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JAMA study: technology to self-monitor blood glucose levels no better than traditional management of type 2 diabetes

By Heather Mack 05:34 pm June 16, 2017

Diabetes management is among the most active, well-funded and rapidly-evolving areas of digital health. Connected tools that allow people living with diabetes to monitor their own blood glucose levels and work with digital coaching platforms to choose the best lifestyle practices to stay healthy abound, as do analytics platforms that enable remote monitoring and more detail-rich data...

Anorexia Nervosa Genetics Initiative partners with health app to recruit participants

By Aditi Pai 09:09 am August 4, 2014

Researchers at the University of North Carolina have partnered with health app maker Recovery Record to recruit more participants for a clinical trial to study how genes are connected to anorexia, according to a report from MedCityNews. The researchers head up the University's Anorexia Nervosa Genetics Initiative (ANGI). Recovery Record currently has around 200,000 patient and physician users....