Turmeric is a wonderful spice with so many benefits. I love using it in cooking, natural beauty recipes, and especially this refreshing lemonade! We keep this turmeric lemonade recipe on hand as a festive drink for summer barbecues, park picnics, and friends just stopping by. Easy Turmeric Lemonade We mostly know turmeric as a cornerstone … Read more
Cortisol, often referred to as the “stress hormone,” is one of the most powerful hormones in the body. While cortisol’s primary function is to help manage stress, it also plays a crucial role in a wide range of bodily processes, from metabolism to immune function, and even brain activity. When cortisol levels are out of … Read more
Years ago, I started questioning why we pour so much time, energy, and chemicals into maintaining the “perfect” lawn. A lawn that doesn’t support biodiversity and often leaves our soil depleted and our schedules packed with weekend mowing. What if instead our yards could feed us, support pollinators, heal the soil, and still be beautiful? … Read more
BetterHelp, an online therapy platform, announced multi-year partnerships with the WNBA’s Las Vegas Aces, Dallas Wings and 2024 Champion New York Liberty. BetterHelp offers access to licensed psychologists, marriage and family therapists, clinical social workers and board-licensed professional counselors. The partnership aims to align BetterHelp with the three WNBA teams’ mental health initiatives and to … Read more
India-based ABM Respiratory Care (ABMRC), a medical technology company involved in airway clearance and ventilation, announced the close of its Series B financing round, raising $14.8 million, $2.8 million above the company’s $12 million target. Peter Soderberg, ABMRC’s chairman of the board and managing partner of Worthy Venture Resources, led the oversubscribed round, with participation … Read more
New York-based virtual women’s health provider Maven Clinic is partnering with health-tracking ring maker Oura to allow Oura Ring wearers to sync their data with the Maven platform. New York-based Maven Clinic is a digital reproductive health and family platform that offers fertility and family planning services, pregnancy and postpartum care, parenting and pediatric support, … Read more
A new algorithm-based biological ageing clock developed in Singapore has shown potential to better predict mortality and health outcomes by only using clinical data. Researchers from the National University of Singapore’s Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine (NUS Medicine) recently introduced an updated version of their existing biological ageing models to more accurately assess a … Read more
Melbourne-based startup Lyrebird Health has recently raised $12 million in new funding from a venture round led by Five V Capital and United Kingdom-based Octopus Ventures, with participation from Startmate. Launched in 2023, it offers a generative AI-powered clinical documentation tool for general practitioners. Its AI scribe has been integrated into market-leading EMR systems in … Read more
Sword Health, which touts itself as shifting healthcare from human-first to AI-first through its AI care program, announced it has raised $40 million, bringing its total funding to $380 million and its valuation to $4 billion. The round was led by existing investor General Catalyst, with participation from Comcast Ventures, Oxy Capital, Khosla Ventures, Indico … Read more
Cancer research organization City of Hope has co-led a study to show that characterizing genetic material close to chromosomes predicts how mutated, cancer-causing genes reprogram DNA and alter the tumor microenvironment. City of Hope said the new brain cancer research provides foundational knowledge with the potential to enhance the practice of precision medicine, enabling oncologists … Read more