Could a Blood Test Predict if You’ll Get Alzheimer’s?

In the brain, Alzheimer’s is characterized by two proteins, amyloid beta and tau, that become dysfunctional, forming plaques ...
The Debrief

Forget Coffee and Energy Drinks: Experiments with Esports Athletes Reveal Caffeine-Free Beverage that Increases Concentration and Stamina

Experiments with esports players show this non-caffeinated drink combats mental fatigue in a different way than coffee and ...
clinicaladvisor.com

Lung Disease in the Black Community: How Race Influences Pulmonary Function Testing

Credit: Getty Images A pulmonologist discusses the history and influence of race-based reference equations in pulmonary function testing interpretation and patient care. Pulmonary function testing ...
Daily Mail

Moment drunken driving instructor is rumbled at the wheel of his test car - after police find him crashed into bushes in the middle of a ditch

This is the moment a drunken driving instructor was caught on camera after he crashed his car into a ditch on the way to a lesson. Timothy Howells, from Carmarthenshire, 54, was on his way to collect ...
Health.com

What To Expect During a Liver Function Blood Test

Jay N. Yepuri, MD, MS, FACG, is a board-certified gastroenterologist and member of the Digestive Health Associates of Texas Board of Directors and Executive Committee. A liver function test checks how ...
The New York Times

The Rise of the Self-Serve Blood Test

The start-up Function will send practically anyone to a lab for extensive medical testing, no physical required. Is that a good thing? By Kristen V. Brown As Kimberly Crisp approached middle age, ...
Forbes

Function Health’s $2.5 Billion Bet And Are Blood Testing Startups Sustainable

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I’m a founder, writer and lecturer focusing on VC funds. BEIJING, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 24: A technician works in a lab at Sinovac ...
TechCrunch

Function Health raises $298M Series B at $2.5B valuation

From electronic health records and blood tests to the stream of data from wearable devices, the amount of health information people generate is accelerating rapidly. Yet, many users struggle to ...
MedCity News

Function Health Hits $2.5B Valuation With $298M Series B

Function Health — the platform that gives subscribers access to more than 160 different lab tests — closed a $298 million Series B funding round on Wednesday, bringing the startup’s valuation to $2.5 ...
STAT

Wellness startup Function Health raises $300 million as consumer lab testing picks up steam

Mario Aguilar covers technology in health care, including artificial intelligence, virtual reality, wearable devices, telehealth, and digital therapeutics. His stories explore how tech is changing the ...
MIT Technology Review

The Download: how AI really works, and phasing out animal testing

This is today's edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology. OpenAI’s new LLM exposes the secrets of how AI really works ...