25 by meeting exercise goals for two years…
Tim Cook hints Apple might build a health device
Apple CEO Tim Cook has hinted that the company may one day built a medical device, following the success of the Apple Watch…
Move over HealthKit: Why Apple’s ResearchKit is proving the real hit with doctors
Announced alongside iOS 8, HealthKit is a health and fitness-tracking platform that allows health data gathered by the iPhone or Watch…
Johns Hopkins epileptic seizure-symptom app is latest Apple medical research tool
Soon, Apple iPhones and Appel Watches may be able to recognize when someone’s having an epileptic seizure, and call for help…
Apple announces new ResearchKit studies for autism, epilepsy and melanoma
ResearchKit turns iPhone into a powerful tool for medical research by helping doctors, scientists and other researchers gather data more frequently and more accurately…
Apple software turns iPhones into powerful tools for medical research
More than 75,000 people have enrolled in health studies that use specialized iPhone apps…
GlaxoSmithKline working on integrating Apple’s revolutionary ResearchKit into clinical trials
Apple’s ResearchKit is a new open-source software framework that helps the scientific community…
Apple, researchers working to offer iPhone owners DNA tests
Apple is collaborating with U.S. researchers to launch apps that…
Why Apple’s ResearchKit signals a golden age for health care
Apple has used thoughtful design and its market strength to create a powerful new platform…
Thousands have already signed up for Apple’s ResearchKit medical studies amid bias criticism
Stanford University researchers were stunned when they awoke Tuesday…
Apple’s open source ResearchKit will change the world for the better
Apple’s ResearchKit was the most important thing that we saw today…
Apple debuts ResearchKit, giving medical researchers the tools to revolutionize medical studies
Apple today announced ResearchKit, an open source software framework…
Apple-powered bionic pancreas one-step closer
A paper in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine highlights…
City of Hope to honor Apple’s Eddy Cue with Spirit of Life Award
The award is City of Hope’s highest honor, and each year recognizes an individual whose work…
Why Apple’s iWatch won’t measure glucose levels
It’s widely believed that Apple sometime in 2014 or soon thereafter…