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Sword Health nabs $40M at $4B valuation, pushes IPO plans to at least 2028

techcrunch.com Marina Temkin 2025-09-10 13:58:33

Sword Health, an AI-powered digital health startup, has raised $40 million at a $4 billion valuation, a 33% jump from the $3 billion price tag it earned just a year ago. The funding was led by returning investor, General Catalyst. Even though 10-year-old Sword Health is cash-flow positive, its CEO and founder, Virgílio Bento, told TechCrunch that he opted to raise additional capital for two key reasons: to update the company’s valuation, and have funds readily available for strategic acquisitio

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Inside Samsung's Plan to Help Us Defy Aging with the Galaxy Watch

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-10 17:00:10

Samsung is pushing its Galaxy Watch beyond everyday health and fitness tracking and into the realm of preventive care with personalized wellness coaching and a new blood analysis feature that aims to help people fend off disease and support healthier aging. I spoke with Dr. Hon Pak, Samsung's senior vice president and head of digital health, to get a closer look at what's coming to the Galaxy Watch and how it could change how we think about wearables. "There's illness, there's cancer, and so ma

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Pain management startup Sword Health expands into mental health, raises $40 million

cnbc.com Ashley Capoot 2025-09-11 02:30:01

Sword Health, a startup focused on helping people deal with pain through digital services, is expanding into mental health and has raised additional capital to fuel its growth. The 10-year-old company is introducing Mind, which uses a combination of artificial intelligence, hardware and human mental health professionals to treat patients with mild depression and anxiety. Sword said Mind will help users access care whenever they need it, rather than during sporadic, hourlong appointments. "It's

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Your Kidneys Will Thank You for Adding These 13 Foods to Your Plate

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-11 01:55:04

You might not think about your kidneys often, but they're working hard 24/7 to keep you healthy. These two small organs filter waste, balance fluids and help regulate everything from blood pressure to red blood cell production. And according to the CDC, more than 1 in 7 U.S. adults already have chronic kidney disease, whether they know it or not. The good news? Supporting your kidneys doesn't have to mean overhauling your entire lifestyle. With a few smart dietary changes, you can help protect

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I Took a Quick Tour Through Longevity Culture. Here's What I Learned About Reverse Aging

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-12 09:35:18

I'm standing in a drafty room with several hundred people in London's Truman Brewery, all of us shaking our hands above our heads, woo-wooing our way to the end of another day at SXSW. I won't lie –– I'd hoped something like this would happen at some point during the week. Weird, offbeat moments such as this really separate a fun conference from a boring one. This particular moment is a mini taste of a "longevity rave" –– an event style that's popping up around the world, run by those who belie

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Samsung Gave Me an Inside Look at Its Plan to Help Us Age Better (One Galaxy Watch at a Time)

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-12 21:00:00

Samsung is pushing its Galaxy Watch beyond everyday health and fitness tracking and into the realm of preventive care with personalized wellness coaching and a new blood analysis feature that aims to help people fend off disease and support healthier aging. I spoke with Dr. Hon Pak, Samsung's senior vice president and head of digital health, to get a closer look at what's coming to the Galaxy Watch and how it could change how we think about wearables. "There's illness, there's cancer, and so ma

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AI as Your Therapist? 3 Things That Worry Experts and 3 Tips to Stay Safe

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-13 00:12:43

Amid the many AI chatbots and avatars at your disposal these days, you'll find all kinds of characters to talk to: fortune tellers, style advisers, even your favorite fictional characters. But you'll also likely find characters purporting to be therapists, psychologists or just bots willing to listen to your woes. There's no shortage of generative AI bots claiming to help with your mental health but you go that route at your own risk. Large language models trained on a wide range of data can be

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Computing’s Top 30: Tejas Padliya

computer.org Jasmine Ang 2025-09-13 20:00:51

Balancing technology and social good is tricky; doing it well requires both practical expertise and a compelling vision. For software engineer Tejas Padliya, alchemizing the two is the driving force in his work. Padliya’s expertise is in AI and digital health technologies. His vision? For AI to be both a tool and a catalyst for equitable, data-driven healthcare transformation. In conference presentations and elsewhere, Padliya conveys two powerful messages: Technology is about changing lives,

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Amazon reorganizes health-care business in latest bid to crack multitrillion-dollar market

cnbc.com Ashley Capoot Annie Palmer 2025-09-14 09:30:01

In this article AMZN Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT A One Medical clinic location is pictured in Emeryville, California on February 16, 2024. Loren Elliott | The Washington Post | Getty Images For the better part of a decade, Amazon has been trying to carve it's way into the U.S. health-care market, through billions of dollars worth of acquisitions, big-name hires and high-profile partnerships. It's been a slog at times, and the company's long-term strategy hasn't always been

