Enmi Kendall and Anya Schiess met more than 10 years ago while attending The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. At the time, they both showed an interest in health… Read More
Snoring can be annoying. Sleep apnea can be life threatening. And the University of Washington says it has developed an Android app that can identify sleep apnea events at home as… Read More
EveryMove, which helps employees track fitness metrics and receive rewards for hitting goals, has eliminated a number of non-engineering employees as part of cost-reduction plan. It marks the second layoff… Read More
Apple wants to make contributing to medical research as easy as installing an app on your iPhone. One of the overlooked components of the company’s press event on Monday was the… Read More
A big key to recovering from a stroke, spinal cord injury, burn or other upper-extremity trauma is the ability to continue the prescribed physical therapy consistently for many months at home. It’s a critical window… Read More
Losing your iPhone isn’t as bad as losing a limb, but it can feel that way, suggests new research from the University of Missouri, published this week. In a paper… Read More
LAS VEGAS — The sensors have arrived, and they want you to keep your hands out of the cookie jar. Connected sensors are the unmistakable trend tonight at CES Unveiled, the kickoff event… Read More
Seattle startup EveryMove, which helps employees keep track of fitness metrics and receive rewards for hitting goals, has laid off five employees from its sales operation, including a vice president,… Read More
Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center has tapped D. Gary Gilliland, an expert in cancer genetics and former vice president of precision medicine at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine, as… Read More
The holidays are just around the corner, which means the sweet treats and libations could quickly add some pounds around the waistline. But in the spirit of the season we’re… Read More
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said Sunday that he plans to boost his foundation’s funding for malaria research and eradication by 30 percent, part of an effort by the Seattle area… Read More
Microsoft appears to have caught many people off-guard — even some of its die-hard fans — with the unveiling and rapid launch of its new Microsoft Band wearable device overnight. Over… Read More
The common flu strikes down the best of us around this time of year. But imagine if you didn’t have to drive to your doctor’s office to receive treatment, instead… Read More
Limeade has raised $25 million from a New York venture capital firm that will help the Bellevue startup fuel its platform that creates incentive-based wellness plans for businesses. Total funding now stands at $34… Read More
As a species, we don’t seem to get any smarter about rumors and misinformation – even if our technology evolves. Take Ebola and compare its scares to those of another… Read More
The arrival of Ebola in the U.S. should serve as a high-profile reminder of how quickly — and inevitably — infectious disease can spread. That was one message emerging from the Infectious Disease… Read More
What would you be doing an hour before a conversation with the second richest person in the world? Jennifer Tang and Jarrel Seah sip hot chocolates at a Seattle-area Starbucks.… Read More
Can your smartphone help you quit smoking, or stop overeating? Yes, according to our guest this week on the GeekWire radio show. We’re joined in the studio by Jonathan Bricker, PhD.,… Read More
A smartphone app called “SmartQuit,” proven in clinical studies to help people stop smoking, will be brought to market after landing a $250,000 grant from the Washington Life Sciences Discovery Fund,… Read More
AlCardiac Dimensions, a Kirkland-based company building heart-valve repair technology, today announced a $20 million round of financing led by M. H. Carnegie & Co. and Lumira Capital. Founded in 2001, Cardiac… Read More
Mindbloom, a Seattle maker of mobile apps designed to help people live healthier lives, has been acquired in a deal of undisclosed size by Denver-based Welltok. Mindbloom’s 11 employees… Read More
Let’s face it. Dealing with health care for your growing company can be a real pain, consuming valuable time that could be better spent coding, hacking or dreaming up that… Read More
For the past three years, not a single person in India has been diagnosed with polio. The country is now officially polio-free — an extremely impressive achievement when you consider India’s recent… Read More
LAS VEGAS — It might be tough to say which college has the “healthiest students” in the nation. But Arizona State University wants that reputation, and the school is leveraging… Read More
IMS Health, the healthcare data company which last year acquired Seattle-based Appature, has filed to raise up to $100 million in an initial public offering. Danbury, Connecticut-based IMS Health employs… Read More
High-tech fitness trackers like FitBit and FuelBand sound great on paper, but many of us have trouble knowing exactly which devices to purchase. Today, though, EveryMove debuted a new tool… Read More
After working in front of his computer all day long for decades in the tech industry, Ron Miller’s health wasn’t exactly great. “My doctor and I had a tough discussion… Read More
Determining whether that three-mile run or the 8-minute abs session helped trim more pounds is difficult to measure for most diet-conscious people, who often must rely on a scale to… Read More
The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation is providing a $1.5 million grant to researchers at the University of Washington to continue work on a system that uses neural signaling and… Read More
If you’re feeling under the weather and need to see a doctor, often times you’ll have to hop into your car and drive to a physical office. Now, though, one… Read More
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