Digital Health

Medirom, a healthtech company based in Japan, has announced that at CES 2020 it will be working with MATRIX Industries, a Silicon Valley material science company, to deliver the world’s first health monitoring smartband named MOTHER that never requires charging.

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Also: Number of registered users for the NHS App increases following launch of staff-facing campaign; Doctorlink appoints new chief executive.

The new tool was designed in partnership with EMD Serono, and aims to give expecting moms information about managing multiple sclerosis during pregnancy. 

New agreements with five different tech companies and research organizations aim to expand and flesh out the digital therapeutics maker's product pipeline.

MobiHealthNews compiled a list of new digital health products and other announcements being unveiled this week in Las Vegas.

Stockholm-based respiratory health startup NuvoAir is set to make its technology available in selected cystic fibrosis (CF) centres after entering a new partnership with Roche Italy.

Also: Travel medicine company launches telemedicine offering for low-cost international care.

As part of the program two startups will each get €2 million ($2.22 million) in funding. 

Also: AWS' natural language processing service for medical text adds new a capability; NHS Trust to deploy Tyto Care's platform for home pediatric care.