Slideshow: Health devices launched at CES 2014

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French company Medissimo’s smart pill box imedipac is a feature-filled spin on medication adherence hardware. The device both reminds patients to take pills and tracks when they have using GPS. Users can review information on their computer or on specialized phone or tablet apps. It can send alarms via text message, email, or even call you on the phone and leave voice messages.
CES is upon us again. According to the Boston Globe, the Las Vegas consumer electronics show is dedicating 40 percent more floor space to digital health than last year and more than 300 digital health companies are exhibiting. Whether or not those stats are illustrative, digital health is still a more popular topic at CES than it ever has been. And with more and more big companies like Sony and LG getting into fitness and activity tracking, even the definition of a digital health company is blurring.  More

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