Month: September 2024

Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company (MGC), a chemical and life sciences technology firm, is partnering with Alerje, an emergency medicine and food allergy management company, to transform allergy diagnosis and treatment worldwide. The alliance aims to create an all-inclusive, personalized allergy care strategy with better patient outcomes and quality of life. Key elements of the partnership…

Midlife women’s health clinic Midi Health announced it has added a group of female investors to its oversubscribed $63 million Series B round via a $5 million Special Purpose Vehicle.  New investors include actors and producers Amy Schumer and Connie Britton, soccer star Brandi Chastain, fashion designer/entrepreneur Tory Burch, Phenomenal Media’s Meena Harris, Sandberg Bernthal…

LG NOVA announced the launch of the Partner Alliance Program, a new endeavor to further innovation through cross-sector collaboration among industries to cocreate ventures and help startups scale. The program, spearheaded by LG NOVA, LG Electronics North America Innovation Center, will focus on bringing together organizations to work with LG NOVA and its startup ecosystem…

Whip up these spicy kale lentil burgers, packed with protein and fiber from red lentils, kale, and sweet potato. A perfect plant-based meal option! Looking for a hearty, spicy, and nutritious plant-based burger? This Spicy Kale Lentil Burger recipe is packed with protein, fiber, and bold flavors. It’s the perfect option for a healthy meal…

WASHINGTON, September 18 — HealthyWomen, the nation’s leading independent nonprofit health resource for women, today came together with a diverse group of some of the nation’s most prominent women leaders on Capitol Hill to advocate for comprehensive obesity care and improved coverage. The fly-in commenced on the same day that the House Ways & Means…

Healthcare technology and enablement company Fabric announced it has acquired virtual care provider TeamHealth VirtualCare, a virtual care provider that is part of physician practice group TeamHealth.  Fabric is a care-enablement company that uses conversational AI to help identify patients’ symptoms, then navigate them to the ideal care setting, such as urgent or virtual care…

As told to Jacquelyne Froeber September 25, 2024, is World Dense Breast Day. After the mammogram, I sat in the waiting room wearing that god-awful paper gown. The lump surprised me. It was big enough for me to feel during a self-exam, about the width of a fingertip. But I wasn’t too worried — I’d…

Elon Musk’s brain-computer interface implant startup Neuralink has received FDA breakthrough device designation for Blindsight, an implant that aims to restore vision in individuals who are blind. Blindsight implants a microelectrode array into the visual cortex of a person’s brain. The array then activates neurons, which then provide the individual with a visual image. According…

Amino Health, a healthcare navigation platform, and Motive Practicing Wisely Solutions, a provider of analytics solutions for the healthcare industry, unveiled this week Amino Motivate, an accountable care organization (ACO) optimization solution that integrates data-driven physician performance analytics and consulting services. The aim of Amino Motivate is to provide detailed analysis that compares ACO physicians to peers…

Venture capital firm General Catalyst announced the formation of the General Catalyst Institute, an organization that will work with governments and public policy leaders globally to facilitate the adoption of new technologies to create global resilience. “We believe humanity is entering an era where instability will be the new normal. This will manifest itself acutely…