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World Medical Tourism and Global Health Congress

If there's one upside to the soaring cost of health care in the U.S., it's that Americans are improving their knowledge of world geography. In 2007, 750,000 U.S. patients traveled abroad for cut-price care; by 2015, Deloitte ...READ»

Philips DirectLife Review: A Tamagotchi for Calorie Counters

Philips DirectLife Review: A Tamagotchi for Calorie Counters

My fitness regime just got a whole lot easier to manage. Or at least that's the promise implicit in Philips' DirectLife program. The idea seems simple enough: Carry around a small piece of plastic every day for the next 12 weeks, ...READ»

Doctors Get Mobile Heart Monitoring and Check-Ups with Latitude iPhone App

Doctors Get Mobile Heart Monitoring and Check-Ups With Latitude iPhone App

Remember when the iPod made your music collection mobile, letting you access and sort your library from anywhere? Boston Scientific is on track to do the same thing with patient medical data, via an upcoming iPhone app. "It's all ...READ»

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Video Preview: GE's Healthymagination Showcase

A sneak peek at GE's New York storefront envisioning the future of health care, as designed by Local Projects, Thinc Design, Urban A&O and Hyperquake.READ»

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Test-Driving the Networked Body: Philips DirectLife

Philips DirectLife monitors your daily activity and attempts to translate it into a healthier lifestyle. Fast Company staffers take the $99 device, and its accompanying website, for a test-run. READ»

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