Recently I’ve begun reading a blog called The Medical Futurist which offers some very interesting fare. In addition to some intriguing speculation, it includes...
Tag - 23andMe
It’s Friday, so time for a little humor to start your weekend. First up is one that regular readers of this site will appreciate when it comes to the now...
The big news about 23andMe’s FDA approval came out last week when I was holed up at a conference. We're now the 1st & only company to receive...
If you ask around, you will hear that many people are interested in their genealogy studies and family history. I have even begun to dabble in it as well and...
A group of researchers have completed a study which found new links between patients’ genetic profile and specific diseases by mining EMR data, reports a...
I wrote about the direct-to-consumer genetic testing company 23andMe back in mid-October, posing the idea that genetic information provided by the patient...
I’ll admit that I’m not an expert on FDA clearance, but I found this notice from the FDA to 23andMe really interesting. As stated in the notice...
When Google Health, an attempt at a personal health record, turned out to be an unqualified failure, the consensus was that people just weren’t interested. But...
I had the pleasure of visiting the dentist this week. My dental hygienist and I end up having pretty lengthy conversations as we catch up on the previous six...
Fundings A startup from Silicon Valley, PokitDok, has recently raised $1.3 million in seed round funding. Pokitdok is a health and wellness startup that...
