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Coming Soon: NASA-Based Vibration Treatment For Osteoporosis
Osteoporosis is a painful and expensive problem not limited to older women. Now, a medtech company is using NASA research to treat low bone density.
How The FemTech Revolution Addresses Women’s Sexual And Maternal Health
Sometimes, good things bring pain. For some women, sex and childbirth can be both. Materna Health is finding solutions to vaginismus and severe perineal tears.
From Limbo To CEO: An Immigrant’s Journey In 3D Bioprinting
For one bioprinting technology company, getting the CEO through the green card maze during the pandemic was the first step toward helping pharmaceutical companies discover and develop new drugs at lower costs.
Digital Healthcare Company Speeds Development And Delivery Of New Drugs
During the pandemic, healthcare took a turn toward digital. For one company, it was an opportunity to transform the way clinical trials are conducted, without sacrificing scientific rigor.
With $22.3 Million In Venture Capital, A Startup Is Transforming Maternity Care
Improving the care pregnant people receive and reducing the cost of childbirth has inspired three entrepreneurs to create a new model of care that also reduces the likelihood of preterm birth and cesarean deliveries.
Female Founders Are Energizing Investment In Women’s Healthcare: Expect More In 2023
Women recognize that, when it comes to healthcare, they are different from men. They are developing products and services to address these differences, and investors are taking note.
Sisters Get Concussion Diagnostic Funded, FDA Approved, And Reimbursed
A neurosurgeon and brain injury researcher developed a concussion diagnostic device. Her sister, a biomedical engineer, an alum of McKinsey, MIT and four healthtech startups and has raised VC and brought healthtech to market. That’s teamwork family sty…
Mom Founder Uses Texting To Transform Kid’s Healthcare
Using texting to bring pediatricians together with the children who need them is an idea only a mom founder could come up with. And she did. Her startup is a new take on children’s healthcare.
Cord Blood Safe Ensures Future Treatments Are Available To You And Your Family
To take advantage of stem cell therapy, you need a donor match, which is sometimes hard to find. Now, stem cells can be banked when a child is born so, if the need arises, the matching stem cells are at hand.
