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Senior Caregiving Startup Papa: “Hanging Out & Helping Out” Backed by Health Plans & $91M in Funding

Health Tech Jun 22, 2021• By JESSICA DaMASSA, WTF HEALTH Since it was founded in 2017, “family-on-demand” senior care startup Papa has raised a whopping $ 91M from a veritable who’s who of health innovation investors. How has this startup that matches “authentically nice people” up with seniors to “help out and hang out” convinced… Read More »

Apple unveils new health features aimed at patient-doctor data exchange

Dive Brief: Apple on Monday unveiled new health features for its devices, including a health record tool aimed at making it easier for users to share health information with their doctors and others. In the Apple health app, users can now choose which contacts, including physicians, friends and family members, can access their protected health information, such… Read More »

Paleo diet dental health

Each time you swallow, whatever is in your mouth enters your digestive tract. For example, if a mother has a high Vitamin D intake during pregnancy, her baby will be at a lower risk of developing cavities. The bacteria in question is called streptococcus mutans — and it started growing exponentially when agriculture was born.… Read More »