Food and nutrition tracking app MyFitnessPal announced a new set of tools and content to support members taking GLP-1 medications by helping them maintain proper nutrition and consistency while experiencing weight loss.
MyFitnessPal is a food and nutrition app that allows members to reach their health goals through better food choices. It also provides users with health and fitness information,...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the launch of a new initiative, Home as a Health Care Hub, that focuses on using augmented reality and virtual reality to improve health equity by reimagining the home environment as part of a healthcare system.
The FDA contracted with an architectural firm that designs buildings with health and equity in mind to consider what will be needed to...
Digital mental health company Headspace announced it will offer direct-to-consumer mental health coaching to its subscribers, with therapy offerings becoming available later this year.
U.S. subscribers will have access to a mental health coach within the company's app for issues that may not require a therapist, such as getting better sleep, handling everyday stress or enhancing one's emotional...
Prescription cost savings company GoodRx partnered with grocery chain Publix to bring the company’s GoodRx Gold platform to Publix customers.
The Gold platform offers prescription drug savings as well as telehealth options, including provider visits and telepharmacy appointments.
Doug Hirsch, cofounder and chief mission officer at GoodRx, sat down with MobiHealthNews to discuss the partnership...
Virtual care provider Maven Clinic, a company focused on women and family health, announced the expansion of its fertility and family building program to address the needs of individuals seeking conception support outside of traditional in vitro fertilization (IVF) methods.
The company introduced its Trying-To-Conceive (TTC) health coaching, a program that offers vital assistance to those...
NeuroX, a neurology-focused online consultation service, and its physician network ATP Partners announced it will participate in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) GUIDE Program to enhance care for dementia patients.
NeuroX, American TelePhysician's brain health division, offers a virtual-care platform that connects individuals with neurologists, psychiatrists and sleep...
Family and reproductive benefits care company Stork Club announced its services will now be available in 100 countries through employers with global coverage.
Stork Club provides reproductive care benefits for employers and their employees, offered as an employee benefit, with virtual visits or in-clinic care options that include fertility services, newborn care, maternity and return-to-work...
Postpartum Support International (PSI), which provides support and free resources to women with perinatal mental health disorders (PMHD), announced it launched a new app called Connect by PSI.
The Connect app allows users to access PSI’s helpline and crisis assistance, a supportive community made up of fellow patients and medical professionals, and a library of PMHD resources. Helpline and...
Turkey-based digital health startup h2o therapeutics announced its new Apple Watch-enabled freezing of gait-cuing feature, dubbed Foggy, designed for Parkinson’s Disease patients has received FDA listing as a Class II medical device and is available via prescription.
According to the Parkinson’s Foundation, freezing of gait is a symptom of Parkinson’s Disease in which a patient experiences a...
Fertility and family building company Progyny and social-planning website for invitations Evite held an event in Los Angeles on Wednesday where panelists discussed IVF options. They included patient advocacy group for family building RESOLVE, the first IVF baby born in the U.S. Elizabeth Carr, Progyny's chief medical officer Dr. Janet Choi, and actress and fertility advocate Kellee Stewart....
