Joshua Primo is out in San Antonio. The Spurs announced on Friday night that they had waived Primo, who they used the No. 12 overall pick on in last year’s draft. “It is our hope that, in the long run, this decision will serve the best interest of both the organization and Joshua,” Spurs CEO RC Buford said in a brief statement. The Spurs did not elaborate on why they opted to waive Primo — who, now 19, was the youngest player selected in the 2021 draft. Spurs coach Gregg Popovich quickly shut… Source link
Read More »Google’s hospital play & Optum’s health data shakeup
You’re reading the web edition of STAT Health Tech, our guide to how tech is transforming the life sciences. Sign up to get this newsletter delivered in your inbox every Tuesday and Thursday.Google’s wearables plan takes shape If you’ve been wondering how the tech titan planned to blend Fitbit with its analytics business, Mario’s got you covered. Google Cloud and Fitbit are unrolling a new service they think could help hospitals gather and crunch data from wearables and… Source link
Read More »Joel Embiid, Doc Rivers didn’t help mental health struggles
Simmons: Embiid, Rivers didn’t help mental health struggles originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia Enigmatic former Sixers star Ben Simmons appeared on JJ Redick’s podcast Thursday and finally spoke candidly about basically every hot-button topic that popped up around him since June 2021. One of the main points of contention for Sixers fans was the way he dealt with the summer following their series-long meltdown to the Hawks in the 2021 postseason and his apparent disconnect from the… Source link
Read More »Saudi filmmakers highlight vital mental health issues on-screen
RIYADH: Mental health is still often considered a taboo subject in the region and across the world, with explanations ranging from the superstitious to the criminal, but it is now being highlighted and normalized by Saudi filmmakers with their movies and television shows. In her most recent work, Saudi writer, director, and actress Sarah Taibah packs a collection of laughs, empathy, and thought-provoking elements into the TV series “Jameel Jeddan.” The show is a coming-of-age story… Source link
Read More »Google’s Health Equity Summit highlights YouTube project, expands healthcare search options
The news: Google announced several projects aimed at addressing health equity at its Health Equity Summit. We detail 3 key announcements below: 1. YouTube-powered health education YouTube Health is developing a video series called THE-IQ with the Kaiser Family Foundation to address health equity in mental health, maternal health, and healthcare access. It will launch in November. The Loveland Foundation will create a video on mental health access for Black women and girls. Meanwhile,… Source link
Read More »Google will label which health clinics provide abortions
Google will start labeling which health clinics or hospitals provide abortions when users search for reproductive care online or in maps, the California-based company announced this week. The increase in information that the search engine plans to display for users comes after lawmakers criticized the company for featuring anti-abortion clinics — also known as crisis pregnancy centers — when people search for abortion clinics. When users search in Google, the results will now display a… Source link
Read More »Elanco Animal Health (NYSE:ELAN) shareholders are up 3.3% this past week, but still in the red over the last year
It’s easy to match the overall market return by buying an index fund. Active investors aim to buy stocks that vastly outperform the market – but in the process, they risk under-performance. That downside risk was realized by Elanco Animal Health Incorporated (NYSE:ELAN) shareholders over the last year, as the share price declined 35%. That falls noticeably short of the market decline of around 8.9%. To make matters worse, the returns over three years have also been really disappointing (the… Source link
Read More »Back from mental health break, Danny Garcia back to his ‘old self’ and hungry for another world title
More than a third of Danny Garcia’s 39 professional bouts have been against men who at some point in their career held a world championship (in one case, an interim world title). He’s gone 12-3 in those fights with four knockouts, evidence that this is a guy who wasn’t appreciated enough during his prime. Garcia never got the truly huge fight against either Floyd Mayweather or Manny Pacquiao, but his résumé is a road map of the best 140- and 147-pounders of the last decade. He was one… Source link
Read More »Why Amazon’s acquiring this health care company for $3.9 billion
Amazon (AMZN) announced today that it would acquire subscription health care provider One Medical for $3.9 billion. The deal marks one of Amazon’s most high-profile pushes into health care to date. So, why One Medical? To start, One Medical — which was founded in 2007 and focuses on so-called concierge primary care — was on the market. The company had reportedly been fielding takeover interest from giants like CVS (CVS). One Medical’s $199 annual subscription offers 24/7 access to… Source link
Read More »Google scores a major cloud deal with Northwell Health – STAT
You’re reading the web edition of STAT Health Tech, our guide to how tech is transforming the life sciences. Sign up to get this newsletter delivered in your inbox every Tuesday and Thursday. Shaping the future of brain-computer interfaces How do you live with something implanted in your brain? Can you shower the same as before? What happens to data the device generates? For many people who receive a brain-computer interface, they don’t know the answers to these and other questions… Source link
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