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Forty eight percent of employers will make telehealth services available to employees, in states where it's legal, in 2015, according to a National Business Group on Health survey of 136 employers representing approximately 7.

Over the years, MobiHealthNews has written about various efforts to create consumer sensors for food allergies, but they've mostly been relegated to proof of concept or research projects.

A 20-year healthcare IT veteran who recently launched Healthcare Technology Solutions talks about mHealth's promising new platforms.

Google has acquired San Francisco-based Lift Labs, a company that is developing smart utensils for people with Parkinson’s and essential tremor.

Apple's big wearable announcement Tuesday was met with excitement by some and disappointment by others.

American Red Cross has launched a blood donor app that makes it easier for people to track their blood donations and schedule new ones.

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.