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Digital Therapeutics Hot Summer With Major IPOs and First Oncology App

Voluntis announced marketing authorization of the first oncology disease management software platform, and two digital health companies Livongo and Health Catalyst had IPOs with multi-billion dollar valuations this summer.

Apple & Amazon Level Up On Diabetes Tech

Apple, Amazon and Google are heavily investing in fighting diabetes as another possible revenue source. This could be the best chance for African American’s who over index in this disease to start seeing lower treatment costs, and tech companies could …

Boston Startup Signs Up Millions For Lower Prescription Drug Costs

SingleCare, headquartered in Boston, offers a savings card for prescription drugs that has attracted millions of users in just four years.

Biobanking Is Changing The World

With the evolution of biobanks rapidly enabling the creation of massive collections of biological material and associated information, how are these collected terabytes of data transforming nations?

Why We Should Make Genetic Counselors Our Partners In The Growth Of IVF

…but the potential shortage of genetic counseling requires more than that. It requires a concerted entrepreneurial effort, with the most important input coming from the genetic counseling community itself.

Antiretroviral Therapy’s Positive Impact On Global Public Health Faces Challenges Moving Forward

Forsythe and colleagues demonstrate that the advent of antiretroviral therapy in the mid 1990s has yielded significant achievements in global public health. Between 1995 and 2015, 9.5 million deaths have been averted worldwide, and global economic bene…

Plant-Based Diets Good For The Heart? Here Is More Evidence

A study showed that those who had the most plant-based diets were 32% less likely to die from cardiovascular disease than those who had the least.

What App Can’t You Live Without? 15 Tech Experts Share Theirs

What’s the first app you download and set up when you get a new device? Check out this list of apps tech pros can’t live without.

What App Can’t You Live Without? 15 Tech Experts Share Theirs

What’s the first app you download and set up when you get a new device? Check out this list of apps tech pros can’t live without.

Physician Burnout: Isolation, Loneliness And The Loss Of The American Hospital

Times, like hospitals, have changed. This article looks at how the changing role of the American hospital has left doctors feeling lonely, isolated and, increasingly, burned out.