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When Apple first debuted its health and fitness data aggregation platform, HealthKit, at its developer conference back in June, we assumed that the iOS8 feature would be a preloaded app on all future iOS devices -- as well as those that upgrade to the new OS.

Finland-based online exercise service Yoogaia raised $630,000 led by Inventure, according to a report from TechCrunch.

ResMed, a medical device company focused on sleep apnea, has launched its first consumer product, a $149 device for tracking and improving sleep called S+.

Sotera Wireless's ViSi Mobile monitor.

Urine analysis app uChek is about to launch a six-month, 375-patient trial with Merck for Mothers, a Merck-sponsored initiative to reduce global maternal mortality, according to ClinicalTrials[dot]gov.

Boulder, Colorado-based fertility tracking company Kindara unveiled its first device this week, a smartphone-enabled fertility thermometer called Wink.

StartUp Health has added 13 more companies to StartUp Health's accelerator.

Digital health devices -- including consumer-facing activity trackers and wearables -- have a constant presence on Indiegogo and Kickstarter these days.

NantHealth raised $320 million in a round led by Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA) with participation from Verizon, Celgene, BlackBerry, and Blackstone.

The opportunity for healthcare organizations to leverage text messaging as a channel for health education, behavior change, and patient engagement has been widely discussed over the past decade.