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The global mobile health market is expected to top $49 billion by 2020, according to research firm Grand View Research, which made the same prediction 18 months ago.

Pictured above: A device from Cambridge-based MC10, a company focused on flexible electronics.

Diabetes management company Glooko has officially launched the kiosk version of its offering, the latest in a week of kiosk news from companies like HealthSpot and American Well.

Millennials are more likely than baby boomers to crowdsource their choice of physician, both online and in-person with friends, according to a new 3,000-person survey from Nuance.

In the second quarter of 2015, Apple shipped 3.

Israel-based LabStyle Innovations, maker of a smartphone-connected glucometer called Dario, has raised $2.

Boston-based Runkeeper has laid off 30 percent of its workforce, as the company re-dedicates itself to creating digital fitness projects specifically for runners, a reorientation that also includes a major redesign.

Sanofi's IBG Star connected glucometer.

GlobalMed's Roger Downey sees an important difference between telemedicine programs offered by healthcare providers and phone-based or online telehealth encounters initiated by consumers.

Stoughton, Massachusetts-based Medical Specialties Distributors (MSD), which is a distributor and rental service for home care medical equipment, has acquired Verbal Applications, also known as VerbalCare, which has developed apps that allows care teams to communicate better with their patients.