Womens Health News:
A couple weeks back, I met with MIRA Fertility Tracker at TechCrunch Disrupt 2018. Sylvia Kang, CEO & Co-founder of MIRA, spoke to me about her new fertility tester for women trying to track their cycles. It also has an AI component built into its system, in order to inform women the days they are ...
In this Episode of #healthin2pt00 Jess & I do a real recap of the Health 2.0 Conference. I mention some of the startups that I thought were great, including Supportiv, Tag.bio, Nebula Genomics, Bluestream Health, Medically Home, b.well, and Medsafe. I also want to highlight Krista from Project HEAL that started an organization to raise ...
By SEAN KELLY, MD As doctors, we all took an oath when we graduated from medical school to “do no harm” to patients. It is, therefore, our duty to speak up and take action when there is an opportunity to prevent harm and improve patient care, safety and well-being. On average, the opioid crisis ...
By ROBERT MILLER & VINCE KURAITIS You’ve probably heard of Bitcoin, but we doubt you’ve heard of Dentacoin, MedTokens, or Curecoin. These are healthcare specific cryptocurrencies born from Initial Coin Offerings or ICOs. In this article, we’ll briefly recap the trend of ICOs (aka token offerings) and provide you with a summary financial analysis of ...
By SAURABH JHA In the hierarchy of evidence-based medicine (EBM), randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are like Brahmins. But do Brahmins have flaws I discuss these flaws with Dr. Anish Koka, a cardiologist, and essayist who has written extensively about RCTs in THCB. Listen to our conversation at Radiology Firing Line Podcast. About the author: Saurabh ...
By JESSICA DA MASSA, WTF Health “Healthcare is a journey for patients. Just helping them with one piece of it — it just doesn’t get the job done…” That’s Brian Roberts of Venrock talking about how he and Bob Kocher have moved on from investing in one-trick-pony health tech point solutions. What are they favoring ...