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Provider-focused digital mental health company Grow Therapy announced it has closed $88 million in Series C funding. Sequoia Capital led the round, with additional investment from Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives and PLUS Capital. Several artists and athletes also contributed to the round, including Dak Prescott, Anna Kendrick, Joe Burrow, Lily Collins and Jrue…
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New Zealand-based virtual reality and cognitive behavioral therapy company oVRcome announced it signed an international contract with the UK National Health Service (NHS) to help autistic individuals navigate hospital environments and social interactions. oVRcome, launched in 2021, utilizes a smartphone and headset to deliver exposure therapy to adults and children with numerous conditions, including phobias,…
How and what you eat has radically changed over the past few decades with the all-consuming rise of the supermarket. But what price are you paying for this homogenized, cheap and convenient food? This video investigates how supermarkets have affected the food on your plate, and reveals the telltale signs that the food you buy…
Warehouse retailer Costco is expanding its healthcare footprint by offering a comprehensive weight loss service to its members across all 50 states with a three-month subscription starting at $179. The program is run through digital healthcare marketplace Sesame and represents an expansion of Costco’s partnership with the startup, first announced last September. Sesame’s healthcare marketplace…
According to an old South American proverb, “Good broth will resurrect the dead.”1 While this assertion may verge on hyperbole, it underscores the longstanding reverence for this wholesome food throughout history. Homemade bone broth made from beef bones is as “staple” as it gets if you want to eat healthier. It’s also a really cost-effective…
Jason Gorevic, CEO and board member of telehealth platform Teladoc Health, is stepping down after 15 years leading the company, and Mala Murthy, the company’s chief financial officer, is stepping in as acting CEO. Gorevic’s departure, effective immediately, comes after the company’s stock plummeted 22% in February. It missed fourth-quarter earnings estimates and projected 2024…
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South Korean medical AI company Lunit has recently secured deals with hospitals in Europe, where the medical device market – the second largest after the North American market – is worth $155 billion. It won the contract to supply a lung disease screening solution to TeleDiag, the largest teleradiology group in France. Lunit was also chosen to provide a…
Editor’s Note: This article is a reprint. It was originally published March 4, 2017. One of the most celebrated American writers of her time, Rachel Carson, achieved the impossible: convincing a society intent on mastering and controlling nature that we, as humans, must view ourselves as being part of nature rather than separate from it….
Digital cardiac and lung disease health startup Eko Health announced it received FDA 510(k) clearance for its AI-enabled cardiac tool that helps with the early detection of low ejection fraction, a key indicator of heart failure. Eko Low Ejection Fraction Tool (ELEFT), which officially received the green light from the FDA in March, is an…
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Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) has debuted Virtual Urgent Care, available to children and young adults up to age 21 who require after-hours care for non-emergency illness or injuries. The service pairs patients with CHLA providers via video meeting from a computer, tablet or smartphone. Virtual Urgent Care will treat non-emergency illness and injuries, including…
Editor’s Note: This article is a reprint. It was originally published October 22, 2017. Getting consistent movement into your daily life is a profoundly powerful intervention for health and longevity. Several years ago, I interviewed Joan Vernikos, Ph.D., on this topic. She’s a true pioneer in this field and was one of the first professionals…
Conversational AI organization Openstream.ai announced a new patent for automated digital twin technology that gives EVA, or enterprise virtual assistant, users the ability to utilize virtual assistants that are digital twins of human experts in their respective fields. The digital twins share their human counterparts’ knowledge and unique personas and engage in empathetic, hallucination-free conversations…
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Funding worth A$6.5 million ($4 million) has been awarded to four genomics-focused research projects led by researchers from the University of Melbourne. These include a project that will establish a patient dataset of inherited retinal diseases; a rapid multi-omic liquid biopsy blood test using whole genome sequencing; research using next-generation sequencing to develop new solutions to…
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Boston-based brain-computer interface technology company Neurable announced a partnership with Canadian precision health company Healthspan Digital to offer its neurotechnology to health and longevity clinics to help providers assess cognitive performance and brain health. Brain-computer interfaces collect brain signals and translate them into commands that are then relayed to external devices, such as computers or…
Alphabet’s life science subsidiary Verily announced a strategic restructuring last year, shifting its focus to using AI and data science to improve precision health options. Andrew Trister, chief medical and science officer at Verily, sat down with MobiHealthNews to discuss the company’s use of AI technology, its work with tech giant Google and what excites…
By Dr. Mercola For thousands of years, Eastern civilizations have used forms of energy medicine to unblock and regulate energy channels in the body. For example, acupuncture has a long history of success in Traditional Chinese Medicine. The West has been slow to embrace energy medicine, holding a more biochemical view of the human body,…