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Philips Bows Health Wearables Through E-Commerce Site, Amazon

Philips announced global availability of a wearables line along with the first in a series of personal health apps designed to give consumers more control over their health, in a Monday news release. The health watch ($249) measures heart rate,…

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activity and sleep patterns; the upper arm blood pressure monitor ($99) and wrist blood pressure monitor ($89) measure systolic and diastolic blood pressure and heart rate; the body analysis scale ($99) measures weight and body fat and calculates body mass index; and the ear thermometer ($59) measures body temperature in two seconds, said Philips. The health devices are available from Philips’ website or via Amazon, and the app is available for Android and iOS devices, said the company.