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After the devastating tragedies of recent weeks, please take a minute to hug each other.
With that, here are three things we’d like to share with you:
- Meet Garen Wintemute, a doctor who has poured $1.3M into studying gun violence after the CDC stopped funding similar research over 20 years ago.
- While most people with mental illness are not violent and most gun violence is attributed to other factors, 11-22% of mass gun violence is associated with mental illness—and Congress is on the verge of passing a landmark mental health bill.
- Gun violence hurts everyone. Meet some of its less apparent victims.
Headlines
Obama Seeks To Make His Mark On Genetic Medicine
Tweet | Forbes
Apple Urges Organ Donation Via New iPhone Software
Tweet | LA Times
Playing PokeMon Go Is Helping People With Mental Health Issues Feel Better
Tweet | Buzzfeed
Why Dieters Flock To Instagram
Tweet | The New York Times
Google Tries To Spot Eye Conditions With Artificial Intelligence
Tweet | Bloomberg
Mobile Apps: Consumers Want Health Plans To Keep It Simple
Tweet | FierceHealthcare
An Idea That Shouldn’t Be Radical: There Can Be Joy In Medicine
Tweet | STAT
Rock Health in the News
Wearables Want To Track Your Stress—But It's Really Hard To Do (Spire)
Tweet | BuzzFeed
Lower Income Americans Getting Digital Health Too (Omada)
Tweet | CNN
Funding
| Company | Amt | Investors | Source |
| 3Scan | $14M | Undisclosed | MedCity News |
| Ortho Kinematics | $4.2M | Undisclosed | VentureDeal |
| FORCE Therapeutics | $2.6M | Angels | MobiHealthNews |
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