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Google has released a preview software development kit (SDK) for Google Fit, the platform the company will launch later this year to help Android users aggregate data from fitness apps and devices.

Researchers from Harvard and Stanford have published a paper in the Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR) that explores how much public data exists on Facebook about several popular health conditions.

FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai Last week, the FCC passed an order accelerating its text-to-911 roll out by requiring all carriers, as well as certain dedicated texting apps, to support text-to-911 by the end of the year.

Louisville, Kentucky-based smart toothbrush maker Beam Technologies raised $5 million in a round led by Drive Capital for its manual smartphone connected toothbrush.

A trio of products for collecting brain waves and transmitting that data back to doctors promises to improve outcomes, cut costs via prevention and bolster patients' quality of life.

New York City-based mobile medical record system CareDox raised $2.

Last month iMedicalApps' Dr.

Dexcom Guide, the company's current education-only app Continuous glucose monitor maker Dexcom announced that it will partner with insulin pump maker Silicon Valley-based Asante Solutions so that users of Asante devices will be able to access that data from Dexcom's not-yet launched smartphone app.

Haifa, Israel-based MediSafe added a birth control pill tracking feature to its medication adherence app this week.

Toronto, Canada-based Figure 1 raised $4 million in a new round led by Union Square Ventures.