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On-demand massage startup Zeel launches in Seattle region

“Seattle is a hotbed of innovation and tech, and Seattleites are health, tech and wellness-conscious.” Zeel CEO Samer Hamadeh thinks… Read More

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Siberian unicorns? Five incredible science tales that aren’t April Fool’s jokes

Unicorns are real! Scientists propose cloaking device to protect Earth from aliens! Glow-in-the-dark skin grown in lab! Those may sound… Read More

Mindfulness meditation

Seattle study finds value in mindfulness meditation for easing low back pain

Mindfulness meditation can give a boost to treatments for chronic low back pain for a wide spectrum of patients, a study… Read More

Fast-growing Adaptive Biotechnologies appoints president of new therapeutics division

Adaptive Biotechnologies, the heavily-funded Seattle bioinformatics company, today announced that Diego Miralles will become the president of a new division of… Read More

MultiModal Health creates VR games to boost occupational therapy for patients

  Almost two years ago, a team of University of Washington students won the university’s TechSandbox competition with a virtual reality… Read More

Biotech startup Engage wins the University of Washington’s first Health Innovation Challenge

The University of Washington held its first annual Health Innovation Challenge (HIC) Thursday—bringing innovators in entrepreneurship, business and health science… Read More

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UW researchers’ robot hand comes creepily close to human functionality

You’ve got to hand it to the roboticists at the University of Washington: They’ve built a robotic hand modeled so… Read More

Former Olympic track star: 10 tips for healthy employees and strong startups

Ja’Warren Hooker, a former Olympian and UW track star, sees a problem in big tech companies — employees aren’t healthy. Employees aren’t exercising enough. They aren’t sleeping enough.… Read More

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Cybathlon turns Olympic-style spotlight on Iron Man tech: brain control, exoskeletons and more

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Imagine a contest for the kinds of technologies that would set Tony Stark’s nuclear-powered heart all aflutter… Read More

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3-D bioprinter makes room for blood vessels in artificial body parts

Researchers say they’ve developed a 3-D bioprinter that can create artificial body parts with ready-made channels for getting nutrients and… Read More

Neanderthal DNA

Neanderthal DNA linked to nicotine addiction and other modern maladies

A comparison of Neanderthal DNA with the genomes of present-day patients has pointed up connections between our now-extinct cousins and… Read More

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How Amazon inspired a drone delivery system for birth control in Ghana

When U.N. health experts were trying to come up with a way to deliver contraceptives to women in hard-to-reach areas of… Read More

Tinder answers STD concerns with new health safety section, link to free testing locator

Tinder has added a health safety section to its website offering tips for how “anyone forming a new relationship” can… Read More

Seattle startup Wellpepper brings digital treatment plans to EvergreenHealth patients

Remember the last time your doctor handed you a mile-high stack of papers on your treatment? For some patients at EvergreenHealth, those paper instructions… Read More

Self-improvement platform Mazlo raises $10M to help people ‘reach their potential’

Would you like to eat healthier? Be smarter about how you save money? Feel more confident about public speaking? Mazlo… Read More

ALLtech joins forces with Regence BlueShield for GeekWire health insurance program

GeekWire is excited to announce today that Regence BlueShield has been selected as the medical plan for ALLtech, the health… Read More

Ex-Microsoft, Amazon manager changes how people find personal trainers with new startup

Before he decided to launch a business that changes the way people find personal trainers, Dan Li was not exactly in… Read More

University of Washington performs first successful ‘heart in a box’ surgery in the U.S.

The University of Washington Medical Center performed the first successful transplant surgery in the U.S. which used a beating heart that arrived… Read More

Log your meal by snapping a pic: HealthSlate lets diabetes patients send photos to food coaches

Taking pictures of your food is a time-honored tradition as old as Instagram, but now those photos can actually improve health.… Read More

Physio-Control acquires HeartSine Technologies to form one of the world’s largest automated external defibrillator companies

If you have a heart attack out in public, there’s a good chance a company based in Redmond, Wash., is… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Yoga Panda helps you find, book, and pay for yoga classes with a smartphone

After launching a local digital magazine focused on yoga last year, Othmane Rahmouni soon learned of a problem that existed… Read More

Bright.md raises $3.5M to help physicians provide remote care online in 2 minutes

Bright.md is raising cash to help you visit the doctor virtually. The Portland-based startup today announced a $3.5 million Series… Read More

Dr. Lee Hood’s scientific wellness startup Arivale raises $36M to improve health through genetics

A new startup in Seattle wants to be the Google or Microsoft of a new industry called scientific wellness, and now… Read More

Founded at MIT, this startup just picked Seattle for its new HQ

Tenacity, a big data startup that uses social incentives to increase employee retention rates, boost productivity and make workers happier and… Read More

Cadence Biomedical raises $1.2M to help people with disabilities restore walking ability

Cadence Biomedical, makers of the Kickstart medical device, today announced a $1.2 million Series B funding round. The seven-year-old Seattle-based… Read More

SmartQuit app gets $3.1M from National Cancer Institute for large smoking-cessation trial

The National Cancer Institute has awarded a $3.1 million, five-year grant to Dr. Jonathan Bricker, a behavioral scientist at Seattle’s Fred… Read More

Pulling for ‘Stepto’: Geeks rally behind Stephen Toulouse after tech vet falls into coma

Update: Toulouse has woken from his coma and is on the road to recovery as of June 13. Stephen “Stepto”… Read More

Looking to spin off more startups, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center names new commercialization chief

The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center helped spark a number of groundbreaking spin-off companies in recent years, from publicly-traded Juno… Read More

Ex-NFL running back launches app that uses sports teams, stars to encourage healthy lifestyles

A former NFL running back is trying to create the Facebook for health and wellness. Robert Smith, a two-time Pro… Read More

This former Olympian is helping Valve employees stay healthy while at work

It’s not uncommon for technology companies to offer an on-site workout area or subsidize gym membership costs for employees, particularly as… Read More

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