Mobile application and telehealth ventures are becoming more and more commonplace in healthcare. Still, the industry as a whole has a long way to go to match the ease and simplicity of using your phone to check a bank account or get directions.

According to researchers comparing data from the National Health Interview Survey, lesbian, gay and bisexual American adults are at higher risk for poor health outcomes than their heterosexual counterparts. Psychological stress levels were especially high among bisexual people. 

Dave Chase, writer for Forbes, describes how the healthcare industry is following the footsteps of the cable and newspaper industries in regards to what he describes as “the great unbundling."

Adding to the list of things your phone can do; diagnose intestinal parasites.

Hearing aid company Earlens has received $51 million in financing for the commercial launch of its Earlens Light Driven Hearing Aid.

As rates of nonmedical use of prescription opioids continues to soar in the United States, more than doubling among adults from 2001-2002 to 2012-2013.

Researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center's Institute for Reproductive Health (IRH) have started a study including 1,200 women in an analysis of the efficiency of a smartphone app that calculates a woman's chance for pregnancy on a daily basis.

The focus of drug-based treatments for Alzheimer’s is the subject of a tug-of-war, according to Bloomberg.