New Parkinson's app uses metronome beats to train gait
A new mobile app for people with Parkinson's Disease helps them walk better using metronome beats.
The gait re-training tool, developed as part of a larger clinical trial for PD research, delivers rhythmic metronomic beats that trigger movement.
Now developed separately as an app called Walking Tall, it now features training sessions on...
TikTok joins youth mental health campaign in Korea
Social media platform TikTok in South Korea, together with the non-profit organisation Mental Health Korea, has tied up with the National Center for Mental Health to promote the mental well-being of young people.
Based on their memorandum of understanding, the organisations aim to improve youth mental health through the dissemination of correct...
California-based Mendaera, a healthcare robotics company, announced that it had secured $24 million in Series A funding, led by Lux Capital.
Operator Partners, Founders Fund and Allen & Company participated in the round, alongside investors Auris Health founder Dr. Fred Moll, Intuitive Surgical and former U.S. Senator Bob Kerrey.
WHAT IT DOES
Mendaera completed the research and design...
Baby tech company Owlet reported a drop in revenue to $13.1 million in the second quarter of 2023, compared to $18.3 million for the same period last year. It also reached a milestone, garnering FDA clearance in June for BabySat, its medical pulse oximetry wire-free sock for infants.
The company reported a net loss of $8.5 million in Q2 2023, compared to $11.7 million in Q2 2022, and an...
Akili Interactive, the company behind a video game-like prescription digital therapeutic for children with ADHD, reported its second-quarter earnings since expanding into the adult ADHD market in June with the release of its over-the-counter offering EndeavorOTC.
The Boston-based company reported $114,000 in revenue for the second quarter of 2023 compared to $113,000 in the first quarter of this...
Telehealth and medical transportation company DocGo reported its second-quarter financial results, showing total revenue of $125.5 million, up from $109.5 million in the same period last year.
Revenue from the company's mobile health services was $80.1 million in Q2 2023 compared to $87.3 million in Q2 2022, and it reported $45.4 million in revenue for its transportation services compared to $22...
Daybreak Health, a digital mental health company for children and teens focused on schools, has raised $13 million in Series B funding led by Union Square Ventures, bringing its total raise to $25 million.
Existing investors Maven Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Y Combinator participated in the round alongside new investor Lux Capital.
WHAT THEY DO
Daybreak partners with schools and...
Medicare Advantage insurtech company Clover Health announced it received a notice from NASDAQ stating the company has regained compliance with the minimum bid price requirement of closing at $1 or more per share for at least 10 consecutive days.
The company said that thanks to NASDAQ's notice, it will revisit its plans to effect a reverse stock split and share reduction proposal, as noted in a...
Multinational digital health firm Babylon reported its previously announced business combination with digital neurotherapy company MindMaze is not moving forward, and it will pursue the sale of its U.K. business to third parties and exit its U.S. business.
In June, the company revealed that it accepted a take-private proposal from AlbaCore Capital on behalf of its affiliate company MindMaze,...
Butterfly Network, maker of a handheld, smartphone-connected ultrasound system, reported a 3.8% drop in revenue in the second quarter of 2023 at $18.5 million compared to its Q2 revenue of $19.2 million in 2022.
Butterfly reported a net loss of $28.7 million for the period compared to a $35.8 million loss in Q2 2022. Adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (...
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