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Canadian employee benefits company League rakes in $47.5M, plans EU, US expansion

By Laura Lovett 12:08 pm July 24, 2018

Canadian digital employee health benefits company League has just landed a whopping $47.5 million ($62 million Canadian dollars) in a Series B funding round led by Telus Ventures with participation from Wittington Ventures, Omers, Infinite Potential Group, RBC Ventures, Real Ventures, and BDC Ventures. League pitches itself as a platform that makes benefits easier to navigate and is “consumer...

Study: App-based visits seem viable for post-surgical follow-ups

By Heather Mack 04:06 pm March 23, 2017

Women recovering from breast reconstruction surgery following a mastectomy may be just fine checking in with their doctors via their smartphone rather than having to visit in person, a small study published in JAMA Surgery suggested. Surgeons at the Women’s College Hospital in Toronto randomly assigned 65 post-operative women to either attend planned follow-up visits with their doctor at one...