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Here’s what food and drug regulation might look like under the Trump administration

technologyreview.com Jessica Hamzelou 2025-09-14 02:00:00

First, a bit of background. Makary, the current FDA commissioner, is a surgeon and was a professor of health policy at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. He initially voiced support for stay-at-home orders during the pandemic but later changed his mind. In February 2021, he incorrectly predicted that the US would “have herd immunity by April.” He has also been very critical of the FDA, writing in 2021 that its then leadership acted like “a crusty librarian” and that drug approvals were “

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Don't Skip the Benefits of Walking. A Personal Trainer Explains How to Boost Effects

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-14 17:00:06

The weather is warmer, and it's the perfect time to get outside and move your body. I'm not talking about going for a run. Trends like the "hot girl walk" have illuminated just how beneficial simply walking can be for your health. Depending on your speed, walking may not immediately trigger a workout on your fitness tracker, like jogging or climbing the stairs would. But that doesn't mean it's not exercise. A recent study in the journal Heart found that brisk walks were associated with a lower

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I wore the Whoop 5.0 for a month - it gave me the best of Oura Ring, Apple Watch, and more

zdnet.com Nina Raemont 2025-09-15 10:00:25

Nina Raemont/ZDNET Four years after the launch of the Whoop 4.0, Whoop finally launched two new health trackers, the Whoop 5.0 and the Whoop MG. last month. While Whoop is mainly considered a health tracker used by pro athletes and fitness enthusiasts, the launch of the new wearables caters to a more general, health-minded customer base willing to pay a high price for cutting-edge health tech. Also: Garmin unveils its Apple Ultra Watch 2 competitor, the Venu X1 The latest health bands track

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9 Hidden Apple Watch Health Features, According to a Doctor at Apple

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-17 17:53:03

If you own an Apple Watch, then you know just how small but mighty the wearable device can be. But are you aware of all the different ways this high-tech watch can assist you in monitoring and improving your health? To help you learn more about the not-so-obvious health features hidden on the Apple Watch that can support your heart health, fitness, sleep and more, we spoke with a doctor at Apple. 1. The Vitals app metrics Using overnight health metrics, the Vitals app can reveal much about you

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What's next for Oura Ring in personal health and fitness monitoring, according to CEO Tom Hale

cnbc.com Ian Thomas 2025-09-16 15:27:23

When the idea for the Oura Ring was first spawned in 2013, the company's founders envisioned a device that would take a precise look at sleep and recovery, two important aspects of overall health that they felt few wearable tools had prioritized to that point. Now, over a decade later, Oura's ambitions have evolved to transform healthcare and personal health, all while disrupting the growing wearables industry. "The vision for the future of Oura has to do with the doctor in your pocket," Oura

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Playhouse MD reimagines pediatric healthcare with play

venturebeat.com Dean Takahashi 2025-09-17 14:20:00

The two sisters running Playhouse MD are reimagining children’s healthcare through the transformative power of play. Sisters Sydney Wiseman, an award-winning toy creator, and Kaitlin Wiseman, a trusted family physician, are launching Playhouse MD. Sick days are never easy, for kids or their caregivers. From giving medicine to a squirming baby to battling midnight boogers, these small yet recurring tasks can feel huge and stressful. Playhouse MD was born from those very moments, designed to bri

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The latest Android 16 beta now lets you throttle your Pixel’s battery, charging

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-17 09:20:59

Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR The Android 16 QPR1 beta 2 update apparently brings the battery health assistance feature. This feature effectively throttles your charging speed and battery over time in the name of battery health. The feature also comes after numerous reports of battery issues affecting older Pixel phones. Google announced a battery health assistance feature alongside the Pixel 9a earlier this year. The feature effectively throttles your charging speed and battery over

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Protect Your Mane: The 10 Superfoods I'm Using to Prevent Hair Loss

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-17 16:00:00

I've known for years that there is a chance my hair will thin as I get older. Plenty of people lose their hair as they age, and it's likely I won't be exempt from it. However, that doesn't mean i'm going to sit down and wait for my hair to thin and disappear though. I've always loved my hair, even when I switch between growing it out a bit, or cutting it all off for a shorter look. When I started to look for ways to keep my hair healthy, I found vitamins that could help, but I wanted to do more

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Doctors and patients are calling for more telehealth. Where is it?

technologyreview.com Isabel Ruehl 2025-06-02 09:00:00

But doctors are generally allowed to practice medicine only where they have a license. This means they cannot treat patients across state lines unless they also have a license in the patient’s state, and most physicians have one or two licenses at most. This has led to what Ateev Mehrotra, a physician and professor of health policy at the Brown University School of Public Health, calls an “inane” norm: A woman with a rare cancer boarding an airplane, at the risk of her chemotherapy-weakened immu

