What You Should Know: - Ascensia Diabetes Care, a global diabetes care company announces a landmark global collaboration with SNAQ, an award-winning app-based solution that offers key insights on food and nutrition for people with diabetes (PWDs). - As part of the strategic collaboration, Ascensia and SNAQ will integrate their solutions to empower more PWDs to make impactful mealtime decisions, with a goal to improve diabetes management. Support Mealtime Decision-Making
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Walmart Launches New Pilots Focused on Transparency, Telehealth, Personal Healthcare Assistant
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