Direct-to-consumer virtual care company Hims & Hers is the latest digital health company to announce it will add GLP-1 medications to its offerings to assist users with weight-loss management.
The San Francisco-based company, which launched its weight-loss program in December, said users will now have access to generic and 503B compounded injectable medications and oral medication kits...
WeightWatchers announced its partnership with Personify Health to allow employers to offer the company's business solutions to help employees access weight-related healthcare offerings, including behavioral health, medication management and virtual care.
WeightWatchers for Business offers programs focused on changing behavior, including programs tailored for individuals with diabetes or those on...
People across the South-West of England will be given access to digital health libraries, through a partnership between the Organisation for the Review of Care and Health Apps (ORCHA) and seven Integrated Care Systems (ICSs).
It follows the success of the Our Dorset programme, which allows health and care staff to recommend apps focused on mental health, dementia, diabetes and cancer support to...
Weight management platform Calibrate announced a $22.5 million in Series A led by Threshold Ventures, with participation from Forerunner Ventures and Redesign Health.
This comes roughly six months after the company launched with a $5.1 million boost in seed funding from Forerunner.
WHAT IT DOES
Calibrate’s goal is to help its users reset their metabolism. Users start the program by getting a...
This morning a new digital-weight-management startup out of New York City called Calibrate launched with a $5.1 million boost in seed funding led by Forerunner Ventures.
Calibrate is a one-year telemedicine program focused on weight loss that combines both prescription medications and health coaching. The end goal of the program is to help customers “reset their metabolic health.”
Users are...
Singapore-headquartered digital health and data analytics company Holmusk announced that it is offering a new coaching program in Singapore which reaches out to severely overweight children, youths and parents in a convenient manner using a non face-to-face approach and guides them to make healthy lifestyle changes.
WHAT’S IT ABOUT
The coaching program is targeted at children and youths who are...
Ro, a direct-to-consumer virtual health company, is diving into the weight management space with the launch of a new product offering aimed at helping patients shed the pounds.
Ro, best-known for its online platform that specializes in men’s health, is now going to be offering Plenity, a new weight management product. Plenity landed FDA clearance last April and is classified as a Class II...
WellDoc has expanded its BlueStar digital diabetes management platform to include a weight loss feature and a feature for those with both diabetes and hypertension. A standalone product for hypertension is also coming from the company later this year.
“The American Diabetes Association reports that nearly one in three American adults has hypertension, and two in three people with diabetes have...
As a person with an identical twin brother who consistently weighs less than I do, I can attest that -- without even really doing anything -- he can be a big motivator for weight loss for me. For instance, I remember a Christmas where our parents bought us matching belts: his fit, mine didn't. That gave me plenty of inspiration to join a gym.
London-based TwinBody believes the key to building an...
The VA Boston Healthcare System will launch a pilot using the Basis Peak wearable. The wristworn device will be used to evaluate the effect of a drug on veterans' sleep habits.
San Francisco-based Basis, which was acquired by Intel last year, is donating 1,000 Basis devices to the Boston VA, some of which will be used for the sleep study, and others of which will be used for the VA's Move! weight...
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