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According to a small study at Arizona State University, tracking weight loss on a smartphone leads to more consistent tracking than paper and pencil.

Health gaming corporate wellness platform Keas raised $7.

Weight Watchers announced that its app will now sync with activity trackers Jawbone and Fitbit so that users of the diet and food logging program can see how their fitness data correlates with their nutrition data.

Yet another clinically-focused, activity tracking wearable has now been cleared by the FDA, this one aimed specifically at the monitoring and treatment of Parkinson's disease.

The Apple Watch, announced on-stage at an event in California yesterday, didn't live up to the rumors that it would offer advanced health sensing -- rumors that built up around the "iWatch" thanks to months of reports about Apple's growing team of medical sensor experts.

Glen Tullman, the former Allscripts CEO who left the company at the end of 2012 by mutual agreement, is back in the health field.

As a group, about 35 percent of baby boomers were interested in using their smartphone to learn about and better manage their own health, according to results from a survey conducted by academic researchers in late 2010.

Sixty five percent of nurses use a mobile device at work for professional purposes and for at least 30 minutes every day, according to a survey of 2,498 nurses by Wolters Kluwer Health.

Remote cardiac monitoring company eCardio has agreed to merge with wearable, remote monitoring device maker Preventice.

Apple made its long-awaited wearable announcement today at a special event in Cupertino, as well as showing off the iPhone 6 and the new, larger iPhone 6 plus.