Mark Zuckerberg And Priscilla Chan Want to Basically End Disease By 2100
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is investing $3 billion to search for breakthroughs and to develop tools to tackle the most common diseases.
This Algorithm Accidentally Predicted Which Hospital Patients Were Most Likely To Die
The algorithm didn’t work the way it was supposed to. But it ended up having a more powerful potential: telling doctors who their sickest patients were.
Can This Man Beat FanDuel And DraftKings At Their Own Game?
Las Vegas legend Vic Salerno wants to reinvent daily fantasy sports by playing by the rules. But in a fast-changing, hard-charging, Wild West of an industry, will that be enough?
The New Apple Watch Is All About Fitness
The Watch can still do a little bit of everything, but Apple is doubling down on features that fitness fanatics will love.
Apple Is Getting Stricter About Health Apps
Apple's new message for iOS developers: "If your app behaves in a way that risks physical harm, we may reject it."
These Lucky Employees Get Three-Day Weekends All The Time
Four-day workweeks have been shown to boost productivity, not to mention happiness. So why don’t we have them all the time?
Fitbit's Newest Activity-Trackers Are Here
The Charge HR and Flex are getting an overhaul with sleek new designs and features for exercise fanatics. And yes, one of them is (finally) waterproof.
This Guy Swallowed Parasitic Worms On Purpose — Then Became A Published Scientist
Sean Ahrens, who has tried just about every treatment for Crohn’s disease, ingested parasitic worm eggs as a last resort — and just wrote about it for a prestigious medical journal.
Ex-Googlers Just Raised $42 Million To Take Care Of Your Parents
Honor, a startup that connects caregivers with older adults living at home, is growing and moving closer to the health care realm.
Alphabet Wants To Fight Disease By Altering Your Body’s Electricity
Verily Life Sciences, Google's former life sciences division, is teaming up with GlaxoSmithKline, one of the world's biggest pharmaceutical companies, to form a new company dedicated to the emerging field of "bioelectronics."
What You Don’t Know About Your Medical Records Could Hurt You
The United States has poured billions into digitizing medical records in the hopes of making them safer. But this new tech has problems of its own.
These People Like To Chill At 200 Degrees Below Zero
Biohackers are making like human popsicles as part of a hot (er, cold) new trend called whole-body cryotherapy. But the FDA is wary.
The Meatless Burgers Of The Future Have Arrived
Gird your loins.
Scientists Are Really Using Fitbits To Study Health
The wearables giant says researchers have conducted more than 200 studies based on more than 2 billion minutes of Fitbit data.
Your Fitbit Could Help You Get Pregnant — Here's How
Hit your step goals, make a baby?
We Have The Receipts: People Exercised Way More After Pokémon Go
Catch 'em all, break your activity tracker.
This Startup Wants To Take The Mystery Out Of Your Medical Bill
Confused by how much a visit to the doctor will actually cost you? A new website aims to tell you what you might actually pay at the doctor's office.
Wearables Want To Track Your Stress — But It’s Really Hard To Do
Measuring stress, one of the hottest trends in quantified mindfulness, is much more challenging than it sounds.
Google Fit Has A Brand-New Look
Attention fitness-tracking fanatics.
Here's Why Apple Is Bringing Meditation To Your Wrist
Breathe, an app coming soon to the Apple Watch, is designed to help you chill out. But so far there’s little evidence that “mindfulness” apps have health benefits.