Can Pickleball Save America? The sport, beloved for its democratic spirit, could unite the country-if it doesn’t divide itself first. Save this story for later. Save this story for later. As in politics, a few famous families dominate pickleball, the fastest-growing sport in America. One is the Johnsons, of Florida. Read More from the Global Wellness News ™
Swiss fertility-tracking platform Ava gets acquired by FemTec Health
Ava gets acquired by FemTec Health The medtech Zurich-based startup advancing women’s health announced being acquired by Houston-based FemTech Health. Ava is a Venture Kick, Venture Leaders Technology, and China alumni and was elected among the TOP 100 Swiss Startup Award 5 years in a row. Read More from the Global Wellness News ™
Accessible travel: One billion people globally have a disability; innovative travel companies are developing new ways to cater to all journeys
Accessible travel One billion people around the world have some sort of disability, according to the World Health Organization. Wunderman Thompson Data finds that 89% of people globally think that businesses need to design physical environments so that they are accessible to all. Read More from the Global Wellness News ™
Stimulating the vagus nerve is the new medical miracle: It can relieve arthritis, Crohn’s disease and other inflammatory conditions (And you can bet treatments will rise in the wellness world)
Opinion | Electricity Is the New Medical Miracle Kelly Owens was a medical mystery, her teens and 20s blighted by a cascade of seemingly unrelated health problems that left her debilitated. For a decade and a half she was put on one medication after another-22 in all-to little effect. Then electricity saved her. Read More from the Global Wellness News ™
India-based Kindly makes hormonal health care more approachable (They combine at-home diagnostic testing, telehealth consultations and supplements–and just raised $3.25M)
Kindly makes hormonal health care more approachable Hormonal healthcare can be intimidating, as it touches on the most intimate parts of our lives. Kindly wants to make it accessible to more people, with a combination of at-home diagnostic tests (including semen tests and tests for polycystic ovary syndrome), telehealth consultations and supplements.Hormonal healthcare can be intimidating, as it touches on the most intimate parts of…
New clinical wellness resort brand Tulah to debut in India, following 100M+ investment
New clinical wellness resort brand to debut in India, following 8bn rupee investment | spabusiness.com news Kerala, India, has been selected as the location for the first-ever Tulah property – the brand new clinical wellness brand spearheaded by UAE-based KEF Holdings (KEF)*. The brand’s inaugural facility will open in Chelembra as a 30-acre facility offering a comprehensive healthcare programme that provides access to clinical wellness,…
Peloton competitor Tonal cuts 35% of workforce as it prepares for possible recession, IPO
Peloton competitor Tonal cuts 35% of workforce as it prepares for possible recession, IPO Tonal, the connected fitness equipment maker that counts tennis superstar Serena Williams and Amazon’s Alexa fund as backers, is cutting 35% of its workforce, affecting all levels of its business, CNBC has learned. The company employs about 750 people today, compared with a little more than 110 before the Covid-19 pandemic,…
Omorpho hopes to begin a new era of sportswear with their innovative micro-weighted fitness apparel (They just raised $6M for total funding of $13M)
Omorpho Hopes to Begin a New Era of Sportswear With Their Innovative Micro-Weighted Fitness Apparel Some people run with the weight of the world on their backs. Omorpho wants you to run with the weight of world all over your torso. The term is “gravity sportswear,” and Omorpho’s over-arching premise is that wearing micro-weighted apparel, evenly and anatomically distributed over the body, will reinvent training…
Arise raises over $4m to build inclusive eating disorder treatment and mental health platform
Healthtech startup Arise raises over $4m to build inclusive eating disorder treatment and mental health support Arise, the digital healthcare company enabling comprehensive care for eating disorders, mental health, and long-term healing, has launched after raising over $4 million in a seed funding round. Arise is building a virtual-first care model to reach and engage more of the 30 million Americans who will experience an…
Investors see far out profits in psychedelic medicine
Investors See Far Out Profits in Psychedelic Medicine It’s been a long strange trip for Brom Rector to become one of the few venture capitalists investing exclusively in psychedelic medicine. The 31-year-old has been experimenting with drugs like LSD for a decade but he never imagined he could turn that interest into a career. Read More from the Global Wellness News ™