As Apple continues to explore business opportunities in healthcare, news broke this morning that the company has acquired Gliimpse, a personal health data startup in Silicon Valley, reports Fast Company.

The Clinical Decision Support (CDS) Coalition has written to the FDA to answer 26 questions regarding the regulation of clinical software products. 

Eli Lilly and AstraZeneca have received U.S. FDA Fast Track designation for AZD3293, an oral beta secretase cleaving enzyme (BACE) inhibitor for Alzheimer’s that is currently in phase 3 clinical trials. 

If human brains and mice brains are anything alike, there might be away to use opioids to kill pain but bypass the possibility of its users to get high, thereby avoiding addiction and abuse, according to WBEZ.  

With the number of baby boomers growing and growing the healthcare field must be able to adept to offer care to the increasing population. With many seniors needed more care than others, it can be difficult for both patient and physician to keep track of the medications and appointments they need. First Databank (FDB) is bringing technology to seniors in a way that helps them manage their own care in an easy and effective way.

Healthcare interoperability is a goal all health organizations strive to achieve, yet some ever do. At the Regenstrief Center for Biomedical Informatics, they are hoping to ease the process to interoperability by testing the newly developed method of compiling health data into a single healthcare information system known the Fast Healthcare Interoperability Standard (FHIR).

Alere, a provider of diagnostic products, has received 510(k) marketing clearance from the FDA on its Alere i RSV test, which is capable of detecting respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection in children and adults.

Taking time to drive to the doctor’s office, wait for the doctor to see you, have the appointment and drive home is a lot to ask of someone who just had surgery. Having a checkup after a minor surgery shouldn’t always be so complicated, and that’s where telephone postoperative clinics at Veterans Affairs facilities are changing.