Simple Habit launches out of Y Combinator to be the Netflix of meditation

 Simple Habit, the Netflix for meditation and mindfulness, is today launching publicly out of Y Combinator.…

Doppler Labs’ launches hearing health campaign as Congress pushes for OTC hearing aids

 Doppler Labs, makers of the Here One live audio tuning system, are today announcing a new…

Qualcomm’s Tricorder XPRIZE is down to two finalists

 A bit of a mutual admiration society has developed between the two finalists in Qualcomm’s $10…

Google Ventures-backed Clear Labs gets $13 million in Series B to nip food recalls in the bud

 Clear Labs, a genomic data platform hoping to stop E-coli outbreaks in your favorite burrito chain…

Vida Health, the app that pairs patients with health coaches, nabs $18 million more from investors

 Vida Health, a two-year-old, Palo Alto, Ca.-based subscription-based app that pairs patients with health coaches, has…

Johnson & Johnson and HAX team to foster health device hardware development

 Johnson & Johnson, of BAND-AID and Tylenol (and about half the inventory at your local drugstore)…

The Surgeon General calls youth e-cigarette smoking ‘unsafe’

 A statement issued by the Surgeon General of the United States on youth e-cigarette use this…

This ‘artificial iris’ is like a pair of programmable shades in contact lens form

 Smart contact lenses have been the stuff of science fiction for a long time, but as…