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The Pill Club raises $51M as VCs find new opportunities in women’s health
Through telemedicine and direct-to-consumer sales platforms, startups are streamlining the historically arduous process of accessing contraception. The latest effort to…
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Kaia Health raises $10 million to treat chronic pain with AI
Chronic diseases affect the lives of millions of people around the world. Over 16 million adults in the U.S., for…
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Alphabet’s Verily scores FDA clearance for its ECG monitor
Big week for Google wearable news — which, honestly, is not a phrase I expected to write in 2019. But…
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Bellabeat’s new hybrid smartwatch tracks your stress…and goes with your outfit
Bellabeat, the company behind a variety of health and wellness wearable devices aimed at women, is now selling its first…
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Zwift, which turns indoor cycling workouts into multiplayer games, raises $120M
Fitness and gaming have been two of the most popular categories of apps for years, and now a startup founded…
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Apple Watch’s ECG feature is already proving its worth
When Apple announced its latest Series 4 Watch with electrocardiogram features, my mom took a sigh of relief, and then proceeded…
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Apple sleep monitor clears FCC, hinting at future of Beddit devices
After purchasing Finnish sleep tracker accessory maker Beddit in May 2017, Apple shut down Beddit’s cloud service, cutting off new users…
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Birth control delivery startup Nurx now offers an at-home HPV testing kit
Telemedicine startup Nurx — once dubbed the “Uber for birth control” — has launched a direct-to-consumer Human papillomavirus (HPV) testing kit. The…
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China’s Infervision is helping 280 hospitals worldwide detect cancers from images
Until recently, humans have relied on the trained eyes of doctors to diagnose diseases from medical images. Beijing-based Infervision is among…
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