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Lori Zimmer, ecouterre.com Photo by Lori Zimmer for EcouterreWith a belief that fragrances should not be fake, Juniper Ridge is the world’s only wild fragrance company. Each of Juniper Ridge’s products are made by harvesting plants, bark, moss, mushrooms and tree trimmings… http://flip.it/KhAUe Juniper Ridge’s Wild-Harvested Fragrances Capture Nature in a Bottle Related articles New…
This anti-aging brain trust is the most interesting startup in Silicon Valley Christina Farr, venturebeat.com In September, Google chief executive Larry Page announced his latest “moonshot,” a mysterious new venture to extend the human life span. We don’t know much yet about the initiative, dubbed Calico, but Page revealed in a blog post th… Related…
3 Life Sciences Companies That Are Built to Last Luke Timmerman, xconomy.com Luke TimmermanLots of biotech companies today say they want to be great for a long, long time. But which of today’s companies are actually doing it? Which ones are truly visionary, and built to last?These questions have been on my mind sinc… Related…
Tapping Medical Marijuana’s For Sleep Apnea NYTimes.com Related articles Doctor, patient frustrated by DHHS denial of medical pot prescription for Tourette syndrome (bangordailynews.com)
In The Hospital Of The Future, Big Data Is One Of Your Doctors fastcoexist.com From our genomes to Jawbones, the amount of data about health is exploding. Bringing on top Silicon Valley talent, one NYC hospital is preparing for a future where it can analyze and predict its patients’ health needs—and maybe change our… http://flip.it/CftJ7…
What Really Drove 23andMe And The FDA Apart BY ROBERT SAFIAN, fastcompany.com Is getting a $99 DNA test really hazardous to your health? Our editor-in-chief decodes an innovation dustup. When we put 23andMe CEO Anne Wojcicki on the cover of Fast Company’s November issue, we didn’t expect the FDA to yank the compan… http://flip.it/UoyAS Related…
Soylent Meets Whole Foods: Ambro Is An Organic, High-End Meal Replacement Shake fastcoexist.com The buzzy liquid meal substitute market just got more crowded with a crunchy new entry made of natural ingredients instead of chemical powders. Drink up! If all the hype around food replacement startup Soylent is to be believed, there is a la……
Jawbone Tracked Hundreds Of Thousands Of Up Users To Find The Most Sleep-Deprived States BY REBECCA GREENFIELD, fastcompany.com Jawbone anonymized sleep data from Up wearers and discovered some interesting trends about how we as a country snooze. For one, they do it better in Colorado (blame the weed?). You’d think that people would have some…
The Surfing Solution: How Seawater Can Help Treat Cystic Fybrosis Ariel Ramchandani, wired.com Cystic fibrosis, it turns out, doesn’t like salt water. Inhaling it rehydrates the airways, allowing mucus to flow more easily and be dislodged by coughing. Patients have used saline nebulizers to achieve this effect for years, and new units are … http://flip.it/Id2qW…
Is Your Pee The Right Color? [Infographic] By Kelsey D. Atherton, popsci.com Several times a day, human bodies release a stream of data about internal health. Unfortunately, the data comes analog, and so isn’t immediately accessible as useful information. Now an infographic from the Cleveland Clinic off… http://flip.it/IfZGH Related articles Is Your Pee The Right…
Software Scans Journal Papers, Finds 1 In 4 Have Suspicious Images By Francie Diep, popsci.com Italian biologist Enrico Bucci originally developed his startup’s software to make scientists’ lives easier. The software is a search engine that automatically pulls images from published scientific papers. Say you’re study… http://flip.it/kf1lf
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