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My first year with the Apple Watch as a health-monitoring tool

I won’t go as far as to say it is a life-saver. On the other hand, it has become a key part of how I manage my type 2 diabetes.

Apple May Be Edging Out Google in Health Care Because of the iPhone

How Apple's advantage over Android helps it in the medical world.

SAP's CEO Has Big Plans for Fixing Health Care With Software

His recovery from a traumatic injury has the software executive thinking big about improving the patient experience.

Theranos, Obamacare and Robots Doing Surgery: Talking With Johnson & Johnson Executive Sandi Peterson

"At the end of the day, consumers are going to demand a different kind of experience."

Beyond the Pill: Data Is the New Drug

It’s time to integrate digital into health care.

Google Life Sciences, Alphabet's Health Care Moonshot Lab, Is Now Called 'Verily'

Verily, I swear.

Health Care: Internet Use Is Good, but Much More Needed

In his last column, the late tech journalist shares what he learned about the impact of the Internet and other communications on medicine.

The New Old: High-Tech and Design for Aging

Boomers have become comfortable with technology, and they have learned lessons from their parents about how not to age.

Biotech Falls on Clinton 'Price Gouging' Comments

The major biotech ETF fell to its lows of the day after Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton said Monday she would take on “price gouging” in the pharmaceutical industry. A Sunday New York Times article told of a specialty drug that...

Google Life Sciences Company Has New Deal, Official Nemesis in Diabetes

The Alphabet company, a sci-fi pharma lab, is also searching for a new name.

Dear Health Care, the Internet Is Here to Stay

The health-care industry is being flooded with devices for generating valuable patient data.

The Hidden Opportunity of Corporate Smartphones

It’s easy to assume that everyone buys and brings their own smartphone to work, but that isn’t the case.

Three More Industries Apple Could Disrupt

I predicted that Apple would someday impact the auto, watch, TV and appliances industries. Next: health care, design and retail.

Is the Wearable Health Movement Sustainable?

By 2018, 70 percent of health-care organizations worldwide will invest in consumer-facing technology including apps, wearables, remote monitoring and virtual care.

Getting Apple Watch Apps Right Will Take a While

The bad news: There will be no fart apps.

IBM Launches New Health Unit, Teams With Apple, J&J, Medtronic

The Watson Health unit will aggregate data from users' devices, then sell insights to health care companies.

Andreessen Horowitz Leads $20 Million Round for Honor to Take Care of Seniors

"I'm tired of dancing pixels on a screen."

Inside the Mock Ebola Hospital Bill Gates Set Up at TED (Video)

Re/code's Ina Fried got a chance to see just how hard it is to work inside the protective suits used by health care workers in Africa.

Bill Gates on How the Ebola Outbreak Can Help Us Prepare for the Next Epidemic

And the next one could be far worse.

Seeding a Silicon Valley in Cuba

The biggest obstacle may be the dearth of smartphones.

Gates Foundation's New CEO: Why We Can Eradicate Four Diseases in the Next 15 Years

The Gates Foundation has its sights set on guinea worm, elephantiasis, blinding trachoma and polio.

Anthem Hack: Credit Monitoring Won't Catch Medical Identity Theft

Health insurer Anthem is offering free credit monitoring after a major breach that may have affected as many as 80 million records, but customers should watch out for an especially insidious type of fraud: Medical identity theft. Anthem disclosed...

Apple's Health Tech Takes Early Lead Among Top Hospitals

Fourteen of 23 top hospitals said they have rolled out a pilot program of Apple's HealthKit service.

Former Zynga Executive David Ko Thinks He Can Turn Health Care Into a Game -- And Win

Rally Health aims to make wellness information more digestible and reward people who make behavioral changes.

The Sharing Economy's Next Horizon: Health Care

Uber's flu-shot initiative successfully turned the traditional model for vaccinations upside down.

In Growing Mobile Health Market, New App Vida Addresses Chronic Issues (Video)

Can a mobile app help you lose weight, manage your arthritis or even recover from cancer treatments?

Google Testing New Telemedicine Service

Suffering from insomnia? Food poisoning? Google wants to help.

Box Goes After Health Care With MedXT Acquisition

The startup specializes in medical imaging.

Facebook Plots First Steps Into Health Care

Under consideration: Support communities and preventative-care apps.

App Developers Seek Clearer Health Data Privacy Guidelines

Smaller developers find themselves relying on government websites that in some case are outdated.

Cognizant to Buy TriZetto to Boost Health-Care Business

TriZetto provides IT services, including care management and the administration of benefits.

Health Startup Launches an App to Guide Breast Cancer Patients

"My Breast Cancer Journey" offers patients information tailored to their diagnoses and disease stages.