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US FDA authorizes use of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19 patients

Monday, March 30, 2020 12:43 pm29 Comments

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) to allow hydroxychloroquine sulfate and chloroquine phosphate…

U.S. FDA approves first rapid coronavirus test; results in 45 minutes

Monday, March 23, 2020 11:33 am4 Comments

Amid the coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first rapid coronavirus diagnostic test, with a detection…

The Apple Watch is getting an important new feature for monitoring heart health

Tuesday, September 11, 2018 12:45 pmTuesday, September 11, 20181 Comment

When Apple Watch was first released in 2015, it came with a built-in basic heart rate monitor…

Apple Watches told fans they might be having heart attacks at end of crazy Vikings-Saints NFL playoff game

Tuesday, January 16, 2018 10:26 amTuesday, January 16, 201814 Comments

The last few minutes of the game alone saw multiple lead changes and an assortment of incredible plays…

Apple is developing an integrated EKG heart monitor for Apple Watch

Thursday, December 21, 2017 3:56 pmThursday, December 21, 201712 Comments

“Apple Inc. is developing an advanced heart-monitoring feature for future versions of its smartwatch…

This U.S. FDA approval could be a huge deal for Apple

Monday, December 11, 2017 1:01 pmMonday, December 11, 201714 Comments

This could be the start of something big…

AliveCor’s Kardiaband EKG reader becomes first Apple Watch accessory to win FDA approval as a medical device

Thursday, November 30, 2017 8:45 amThursday, November 30, 201715 Comments

The Food and Drug Administration has just cleared AliveCor’s Kardiaband EKG reader…

Apple invention turns Apple Watch into a full-fledged medical device

Thursday, March 10, 2016 8:29 am19 Comments

A patent application published Thursday suggests Apple is working to turn Apple Watch into…

Apple steps up lobbying in Washington D.C.

Tuesday, January 20, 2015 8:25 am14 Comments

Apple CEO Tim Cook posed for a photo with Senator Orrin Hatch, the Utah Republican…

Is Apple about to play the celebrity marketing game at a new, all-pro level?

Tuesday, June 24, 2014 12:28 pmTuesday, June 24, 201410 Comments

Apple is teaming up with a raft of sports celebrities…

The 10 most likely sensors in a 10-sensor Apple smartwatch

Saturday, June 21, 2014 4:04 pmSaturday, June 21, 201427 Comments

Apple’s yet-to-be-announced iWatch will actually have more than 10 sensors…

Apple’s iWatch could be the next big sports fashion accessory

Saturday, June 21, 2014 10:34 amSaturday, June 21, 201425 Comments

Sports sells gatorade, and sports sells sneakers, and sports sells clothing…

Apple enlists MLB, NHL, and NBA pro athletes to test iWatch fitness capabilities

Friday, June 20, 2014 4:33 pmFriday, June 20, 201430 Comments

Apple is working with a player from the Boston Red Sox on the iWatch testing project…

Apple’s iWatch awaits FDA approval; device to include blood glucose, sweat analysis sensors

Friday, June 20, 2014 12:00 pmFriday, June 20, 201444 Comments

The iWatch has become one of the most anticipated gadgets of the year…

Apple’s new health focus comes at propitious time

Wednesday, June 11, 2014 8:29 amWednesday, June 11, 201418 Comments

Hospitals are under federal regulatory pressure to improve how they treat patients…

U.S. FDA details high-level meeting with Apple: ‘Moral obligation to do more’ with health, innovative sensors

Monday, June 9, 2014 4:08 pm32 Comments

Apple believes there is the opportunity to do more with devices…

Wanted: a watchdog for the mobile medical app explosion

Thursday, June 5, 2014 2:57 pmThursday, June 5, 201415 Comments

Seventy-five percent of smartphone apps that claim to assess malignancy are wrongly diagnosing..

Will Apple’s HealthBook app draw government regulation?

Friday, March 21, 2014 10:19 pm156 Comments

With the “Affordable Care Act” suffering from a lack of enrollment…

With Healthbook, Apple will asserts itself as the platform for digital health

Wednesday, March 19, 2014 12:33 pm3 Comments

Emerging details about Apple’s forthcoming Healthbook app suggest the tech giant…

Apple’s looming Healthbook app is the start of something huge

Tuesday, March 18, 2014 5:30 pmTuesday, March 18, 201412 Comments

Apple is poised to launch a body-monitoring app known as Healthbook…

Healthbook: Apple’s major first step into health and fitness tracking revealed

Monday, March 17, 2014 10:50 am12 Comments

Seven years out from the original iPhone’s introduction…

7 billion reasons Apple gets health

Tuesday, February 11, 2014 1:25 pmTuesday, February 11, 201425 Comments

The personal medical devices gold rush has begun…

Over 200 people working on Apple’s iWatch peripheral device; no FDA regulation, sources say

Monday, February 10, 2014 4:52 pm22 Comments

Apple has been on a hiring spree of digital health engineers and scientists…

Apple assembles expert team for sensor-laden, fitness- and medical-focused wearable computer

Friday, February 7, 2014 9:26 amFriday, February 7, 201411 Comments

Industrial design, blood-reading sensors, medical devices, hardware engineering, software vision, fitness…

Apple’s iWatch: Think healthcare, not health clubs

Tuesday, February 4, 2014 6:34 pm20 Comments

We might be looking at Apple’s so-called iWatch project from the wrong angle…

Morgan Stanley: Apple iWatch could spark sales as high as $17.5 billion in first year

Tuesday, February 4, 2014 12:26 pmTuesday, February 4, 201424 Comments

Apple CEO Tim Cook hinted at a new product category…

iWatch + iOS 8: Apple sets out to redefine mobile health, fitness tracking

Saturday, February 1, 2014 10:01 am18 Comments

Apple currently plans to release a new version of the iPhone operating system…

FDA approves software for iPhone-based vision test

Friday, April 12, 2013 2:33 pm4 Comments

The FDA recently gave clearance to Vital Art and Science Inc…

FDA panel set to review Pfizer and Novartis pancreatic neuroendocrine cancer drugs

Friday, April 8, 2011 5:01 pmFriday, April 8, 201123 Comments

Food and Drug Administration staff, in a preliminary analysis, said…

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