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Opinion: Banning teens from social media won’t help their mental health. Here’s what might

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surgeon general’s 2023 advisory on social media and teen mental health, public concern has skyrocketed around adolescents’ digital lives. Major news organizations and even state governments have pinned social media apps as addictive , dangerous, and the cause of the youth mental health crisis. Since the U.S.

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Opinion: Americans are obsessed with health and fitness tracking. It’s time for a data diet

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Turn on your TV or open a web browser this January, and you’ll be bombarded with ads for fitness trackers, smart scales, health apps, and other digital innovations promising to streamline your journey to a happier and healthier you.

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STAT+: Once bullish on digital health, Orexo hits a wall on reimbursement

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After several quarters of promising to deliver concrete progress on key digital therapeutics projects, Swedish pharmaceutical company Orexo on Thursday reported the somber news that its efforts remained stalled. Orexo, which made almost all of its $60 million in 2022 revenues from U.S. Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

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Health tech investor Glen Tullman launches 62 Ventures, a new $100 million fund

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First the news: Glen Tullman, currently the CEO Transcarent , has a  new, roughly $100 million venture fund,  called  62 Ventures.     The plan, he told me, is to use the new fund to invest in startups that fall outside the strict digital health focus of his well-known fund 7wireVentures.

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HLTH23, Day 1: Startups, providers, payers and retail giants flock to Vegas

Fierce Healthcare

LAS VEGAS—The HLTH 2023 conference kicked off Sunday expecting to draw up to 10,000 attendees from across the industry to plot the future of digital health innovation. | The latest news and updates from the HLTH 2023 conference: Uber and Optum team up to simplify access to Medicare Advantage supplemental benefits.

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Watch DSN: How digital tools are transforming pharmacists into stewards of community health

Drug Store News

Drug Store News interviewed Brian Owens, Senior Vice President, Commerce Strategy VMLY&R, about how pharmacists can use digital tools to reach more patients to promote healthy behaviors, improve health outcomes and increase the paths of purchase to O

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STAT+: Former Pear Therapeutics executives start new VC firm, with biotech veteran Bob Langer as adviser

STAT

Executives from the shuttered digital health company Pear Therapeutics are launching a new VC firm, offering early access to new startups formed by serial biotech entrepreneur Bob Langer. Former Pear CEO Corey McCann and former licensing head Michael Langer formed the new firm, T.rx