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Google’s head of mental health and wellbeing was laid off after 15 years working for the company. Kristin Maczko said it had been her “dream role,” and that many people on her team were let go. Current and former Google staff say they can’t find the rationale behind the layoffs. … Source link

Claire Barrow, left, pictured with her mother, Heather Barrow, and Mia have found others with the same rare health conditions thanks to social media. (Courtesy of Claire and Heather Barrow and Mia) Thanks to social media, a growing number of people have found that health conditions they were once told were rare aren’t that uncommon after all. One such person is 39-year-old Mia, who posted on TikTok about experiencing painful Bartholin’s cysts. In a video that’s been liked nearly 53,000 times,… Source link

Demonstrators at the Justice for Asian Women Rally in Times Square. (Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images) Over 200 cities, counties and leaders across the country have declared racism a public health crisis. According to experts, decades of systemic racism continue to negatively impact the overall health of people of color. Most recently, the Board of Supervisors in Orange County, Calif., declared racism a public health crisis last month. The county saw hate crimes increase by… Source link

Just about every major health and fitness category is covered, including activity, sleep, nutrition, body measurements, and vital statistics like blood pressure and heart rate. Users get full control over which categories of data are pooled and which aren’t, and everything is stored locally on their devices (rather than in the cloud) and encrypted for additional security. Using Google Health Connect Apps can be set to take priority over others. Google via David Nield Get the beta Health… Source link

Subscribe to the Yahoo Fantasy Football Forecast Matt Harmon is joined by Andy Behrens and Dalton Del Don to preview all of the week 14 games in the NFL with an eye towards fantasy football. They kick off the show with an appreciation of Jalen Hurts, who has been so good this season that he and Patrick Mahomes might screw up the Offensive Player of the Year award, and slightly less appreciation for Daniel Jones. The Jets upset the Bills with Zach Wilson as their QB, so why are the Bills so… Source link

Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Google’s health division has inked its first commercial agreement to use its mammography AI research model in real-world clinical practice, with the goal of… Source link

Uber Health (UBER), a subsidy of the popular ride-sharing app, has seen growing demand for services as it continues its foray into the $4 trillion health-care industry. Global Head of Uber Health Caitlin Donovan said there is especially growing interest in delivery services for specialized meals and medical devices. When it launched in 2018, it was primarily for patient ride services. “We’re thinking about how to choose the right partners to be able to do that at scale, because there is such a… Source link

Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Google is continuing to explore a consumer-facing health record, more than a year after first launching a user feedback program, according to Chief Health Officer Karen… Source link

Google Cloud is relentless in its efforts to transform healthcare. This week, at one of the world’s largest healthcare innovation conferences, HLTH, the organization announced yet another step forward: the launch of three new Healthcare Data Engine (HDE) accelerators which will aim to address pertinent issues that plague healthcare delivery. The overarching goal of these accelerators will be to utilize Google Cloud’s powerful platform to increase healthcare data accessibility,… Source link

Google announced today that its Health Connect app is now available in beta on the Play Store. Health Connect is designed to centralize access to health and fitness data from various eligible apps. Today, more than 10 health and fitness apps are launching integrations with Health Connect, including MyFitnessPal, Oura and Peloton. The app syncs health and fitness data from eligible platforms and allows other apps to gain access to this data with their consent, while… Source link