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AliveCor asserts that Apple knowingly copied its patented technology in an effort to squash it as a market competitor.   

Each of the new workout programs features classes that average about 10 minutes in total that focus on the specific health needs of that group.   

Also: Biocomposites launches new companion app. Glytec introduces latest version of its eGlycemic Management System.

Published yesterday in PLoS ONE, the data suggests an alternative to the six-minute walk test often conducted in clinics to measure functional capacity.

Apple users will now be able to use Maps and Siri to search available vaccine locations. 

The study looks at menstruation symptoms and features from over 10,000 participants. 

This week's top stories include a plea to increase efforts to collect ethnicity data when administering vaccinations, and Apple and the University of Michigan sharing the first results from the Apple Hearing Study.

One in four participants has a noise exposure over WHO's daily limit and many have undiagnosed hearing loss.

The University Health Network study is being conducted in collaboration with the tech giant, and will enroll roughly 200 patients for three months of active monitoring with a two-year follow-up.

With a single authentication, iPhone owners whose providers use DrChrono's OnPatient will be able to consolidate their records within Apple's PHR.