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The tool gives patients self-paced exercises and allows them to access physical therapists via telemedicine. 

The new tool, called Abortion Care Finder, lets users put in information about their situation, such as age and location, and gives resources. 

Also Liva names five new hires and HealthReveal taps Optum vet for chief commercial officer role. 

Patients with Type 2 diabetes enrolled in a joint pilot run by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and Virta dropped on average 5% of their body weight. 

The Series C round brings the company's total raise to nearly $52 million.

While medical education has felt stagnant since the 20th century, a new group of startups wants to make it more efficient, effective and affordable.

Also: Apple makes another cardiology hire; Blink Health brings on legal counsel.

Senseonics initiated the recall voluntarily in September after receiving reports of 24 sensors that had stopped functioning prematurely. 

Space health research can teach us a lot about aging, including in such areas as osteoporosis and neurovestibular system issues, says Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Professor at UC Davis and former NASA astronaut Stephen K. Robinson.

According to Google's blog post announcing the acquisition, we can expect to see more "Made by Google" wearables alongside Fitbit devices running Wear OS.