activity tracking wearable

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By  Nathan Eddy 01:48 pm February 12, 2025
Epicore Biosystems announced it secured $26 million in Series B funding to accelerate the adoption of its sweat-sensing wearable technology and cloud analytics platform. Led by the Steele Foundation for Hope, the investment will enable Epicore to scale its hydration management solutions globally while expanding into new biomarker applications, including kidney health, women’s health, malnutrition...
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By  Jessica Hagen 01:22 pm January 7, 2025
Circular, maker of smart ring technology, announced its next-generation wearable, the Ring 2, which includes ECG capability with its FDA-cleared AFib detection algorithm that provides real-time heart health data to wearers.   The titanium Ring 2 – available in gold, silver, black and rose gold – also includes digital ring sizing, sleep stage analysis and a wireless charging dock. Digital ring...
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By  Anthony Vecchione 12:56 pm December 20, 2024
Health-tracking ring maker Oura announced it closed a $200 million Series D funding round led by Fidelity Management & Research Company and Dexcom. The investment raises the company’s valuation to $5.2 billion. WHAT IT DOES The Oura Ring hosts a number of different sensors designed to monitor a wearer's health while sleeping or engaging in physical activities. They include an NTC body-...
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By  Jessica Hagen 01:51 pm April 30, 2024
Boston-based wearable fitness company WHOOP announced it expanded its language offerings and global footprint, now shipping to 56 markets worldwide, including Hong Kong, Bahrain, Korea, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Israel, Taiwan and Kuwait. WHOOP's wearable health tracker collects physiological data on heart rate, sleep, recovery and strain. Users also have the option to track their menstrual cycle. Its...
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By  Trevor Dermody 02:22 pm March 20, 2024
Stress and energy management wearables company Welltory unveiled a new feature for Apple Watch users called Today Screen, which will generate users' health data from the Watch into guidance on how to reduce sedentary stress.   The app will provide wearers with an overview regarding the amount of harm sedentary stress takes on their health, helping users make changes to their habits in real time....
By  Laura Lovett 01:03 pm October 9, 2018
Biopharmaceutical service Parexel International Corporation is turning its attention to mobile and wearable technology to aid drug development and clinical research. This morning the Boston-based company announced a slew of new products that will be built on its Perceptive Cloud platform.  One of the new technologies uses Microsoft’s Azure App Services and will be able to send patient data to...
By  Laura Lovett 03:52 pm August 15, 2018
While having a digital companion or tracker can help folks on their weight loss or maintenance journey, dieters may get the best results if they use the technology as part of an intradisciplinary approach to weight loss, according to a recent review published in Current Opinion in Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Obesity.  “Weight management is a complex, multidisciplinary area that must be met with...
By  Laura Lovett 04:13 pm July 26, 2018
This morning Scottish artificial intelligence healthcare company snap40 revealed that it closed an $8 million seed funding round led by ADV, with participation from MMC Ventures and other private investors.  snap40's offering is a system that monitors patients using a unique wearable device that employs AI and can alert clinicians if a patient’s condition is deteriorating. The company claims the...
By  Laura Lovett 03:54 pm June 13, 2018
A little bit of cash paired with a wearable activity tracker could be key in motivating people with ischemic heart disease to stay active. A recent study, published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, found that participants who were given a $14 cash incentive to meet physical activity goals, that were tracked by a wearable, had significantly more steps than their counterparts who...
By  Laura Lovett 03:35 pm February 13, 2018
Evidation Health just announced the launch of a 10,000 person chronic pain study, called the DisCover Project. The research aims to quantify chronic pain and develop digital biomarkers for chronic pain severity, flare ups and quality of life by using activity trackers, health apps, and other more traditional data points.  "We've designed and built the first ever large-scale digital study in...