Health and Wellness

Healthcare.gov, the error-riddled website where uninsured Americans are supposed to shop for health insurance, now works for “in the zone of 80 percent” of users, a White House official said today. That’s up from just 30 percent of users who were able to navigate through the entire site five weeks ago. Officials say the site Continue Reading →

From trick-or-treating, to Thanksgiving feasts, to the sweet celebrations Christmas and Hanukkah, your kid will be exposed to a lot of unhealthy options this holiday season. Get ahead of it! November is National Diabetes Awareness Month. Here are five mobile apps that empower young ones to understand the consequences of what foods they put into Continue Reading →

The new activity-tracking wristband from Jawbone Up syncs your data to your iPhone over Bluetooth, works with an updated version of the app that offers more insight and inspiration and takes baby steps rather than a giant leap forward in the “smart” wearable device category. Jawbone, the San Francisco-based maker of popular Bluetooth audio devices Continue Reading →

On Friday, President Obama had this to say about problems with the Obamcare website during a speech in New Orleans: “I promise you, nobody’s been more frustrated. I wanted to go in and fix it myself, but I don’t write code.” But plenty of programmers do write code. And three of them have created their Continue Reading →

As bugs and glitches continue to plague Healthcare.gov, the man who oversaw the site’s creation has said he’s resigning. Tony Trenkle, chief information officer at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), sent an e-mail to co-workers on Tuesday that said he will be leaving on November 15 “to take a position in the private Continue Reading →

Finding a cure for Alzheimer’s disease has defied medical researchers for decades now, but a team of scientists just gave us new reason to hope. They’ve discovered a way to zap away the bad proteins that cause diseases like Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and Creutzfeldt-Jakob (a.k.a. mad cow) disease—with lasers. It’s so simple, it’s incredible. The Polish-Swedish Continue Reading →

In order to whet appetites for the new FuelBand SE, which hits shelves on Wednesday, Nike released its companion app, the refreshed Nike+ Move, to the public a day earlier than expected. Exclusive to iPhone 5s owners, the Nike+ Move app uses the M7 coprocessor found in the iPhone 5s to gather information from the Continue Reading →

The 2014 International CES (January 7-10 in Las Vegas) is around the corner. Thinking back to last year’s show, there were a few trends that stood out: The Goldilocks Screen-size Strategy If the 4″ iPhone screen was too small and the 5.7″ Samsung Galaxy Note screen was too big, perhaps the 4.7″ HTC One screen Continue Reading →

Google, Red Hat, Oracle and other technology companies are contributing dozens of computer engineers and programmers to help the Obama administration fix the U.S. health-insurance exchange website. The help is arriving as the government’s main site for medical coverage remains plagued by repeated outages a month after its Oct. 1 debut. Michael Dickerson, a site Continue Reading →

These days, the list of things you can do with your phone is a long one. Now you can add visiting the doctor to that list. American Well is launching an app for iPhones, iPads and Android devices that can be used to connect with a doctor for a video-chat visit. A typical 10-minute visit Continue Reading →