StartUp Health

🤝 Health Cost IQ, a member of the StartUp Health community with a software platform for self-insured healthcare providers, has teamed up with Mark Cuban's Cost Plus Drugs to amplify the importance of reducing inefficiencies in healthcare, ultimately lowering costs for consumers and businesses.  Read more about how the partnership is creating cost-effective healthcare solutions ⤵️ https://bit.ly/3XTE1Pg #HealthTransformer #HealthMoonshot

HealthTalk A.I. is an AI-driven solution aimed at improving healthcare access for underserved populations, particularly in rural areas. CEO & Founder Jerrod Ullah – a member of the StartUp Health community since 2020 – sat down with us to discuss how his company's technology focuses on automating patient engagement, scheduling, and coordinating care to improve health outcomes and lower costs. HealthTalk AI is integral to healthcare systems in rural areas, where it is especially beneficial for hard-to-reach patients, helping them access essential care and preventing unnecessary emergency room visits. 📽️ Watch on StartUp Health TV ⤵️ https://lnkd.in/eGK2jtmU ✅ Join them in a Health Moonshot Community ⤵️ https://lnkd.in/gdBmejFj #HealthTransformer #HealthMoonshot

🎉 Edamam, a founding member of our Food as Medicine Health Moonshot Community and a leader in nutrition data solutions for companies in the health, wellness and food sectors, has unveiled the multilingual expansion of its best-in-class Nutrition Analysis API. Edamam’s Nutrition Analysis API has been a standard bearer in the nutrition data space and has been used by a number of leading companies to generate nutrition data, as well as allergen and diet tagging. Among the companies that use Edamam’s Nutrition Analysis API are Food Network, Microsoft (Bing), New York Times Cooking, Hearst (Delish), America’s Test Kitchen, Barilla, and many more. The API is also being used a by a growing number of app developers and companies building a range of solutions for applications such as food logging, diet management, and recipe analysis. Learn more ⤵️ https://bit.ly/4jrJF3l 🍏 Join Edamam in the Food as Medicine Community ⤵️ https://bit.ly/4gnWppF #HealthTransformer #HealthMoonshot

Cala Health, a StartUp Health community member that recently raised an oversubscribed growth financing round and was recognized on Fast Company's annual top 10 list of the Most Innovative Medical Device Companies in 2025, announced at the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) meeting in San Diego, CA, the results from multiple clinical studies further expanding the robust body of evidence for Cala TAPS™ Therapy. These studies: ✅ Demonstrate TAPS improves underlying tremor severity with consistent usage ✅ Support TAPS mechanism of action acts on the same brain network as Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) ✅ Show reduced ET-related healthcare costs over a 12-month prospective study Read more ⤵️ https://prn.to/424uXJM #HealthTransformer #HealthMoonshot

🎉 NEXT Life Sciences, a member of the StartUp Health community that is pioneering Plan A™, a first-of-its-kind, long-lasting, and on-demand reversible male contraceptive in development, has announced the successful completion of its clinical trial in Australia with a 100% success rate. This milestone follows a previous clinical evaluation in Canada in 2024 and further solidifies Plan A as a breakthrough in male contraception that is on track to be a viable option for men within a couple of years. Read more ⤵️ https://bit.ly/4jejcX2 #HealthTransformer #HealthMoonshot

🎉 New data from our portfolio company YourCoach.Health: In just 2 sessions, YourCoach-powered human-led health coaching drove: 📉 17.9% average reduction in anxiety 📈 11.7% jump in readiness to change 🎯 73% of coached individuals activated in underused employer benefits 💬 98%+ satisfaction scores across their book of business #HealthTransformer #HealthMoonshot Download the report to see why behavior change is the new ROI. ⤵️ https://bit.ly/4cwVuTI

📺 Television is often seen as passive entertainment, but new research suggests that dementia-friendly TV videos can be powerful tools for enhancing the wellbeing of individuals with moderate to severe dementia. Join William A. Uniowski, the co-founder of Zinnia – a member of the StartUp Health Alzheimer's Moonshot Community – for a webinar exploring the perspectives of nurses and healthcare providers on the use of these videos in long-term care and hospital settings. Through key findings from focus groups, you will examine how TV videos can calm distress, foster social connections, support daily activities, and reignite personal memories. Discover how this simple intervention is reshaping dementia care through person-centered, non-pharmacological approaches. 🕙 Apr 30, 10:00 AM PT ✅ https://bit.ly/3G4yteI #HealthTransformer #HealthMoonshot #AlzMoonshot

📈 A diverse range of global health startups secured funding this week, with AI-driven platforms for cancer analysis, medical documentation, and clinical trial simulation attracting substantial investment, alongside digital health solutions for patient engagement, benefits management, specialty care, and 3D printing for orthopedics. See all of this week’s health innovation funding ⤵️ https://bit.ly/3RKGwj2

🎙️ This podcast features Jeff Glueck, CEO & Co-founder of Salvo Health, a member of the StartUp Health Food as Medicine Community that partners with GI practices to support patients with chronic GI conditions through a virtual clinic experience using a multi-disciplinary care team. Salvo Health’s framework seeks to restore balance and improve chronic symptoms by considering the interconnected roles that the mind, body, and gut play in a person’s health. #HealthTransformer #HealthMoonshot Listen in as Glueck discusses what GI physicians should consider in partnering with technology platforms that provide cross-functional care to their patients. ⤵️ https://bit.ly/44oAcFs

🎉 Virta Health, a member of the StartUp Health community and a leader in diabetes reversal and sustainable weight loss with a nutrition-first approach, has announced early and compelling results from its Sustainable Weight Loss GLP-1 prescribing capabilities, launched earlier this year. The outcomes highlight a revolutionary shift in obesity and weight loss care, offering organizations a responsible way to cover GLP-1s for weight loss, while reducing reliance and curbing total costs for the medications. ✅ Responsible Prescribing prevents ongoing GLP-1 use by over 50% among current GLP-1 users, lowering costs for payers. ✅ Among all Sustainable Weight Loss members, less than 25% are on GLP-1s today, demonstrating Virta’s ability to direct members to its nutrition first weight loss programs. ✅ Members in the Responsible Prescribing program have achieved ~5% average weight loss in just 90 days, whether or not they’re on GLP-1 medications, with previously reported one year weight loss outcomes reaching 13% without the use of these medications. ✅ For existing weight loss members, weight loss was either maintained or continued on average for up to six months after stopping GLP-1s with a nutrition-only approach. ✅ Virta is the only program with peer-reviewed evidence of sustained weight loss outcomes for up to 12 months post GLP-1s, as demonstrated in a published study of diabetes members. Read more ⤵️ https://bwnews.pr/3G1BFaU #HealthTransformer #HealthMoonshot