Health
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EVENTS
FitCity makes going to the gym economical and convenient for users
Have you thought of going to the gym but been dissuaded by the high membership fees, lack of exercise options…
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Trends
Investors see an opportunity framed in Lensabl’s prescription lens fulfillment business
Lensabl, the company that has built a business putting prescription lenses into any style of glasses frame, has raised $3.7…
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Trends
On-demand pharmacy startup NowRx raises $7 million Series A round through crowdfunding
NowRx, an on-demand pharmacy solution of sorts, just closed a $7 million Series A round via the SeedInvest crowdfunding platform.…
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Finance
A Harvard professor is asking 400 women to use ‘weed tampons’ as the first step into uncharted cannabis research
Foria, a company that makes marijuana products for women, including marijuana suppositories designed to target menstrual cramps (nicknamed “weed tampons”)…
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STARTUPS
Know what you eat: Importance of food safety in restaurants
When running a restaurant one of the worst things that can happen to anyone is a customer getting ill from…
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Trends
Researchers claim AI can diagnose Parkinson’s disease from smartphone data
Parkinson’s disease, a neurodegenerative disorder that affects movement, impacts more than ten million people worldwide; roughly 60,000 are diagnosed each…
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Bay Area city blocks 5G deployments over cancer concerns
The Bay Area may be the center of the global technology industry, but that hasn’t stopped one wealthy enclave from…
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Y Combinator invests in non-invasive breast cancer screening bra EVA
According to a report by the American Cancer Society, an estimated 266,120 women will be newly diagnosed with breast cancer in…
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VR optics could help old folks keep the world in focus
The complex optics involved with putting a screen an inch away from the eye in VR headsets could make for…
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