Rock Weekly: DNA on Mars, Facebook and STDs, & Health and the 2012 Election

October 22nd, 2012

Rocktober has been an exciting month, and we haven’t even revealed our next class of startups. Stay tuned for that announcement, coming in the next week. In the meantime, if you’re feeling the pre-winter blues, you may want to take a cue from Iceland and this recent study out of OSU.

For the rest of you happy campers, here’s a generous helping of digital health news.

Headlines

Peeling Away Health Care’s Sticker Shock
Wired

Genome Hunters Go After Martian DNA
Technology Review

Study: Facebook Can Reduce the Spread of STDs
Forbes

Boosting Healthcare IT’s IQ — More Spock, Less Gomer
Wired

Weighing The Impact Of Health Issues On Campaign 2012 [VIDEO]
Kaiser Health News

Do Vitamins Prevent Cancer? The Answer Will Give You Whiplash
Forbes

Get Up. Get Out. Don’t Sit.
New York Times

 

Rock Health in the News

Rock Health Breaks Down Health Care’s Hierarchy Startup-Style
Fast Company

Startup Aims to Help Pharmas Find the Right People for Alzheimer’s Disease Drug Trials
MedCity News

 

Funding & Acquisitions

AirStrip Scores $10M Investment
MobiHealthNews

Healthrageous Lands $6.5M For Chronic Disease Management
TechCrunch

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