Rock Weekly: Digital health goes prime time
April 1, 2013
Digital health made prime time for the second week in a row with Eric Topol appearing on the Colbert Report showing off Rock Health’s own Cellscope. This was on the heels of Leslie Saxon’s appearance on CNN with Sanjay Gupta to sing the praises of wireless health.
We also released our Q1 Digital Health Funding Update.
Headlines
Huge Cancer Study Uncovers 74 Genetic Risk Factors
Nature
The Web Cam Will See You Now
The Economist
Americans Know Less About Obamacare Now Than They Did Three Years Ago
WBUR
Social Media Use Isn’t Healthy Enough
Wall Street Journal
Social Codes: Sharing Your Genes Online
Wired
iPhones Now Turned Into Functional Hearing Aids
Medgadget
Funding & Acquisitions
Integrity Applications Raises $7.5M For Noninvasive Glucose Monitor
SEC
Bina Technologies Raises $6.25M For Genomic Interpretation and Insights
TechCrunch
Sensiotec Raises $1M for Contactless Patient Monitoring
MobiHealthNews