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Fruit Street Health, a startup delivering the CDC’s diabetes prevention program through group telehealth classes, raised $17 million in funding from its physician investors. https://medcitynews.com/2020/03/funded-by-physicians-fruit-street-health-raises-17m
Of course! Inventive and great idea! Why haven't I thought about that before? 😉 http://info.trendwatching.com/innovation-of-the-day-kroger
According to a study at the Leiden University Medical Center and GGZ Rivierduinen, Leiden, the Netherlands, Obesity appears to be associated with an increased risk of depression, and depression also appears associated with an increased risk of developing obesity. https://www.thehealthsite.com/diseases-conditions/mental-disorders-diseases-conditions/obesity-and-depression-have-a-vicious-association-know-how-to-deal-with-it-727853/
Recently, Oviva has raised $21 million (approx €19 million) in Series B funding led by MTIP with participation from new investor Earlybird and existing investors AlbionVC, F-Prime Capital, Eight Roads Ventures and Partech. https://siliconcanals.com/crowdfunding/this-swiss-firm-digitising-treatment-of-type-2-diabetessecures-e19m/ https://dlife.com/behavior-change-company-raises-21m-to-roll-out-digital-diabetes-treatment-in-europe/
Another step towards prevention! 🙂 Patients with type 2 diabetes on WellCare of Georgia’s Medicaid plan will be able to receive the wearables as part of their plan starting in 2020
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