Ex-Google Inc. Executive's Startup Aims To Tackle Chronic Illness

(Reuters) - Having difficulty managing chronic disease? Now there's an app for that.

Vida, a new startup founded by Google Inc's former commerce chief, aims to help patients get healthy, reduce stress levels and lose weight through online "health coaches."

Many mobile health apps focus on fitness. Vida, started by Stephanie Tilenius, a former Google and eBay executive, claims to help tackle chronic diseases, which account for more than three-quarters of U.S. health-care spending, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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