A new company under financial investment firm SOL Partnership has launched what could be the first at-home gut health test service powered by AI in Malaysia.
SpaceGut offers an at-home gut microbiome kit and a laboratory service that provides personalised recommendations for an individual's gut health. Leveraging a proprietary AI, its laboratory evaluates samples compared against a database of...
Andreessen Horowitz-backed knownwell, a hybrid weight-inclusive primary and metabolic-care provider, announced it is opening a new brick-and-mortar clinic in Plano, Texas, and will treat patients virtually throughout Texas.
Vineeta Agarwala, general partner at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) Bio + Health, which led the company's latest $20 million Series A funding round, sat down with MobiHealthNews...
Finland-based health-tracking ring maker Oura announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire fellow Finnish company Veri, which offers personalized metabolic health programs.
Veri uses the FDA-cleared Abbott FreeStyle Libre 1, 2, and 3 sensors to monitor a user's metabolic health by collecting data from their body. An app enabled by continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) then guides the user...
At a virtual event today, Apple unveiled its Apple Watch Series 10 with new health and fitness features and AirPods Pro 2 with hearing test and over-the-counter hearing aid capabilities.
Watch Series 10
Apple Watch Series 10 will include a new Sleep Apnea feature that uses the accelerometer to measure a new metric called Breathing Disturbances.
The Health App will provide users with insights...
Digital weight loss company Noom announced it is partnering with dance fitness company Zumba to offer Noom members access to Zumba fitness content and allow Zumba's dance instructors to become "Mindset Coaches" at Noom.
Noom's members will have access to Zumba's "exhilarating dance routines" and "targeted fitness sessions," along with motivational and engagement options to keep them focused on...
Fitterfly, an India-based digital therapeutics company, announced it is launching an AI feature dubbed Fitterfly Klik in partnership with Google Cloud, which allows individuals with diabetes to track their meals using computer vision powered by Gemini 1.5 Flash on Google Cloud's Vertex AI platform.
Through Fitterfly Klik, people with diabetes or other noncommunicable diseases can take or upload a...
TPG's The Rise Fund announced it signed definitive documentation to lead a more than $200 million investment into telenutrition platform Foodsmart.
The Rise Fund, TPG’s global impact investing platform, was founded in 2016 by TPG in partnership with U2 frontman Bono and Canadian engineer Jeff Skoll, who was the first president of eBay and is a billionaire internet entrepreneur and film producer...
Oncology-focused digital therapeutics company Mika Health and global nonprofit Cancer Support Community (CSC) announced the pair will provide an AI-enabled oncology-focused digital therapeutic for U.S.-based cancer patients and their caregivers to access mental health and other support services free of charge.
Mika Health provides cancer patients with an app where they can access psychological...
Direct-to-consumer virtual care company Hims & Hers is the latest digital health company to announce it will add GLP-1 medications to its offerings to assist users with weight-loss management.
The San Francisco-based company, which launched its weight-loss program in December, said users will now have access to generic and 503B compounded injectable medications and oral medication kits...
New Jersey-based nutritional supplements supplier The Vitamin Shoppe announced its launching of Whole Health Rx, a telehealth service that will connect users with providers to help them access GLP-1 medications for weight management.
GLP-1s, or glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists, are a class of medications used to treat type 2 diabetes, but have recently become more popular for managing...
