Turn Your Head and Cough Up the Equity
We got you to share vacation photos and cute emojis. So is there any reason we can’t eradicate your health problems? We’re about to find out. Tech VCs are pouring billions into health-related technologies; giving new hope to an old-school industry, while raising fears “that pseudoscience is being confused with innovation.” (Don’t worry. That’s what they said about SnapChat.) From WaPo: There’s a new sheriff in town in Silicon Valley — the FDA.
+ At the intersection of tech and health, the NYT reports that British doctors are getting behind e-cigarettes, “saying they are the best hope in generations for people addicted to tobacco cigarettes to quit.” US doctors are not amused.
+ FastCo: Why so many doctors are advising startups.