Screening for early signs of cognitive impairment and dementia amongst the elderly is a task that's often unevenly attended to by primary care physicians. But the routine personal consumer devices that we use every day might offer a clearer and more consistent window into early declines in cognitive and memory function, according to data from a feasibility study that were reported this week at the Association for Computing Machinery's Knowledge, Discovery and Data Mining conference in Anchorage, Alaska.

Endologix Inc., of Irvine, Calif., reported revenues in-line with expectations Thursday, as it discussed pipeline progress and a new agreement with Boston Scientific for China. Sean Lavin, analyst at BTIG, pointed to how the company has controlled expenses and maintained guidance as positives. "We maintain our Buy and applaud the progress made this quarter," Lavin wrote.