Morning Headlines 8/8/19

Apple and Eli Lilly are studying whether data from iPhones and Apple Watches can detect signs of dementia

Apple, Eli Lilly, and data collection company Evidation Health are working together to determine if information from Apple’s devices can be used to detect early signs of dementia.

Women’s health startup Genneve lands $4M to grow telemedicine service for menopause

Menopause-focused telemedicine and wellness company Genneve raises $4 million in a seed round led by BlueRun Ventures.

IN BRIEF: Merck says U.S. probing ties to electronic health record vendors

Drug maker Merck has received a series of subpoenas related to a federal investigation into an unnamed EHR vendor – presumably Practice Fusion – acquired by Allscripts last year.

Amazon’s AWS will help health researchers diagnose patients and monitor disease

The Pittsburgh Health Data Alliance will use machine learning technology from AWS in its development of diagnostic and disease-monitoring technologies.