Big moves from unsatisfied stakeholders
We’ve seen big moves lately from major stakeholders rightly unsatisfied with the healthcare status quo—from hospital-run drug companies to employer consortiums. Now our friend Andy Slavitt has united industry heavyweights for a nonpartisan effort dubbed United States of Care to push health innovation policy—without the politics.
And our own Virta, a full-stack company supplanting traditional diabetes care, just released one-year data from its ongoing clinical trial showing 60% of study patients reversed their type 2 diabetes with the average participant losing 12% of their body weight. Read the rest of the findings here.
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The Diseases We Aren't Curing And Why
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Study: Virta's Monitoring App Plus Low-Carb Diet Reverses Diabetes Progression
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Joey and his mother Molly chronicle their journey with her dementia.