THURSDAY, Dec. 19, 2019 (HealthDay News) — Healthier eating could save the United States more than $ 50 billion a year in health care costs associated with heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes and related illnesses, according to a new study. An unhealthy diet is one of the leading risk factors for poor health and… Read More »
Proteus Digital Health CEO Andrew Thompson Qin Chen | CNBC Proteus Digital Health has spent two decades trying to develop “smart pills” that can be used to tell a smartphone app whether patients have taken their medications. The technology was so promising that, three years ago, investors valued the company at $ 1.5 billion. But… Read More »
Fitbit Co-founder/President & CEO James Park speaks onstage during TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco … [+] 2019 at Moscone Convention Center on October 04, 2019 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Kimberly White/Getty Images for TechCrunch) Getty Images for TechCrunch Fitbit is getting Googled, in more ways than one. That’s because there was a Fitbit of… Read More »
Pressure ulcers are a major health issue for providers and kill more patients a year than any single cancer except lung cancer, according to one expert who, with other researchers, is releasing the results of new findings in the field next month. Pressure ulcers, also called pressure injuries and in the vernacular, bedsores, are also… Read More »
Source: SmileDirectClub SmileDirectClub is bracing for a windfall of cash. The company, which provides invisible teeth-straightening devices, is looking to sell up to $ 1 billion in stock in an initial public offering, three people with knowledge of the matter said. SmileDirectClub is currently on file confidentially and aiming to flip its IPO prospectus to… Read More »
As the U.S. population ages, the total annual cost of lost wages for unpaid family caregiving is on track to more than double, to reach $ 147 billion by 2050, a recent study suggests. The current economic cost of unpaid family care is about $ 67 billion and includes reduced work hours and foregone earnings… Read More »