Articles about Health – Page 7 of 9

Meet Healthy Ventures: This seed-stage venture firm is looking to uncover digital health startups

Enmi Kendall and Anya Schiess met more than 10 years ago while attending The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.… Read More

University of Washington develops app to detect signs of sleep apnea at home

Snoring can be annoying. Sleep apnea can be life threatening. And the University of Washington says it has developed an… Read More

Health and fitness tracker EveryMove cuts additional staff

EveryMove, which helps employees track fitness metrics and receive rewards for hitting goals, has eliminated a number of non-engineering employees… Read More

Contribute to medical research with these new iPhone apps

Apple wants to make contributing to medical research as easy as installing an app on your iPhone. One of the… Read More

How sensors, games and data are giving new hope to stroke patients

A big key to recovering from a stroke, spinal cord injury, burn or other upper-extremity trauma is the ability to continue the prescribed physical… Read More

How smartphone separation anxiety could be affecting your health

Losing your iPhone isn’t as bad as losing a limb, but it can feel that way, suggests new research from… Read More

Eating too many cookies? Killing your plants? These sensors can help

LAS VEGAS — The sensors have arrived, and they want you to keep your hands out of the cookie jar. Connected sensors… Read More

EveryMove cuts sales staff, takes new approach with @Work fitness service

Seattle startup EveryMove, which helps employees keep track of fitness metrics and receive rewards for hitting goals, has laid off… Read More

Fred Hutch names prominent genetics expert president, 5th in cancer research center’s 40-year history

Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center has tapped D. Gary Gilliland, an expert in cancer genetics and former vice president of precision medicine… Read More

Get moving, get healthy: ALLtech, EveryMove and GeekWire partner on fitness program

The holidays are just around the corner, which means the sweet treats and libations could quickly add some pounds around… Read More

News Brief

Bill Gates to increase Malaria funding by 30 percent

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said Sunday that he plans to boost his foundation’s funding for malaria research and eradication by… Read More

On the scene at the Microsoft Store for the launch of new Microsoft Band

Microsoft appears to have caught many people off-guard — even some of its die-hard fans — with the unveiling and… Read More

A new type of house call: Bright.md dials up $1M to reduce primary care wait times

The common flu strikes down the best of us around this time of year. But imagine if you didn’t have… Read More

Online wellness startup Limeade raises $25M, plans to double staff in 2015

Limeade has raised $25 million from a New York venture capital firm that will help the Bellevue startup fuel its platform that… Read More

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From AIDS to Ebola: In rumor control, only the tech changes

As a species, we don’t seem to get any smarter about rumors and misinformation – even if our technology evolves.… Read More

Beyond Ebola: Infectious disease has gone global, health experts warn

The arrival of Ebola in the U.S. should serve as a high-profile reminder of how quickly — and inevitably — infectious disease… Read More

When your next meeting is with Bill Gates

What would you be doing an hour before a conversation with the second richest person in the world? Jennifer Tang… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Radio: Using a smartphone to help overcome your bad habits

Can your smartphone help you quit smoking, or stop overeating? Yes, according to our guest this week on the GeekWire radio… Read More

‘SmartQuit’ smoking cessation app lands $250k grant, exclusive Fred Hutch license

A smartphone app called “SmartQuit,” proven in clinical studies to help people stop smoking, will be brought to market after landing… Read More

Cardiac Dimensions raises $20M to sell heart-valve repair technology

AlCardiac Dimensions, a Kirkland-based company building heart-valve repair technology, today announced a $20 million round of financing led by M. H.… Read More

Mobile health app maker Mindbloom acquired

Mindbloom, a Seattle maker of mobile apps designed to help people live healthier lives, has been acquired in a… Read More

GeekWire partners with ALLtech to bring affordable health care to tech companies

Let’s face it. Dealing with health care for your growing company can be a real pain, consuming valuable time that… Read More

Bill Gates: India being polio-free is ‘one of the most impressive accomplishments in global health’

For the past three years, not a single person in India has been diagnosed with polio. The country is now… Read More

The smart gym goes big: Precor touts world’s largest networked fitness installation

LAS VEGAS — It might be tough to say which college has the “healthiest students” in the nation. But Arizona… Read More

Appature parent IMS Health files for $100 million IPO

IMS Health, the healthcare data company which last year acquired Seattle-based Appature, has filed to raise up to $100 million… Read More

Helping your health: EveryMove unveils directory of 200 fitness-tracking apps and devices

High-tech fitness trackers like FitBit and FuelBand sound great on paper, but many of us have trouble knowing exactly which… Read More

Startup Spotlight: URGravity helps doctors, patients understand health device data to improve your well-being

After working in front of his computer all day long for decades in the tech industry, Ron Miller’s health wasn’t… Read More

This handheld device helps you lose weight by detecting acetone levels in your breath

Determining whether that three-mile run or the 8-minute abs session helped trim more pounds is difficult to measure for most… Read More

Paul Allen backs research project to restore hand, arm movement after spinal cord injuries

The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation is providing a $1.5 million grant to researchers at the University of Washington to… Read More

Feeling sick? Washington health system now offers virtual doctor appointments for $35

If you’re feeling under the weather and need to see a doctor, often times you’ll have to hop into your… Read More