Christina Farr
Reporter at @CNBC.com with a focus on health and tech. Brit in SF. Amateur historian. Tell me what you really think: [email protected]
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Startups: Hospitals' Innovation Theater is Your Death
Kyle Hill, the Co-founder & CEO, gave an expansive view of the challenges that shuttered HomeHero. The good news is they appear to have shut down that business with enough money in the bank to do a restart -- a rare luxury.
Clinical Problem Database
What are some of the challenges you face every day in the clinical setting? Submit your clinical problems here and help us start addressing some of the biggest challenges facing health care today.
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Christina Farr
Tip for entrepreneurs. Just learned about the "clinical problem" database hosted by the AMA for the medical community to suggest start-up ideas based on their pain points.
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When it comes to gut health, trust science, not gimmicks
If you’re looking for a diet that promotes gut health, you need to start by taking a microbiome test.
The “inconvenient truth” about AI in healthcare
The “inconvenient truth” about AI in healthcare
The Challenges of Home Dialysis
Dialysis at home takes discipline, skill, will and support.
What Google's Voice Patents Reveal About Its Product Strategy
From mobile phones to smart home devices, voice technology is central to Google’s latest consumer products. We look at what its voice patents reveal about its product roadmap, and how Google stacks up against other FAMGA competitors.
Health by WeWork - The Platform for Creators
WeWork members save up to 50% on health care, payroll, and worker's comp. You and your team can take advantage of a large-scale partnership with one of the top HR providers in the nation
Microsoft poaches Samsung's chief medical officer to join its growing health team
Microsoft is snapped up Samsung's chief medical officer David Rhew.
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Another big hire to Microsoft’s health division.
So funny how things change and this now seems to be the hot team in health-tech... 🧐
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A New Clue to How Life Originated
A long-standing mystery about early cells has a solution—and it’s a rather magical one.
American With No Medical Training Ran Center For Malnourished Ugandan Kids. 105 Died
When she was 19, Renee Bach founded a charity that went on to care for over 900 severely malnourished babies and children, Now she is being sued by two of the mothers whose children died.
What labor unions want voters to know about Medicare for All
How an El Paso medical team labored to save lives — Canada drops U.S. from drug-price list
Twinfluencers Are Taking Over the Internet
Why so many famous YouTubers and Instagram stars are twins
Senators blast Novartis over data manipulation before Zolgensma approval
The lawmakers urged the FDA to use its "full authorities" to hold accountable officials at the company's gene therapy subsidiary, AveXis.
These health-tech veterans want to avert the next Theranos disaster with 'medical diligence'
Ruby Gadelrab and Jill Hagenkord are hoping to bridge the gap between technology and medicine, and help investors vet start-ups for potential red flags.
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My latest column is on two female execs who are starting a new “medical diligence” consulting firm to avert the next Theranos before it happens
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The pharmacy wars, why iPhone texting patterns may predict dementia, and more of the week’s top health care news
This week, in #TheCheckup, I take a look at tech's deepening footprint in health care and. Plus, doctors debate organizing and a pair of studies examine breast density laws.
Christina Farr
Some really interesting health and tech news this week, as curated by @jaimy_lee. Thanks for including two of our @CNBC reports.
linkedin.com/pulse/pharmacy…
Also feat @EricTopol @Reuters
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Gates Foundation snaps up top Apple Health researcher to run a new digital health group
Dr. Andrew Trister previously worked on Apple's burgeoning health care team.
Christina Farr
He told me he’s looking to work with startups in field ranging from community health worker tools to maternal health. More here
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Christina Farr
New digital health scoop:
Top Apple medical researcher @AndrewTrister has joined the Gates Foundation in a first-of-its-kind role to back digital health ventures that aim to bring their technology to the developing world
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Lilly, Evidation Health and Apple Study Shows Personal Digital Devices May Help in the Identification of Mild Cognitive Impairment and Mild Alzheimer's Disease Dementia
The Investor Relations website contains information about Eli Lilly and Company's business for stockholders, potential investors, and financial analysts.
Christina Farr
Here's the official press release announcing the Eli Lilly/Apple research into dementia: investor.lilly.com/news-releases/…
And our story from yesterday: cnbc.com/2019/08/07/app…
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Blood pressure monitoring may one day be easy as taking a video selfie
Study Highlights: Future blood pressure monitoring could become as easy as taking a video selfie. Transdermal optical imaging is a smartphone-based technology that accurately measured blood pressure from a video of a person’s face in a recent study....
Apple, Eli Lilly, and health data startup Evidation team up on a study on how iPhones, Watches, and Beddit sleep monitors may help detect dementia
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