Consumer

Companies are using blockchain-backed currencies to motivate users to share data, workout and stay sober. 

Yesterday, Shanghai-based insurtech startup CareVoice (who launched their AI voice-based virtual health assistant for insurers and employers in Greater China in May 2018) announced the official launch of StartupCare, the first health benefit and insurance for startups in China.

A look back at a year of healthcare news out of Cupertino.

The HeartGuide watch uses a flexible synthetic band to inflate and maintain its shape to comfortably take an oscillometric wrist blood pressure on the fly.

The new app and monitoring system tests women's LH hormone level in order to detect ovulation and pregnancy. 

The digital managed care platform MyDoc has been tapped to digitally deliver health screening results of AIA Vitality members in Singapore, creating the first digitally integrated corporate health screening programme for the global insurer.

The update looks to bring new health data and features to the forefront while streamlining the overall user experience.

Both Philips and the Department of Homeland Security warned of the app's inadequate encryption strength and vulnerability to hackers.

The smartphone's distance measurement algorithm does not appear to account for the length of an individual's strides, making it difficult to recommend for health applications. 

The $159 device works on the same principle as an oft-performed GI lab test.