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Filipe Toledo Gets the Barrel

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A surfer rides a wave in a legendary location. July 29, 2024, 3:11 PM ET Ben Thouard /AFP / Getty Nearly 10,000 miles away from the Games in Paris, the 2024 Olympic surfing events are taking place in Teahupo’o, on the French Polynesian Island of Tahiti, where 48 surfers from 21 nations are competing in ... Read More

Robotics company Clarapath raises $36M and more digital health fundings

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Medical-robotics company Clarapath announced it has secured $36 million in a Series B-1 funding round, bringing its total raise to $75 million.  Northwell Ventures led the round, with participation from new investors Ochsner Ventures, CU Healthcare Innovation Fund and Mayo Clinic. The New York-based company created SectionStar, an autonomous AI-enabled robotic tissue sectioning and transfer ... Read More

Anxiety Is Like Exercise – The Atlantic

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Imagine that you just got a bad job evaluation, or learned that your suspicious mole really might be cancer. Your heart races, your chest tightens, your mouth is cottony dry and your skin damp with sweat—all classic physical symptoms of anxiety. Unless you’re one of the Alex Honnolds of the world, the sensation of anxiety ... Read More

Olympics Photo of the Day: A Leap Through the Antlers

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Buda Mendes / Getty One of the best parts about the Olympics can be the creativity and variety found in the arenas and courses. For the 2024 equestrian cross-country course, designer Pierre Le Goupil took inspiration from the features and grounds of the Palace of Versailles, creating 28 decorative obstacles—including this fence shaped like a ... Read More

Olympics Photo of the Day: A Moment of Victory

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Fabrice Coffrini / AFP / Getty Fencers can be very demonstrative during matches, and the impact of participating in the Olympics seems to intensity the many reactions of all competitors. Today’s photos from Paris, on day one of the Games, captured so many faces full of raw emotion, and I felt that this was a ... Read More

Olympics Photo of the Day: A Towering Light Show

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François-Xavier Marit / AFP / Getty Following the Parade of Nations on the Seine River, athletes and spectators watch as lasers light up the sky around the Eiffel Tower, at the Trocadero venue, during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on July 26, 2024.

CoachCare raises $48M for RPM and virtual care monitoring platform

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Remote patient monitoring and virtual care company CoachCare secured a $48 million strategic growth investment. Integrity Growth Partners led the round with participation from Topmark Partners.  WHAT IT DOES CoachCare works with individual practices and hospital systems to provide a remote patient monitoring service for patients with acute and chronic conditions, and it offers connected ... Read More

Healthy Food Storage Options (Without Plastic!)

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For a health-conscious family, it’s important to prioritize healthy food storage. Since we work hard to buy and prepare whole, organic foods as much as possible, we can’t overlook our food storage containers. Gone are the days of using Tupperware to store food.  While plastic seems to be a convenient and inexpensive option, it’s not ... Read More

Walmart, MISTR will provide free, at-home HIV testing kits in Georgia

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Retail giant Walmart and MISTR, a telemedicine provider offering free online STI testing, PrEP, DoxyPEP and long-term HIV care, have launched a pilot program offering free at-home HIV testing kits to customers from seven Walmart stores in Georgia. The tests require a finger prick. Step-by-step instructions and an instructional video are included in each kit ... Read More