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I finally found a smartwatch that captures the analog aesthetic, and it's feature-rich

zdnet.com Matthew Miller 2025-06-02 13:40:00

ZDNET's key takeaways The Withings Scanwatch Nova is available for pre-order now, starting at $599. It's an elegant smartwatch with a one-month battery, water resistance up to 10ATM, and various health-tracking metrics. A $10/month subscription is required for some advanced metrics, and the watch is only available in one 42mm diameter. $616.94 at Amazon Healthy heart monitoring starts with gathering your metrics, but making sense out of all the numbers is a whole different challenge. For the

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Experts Say These 6 Vitamins and Minerals Unlock Healthy Aging

cnet.com Lara Vukelich 2025-06-02 13:00:03

Throughout our lives, we get nearly all the vitamins and minerals we need from a balanced diet. However, that can change as we age because we're at an increased risk for low vitamin consumption, partly because our bodies can no longer effectively absorb certain nutrients. So if you're dealing with deficiencies, are on specific medications or have particular health conditions, your doctor may advise you to take certain supplements to make sure your body has all the nutrients it needs. These are

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US healthcare org pays $11M settlement over alleged cybersecurity lapses

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-06-02 11:47:21

Health Net Federal Services (HNFS) and its parent company, Centene Corporation, have agreed to pay $11,253,400 to settle allegations that HNFS falsely certified compliance with cybersecurity requirements under its Defense Health Agency (DHA) TRICARE contract. The U.S. government contracted HNFS to provide managed healthcare support services for TRICARE's North region, covering 22 states. The contract required compliance with cybersecurity standards, specifically 48 C.F.R. § 252.204-7012 and 51

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Oura's CEO wants its smart ring to be the doctor in your pocket

zdnet.com Nina Raemont 2025-06-02 17:30:00

ZDNET I've been wearing an Oura Ring for over a year. Whenever I'm asked about my thoughts on the device, I say that the Oura Ring is one of the few products that nearly always does exactly what it claims to do. The ring can predict when you're about to get sick, catch variations in your heart rate, provide an accurate list of ingredients to log after you take a photo of your breakfast, and document your physical and emotional stress in real time. I'll never forget how it captured my sky-high

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9 Best Smartwatches (2025): Apple, Wear OS, Hybrid & Kids' Watches

wired.com Julian Chokkattu 2025-06-02 16:33:00

Other Smartwatches to Consider The number of smartwatches on the market is staggering. I’ve tested models from Tag Heuer, Citizen, Montblanc, and many other fashion brands, but most of them are simply too expensive for what you get. Here are a few options I like. Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra Photograph: Julian Chokkattu Samsung's Galaxy Watch Ultra for $650: The 47-mm Galaxy Watch Ultra (7/10, WIRED Review) is the company's Apple Watch Ultra and Garmin competitor, and it's a solid first entry i

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Latest Tech News

Sword Health nabs $40M at $4B valuation, pushes IPO plans to at least 2028

Inside Samsung's Plan to Help Us Defy Aging with the Galaxy Watch

Pain management startup Sword Health expands into mental health, raises $40 million

Your Kidneys Will Thank You for Adding These 13 Foods to Your Plate

I Took a Quick Tour Through Longevity Culture. Here's What I Learned About Reverse Aging

Samsung Gave Me an Inside Look at Its Plan to Help Us Age Better (One Galaxy Watch at a Time)

AI as Your Therapist? 3 Things That Worry Experts and 3 Tips to Stay Safe

Computing’s Top 30: Tejas Padliya

Amazon reorganizes health-care business in latest bid to crack multitrillion-dollar market

Here’s what food and drug regulation might look like under the Trump administration

Don't Skip the Benefits of Walking. A Personal Trainer Explains How to Boost Effects

I wore the Whoop 5.0 for a month - it gave me the best of Oura Ring, Apple Watch, and more

9 Hidden Apple Watch Health Features, According to a Doctor at Apple

What's next for Oura Ring in personal health and fitness monitoring, according to CEO Tom Hale

Playhouse MD reimagines pediatric healthcare with play

The latest Android 16 beta now lets you throttle your Pixel’s battery, charging

Protect Your Mane: The 10 Superfoods I'm Using to Prevent Hair Loss

Doctors and patients are calling for more telehealth. Where is it?

I finally found a smartwatch that captures the analog aesthetic, and it's feature-rich

Experts Say These 6 Vitamins and Minerals Unlock Healthy Aging

US healthcare org pays $11M settlement over alleged cybersecurity lapses

Oura's CEO wants its smart ring to be the doctor in your pocket

9 Best Smartwatches (2025): Apple, Wear OS, Hybrid & Kids' Watches

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