AliveCor unveils an AI stroke prevention platform, inks $30 million from Omron and the Mayo Clinic

 Medtech startup AliveCor announced this morning it has pulled in $30 million from Omron Healthcare and…

Smart diabetes management service Livongo Health raises $52.5M and looks to new markets

 Glen Tullman doesn’t like it when someone tells him he’s sick when he’s feeling fine. It’s something…

Seriously, this skull-drilling robot is good news for humanity

 When someone invents a robot specifically made to drill into the skulls of unconscious, immobile humans,…

Bill Maris’s next gig after GV is a $100 million health and biotech fund

 It was happening, then it wasn’t — but now it seems Bill Maris’s venture fund might actually be more than vaporware. Maris,…

CRISPR pioneer Jennifer Doudna shines hope on the future of genetic modification at SXSW

 Jennifer Doudna, co-inventor of CRISPR Cas9 technology, or the ability to program genes using a special…

DeepMind says no quick fix for verifying health data access

 Why should you trust an advertising giant with the most sensitive personal data you possess: aka…

Buoy hopes to fight fake online health news with an artificially intelligent app

 Nearly every time I go to WebMD’s symptom checker it somehow leads to telling me I…

With $37 million in funding, health startup Virta aims to cure type 2 diabetes by watching what you eat

 Type 2 diabetes is a disease affecting 415 million people globally and Virta, a Silicon Valley-based…