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7WireVentures Launches $150M Connected Consumer Health Fund
What You Should Know:
– Digital health venture capital firm 7WireVentures today announced it has closed a $150M Connected Consumer Health Fund to invest in early-stage digital health businesses that empower an Informed Connected Healthcare Consumer.
– In addition to the fund, 7WireVentures announced the addition of new healthcare organizations to the Connected Consumer Health Coalition, a partnership of top health plans, health systems, employers, and life science organizations. Select members of the coalition include Florida Blue, Atlantic Health, Boeing, and Wellforce, among others. These organizations will be joined by existing Coalition members such as Cigna, Rush University Medical Center, Memorial Hermann Health System, Spectrum Health, and more.
Posted5/19/2021 6:00 AM
There are few greater sacrifices than serving your country. It is a sacrifice that means spending months, or even years, away from family, which can take an emotional and even financial toll. That s where SALUTE, INC. comes in.
SALUTE, INC. was founded in 2003 by Will and Mary Beth Beiersdorf. Will, a Naval reservist, was deployed to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, shortly after 9/11. He was there for 13 months, leaving Mary Beth and his kids behind do deal with the many unknowns that come with service. They were able to get by thanks to family and friends.
They wanted to extend that same helping hand by creating SALUTE, INC., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that provides financial support through fundraisers.
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As we head toward better times in terms of winning the battle against the coronavirus disease we should not lose sight of the importance of addressing the ongoing issue of Alzheimer’s disease and dementia in the older population.
A focus on diet was addressed in a prior column and is being reiterated here due to the ongoing importance of this disease.
Consuming a nutritious diet can play an important role as part of a many-faceted approach to address Alzheimer’s disease.
Unlike other risk factors for Alzheimer’s that we can’t change, such as age and genetics, people can control lifestyle choices such as diet, exercise and cognitive training.
May 16, 2021
Ultrasound-based renal denervation (Paradise; ReCor Medical) significantly lowers systolic blood pressure when compared with a sham procedure in patients with resistant hypertension treated on a background of antihypertensive therapy, the RADIANCE-HTN TRIO shows.
Renal denervation reduced daytime ambulatory systolic blood pressure by 8.0 mm Hg compared with a 3.0-mm Hg reduction observed in patients treated with the sham procedure, a median between-group difference of 4.5 mm Hg (
P = 0.02). Additionally, there were significant between-group reductions in 24-hour ambulatory systolic blood pressure, nighttime ambulatory systolic blood pressure, and office- and home-based systolic blood pressure.
“I don’t want to be perceived as overselling anything, but sham-controlled controls are great for determining if there is an effect or not,” senior investigator Ajay Kirtane, MD (NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY), told TCT