Category: Forbes

New Research Shows Global Mental Health Investment Topped $750 Million In 2019

In February 2020, Octopus Ventures, one of the largest early stage investors in Europe and backers of mental-health-tech company Big Health, recently published results of new research showing that in 2019, VC investment in mental health technology reac…

This 62-Year-Old Broke The World Record For Holding A Plank

How long can you hold a plank? Ten seconds? Twenty seconds? A minute? How about 8 hours 15 minutes and 15 seconds?

Why We Fail To Reach Goals: Our Brains Begin With One Focus, But Closing The Deal Requires Another, Study Suggests

A new study examines a brain-based disconnect in our decision making that leads to failure, with a takeaway that could give us an edge the next time we pursue a goal.

War Vets With Severe PTSD Find Solace Through Ayahuasca In Documentary ‘From Shock To Awe’

Military veterans with PTSD discover healing in the psychedelic plant medicine ayahuasca.

Digital Therapeutics Leaders Focus On Reimbursement

CEOs at Digital Therapeutics West conference discuss payment models

What Is The ‘Outlet Challenge’? How It Can Electrocute Or Burn You

When they say that kids need an outlet, this is not what typically is meant.

U.S. Only Nation To Disassociate From Global Declaration On Preventing Road Deaths

The U. S. has refused to sign up to a new declaration on road safety.

Odd-Shaped Parks May Be Better For Health

“a small number of larger parks will be much better than many small lawn parcels”

Sex Does Matter When It Comes To Coronavirus

As China, more specifically Wuhan in the Hubei Province, has seen the highest number of infections to date worldwide, the epidemiology of these infections has been more robust to analyze.

Sanders Wins In Nevada And ‘Medicare For All’ Lives Another Day

Sanders won the Nevada caucuses in the same week his Medicare proposal was attacked by several of his rivals for the Democratic party’s nomination for President at a Las Vegas debate.