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Aidar Health's MouthLab: Turning breath into a window into the body

Aug 17, 2026

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Aidar Health's MouthLab: Turning breath into a window into the body

Long-time StartUp Health member Sathya Elumalai shares why saliva and breath, not wrists and fingers, may be the richest data source in health tech.

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AHA Ventures' Lisa Suennen on stroke, women's health, and the AI fatigue problem

Aug 11, 2026

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AHA Ventures' Lisa Suennen on stroke, women's health, and the AI fatigue problem

Lisa Suennen has invested in health innovation for over three decades – and she says the math hasn't changed. In this Expert AMA, the AHA Ventures managing partner shares where she's leaning in across heart and brain health, why she's wary of AI-for-AI's-sake, and the one thing she says matters more than any pitch deck. StartUp Health members were in the room for the live Q&A that followed.

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GPx Is Turning Smartwatches into a Non-Invasive Wearable "CGM for Heart Failure"

Aug 7, 2026

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GPx Is Turning Smartwatches into a Non-Invasive Wearable "CGM for Heart Failure"

For heart failure patients, the space between doctor visits is often a black box. StartUp Health member Sean Matsuoka of General Prognostics wants to fix that.

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Meet GPx: This wearable could catch heart failure weeks before it happens

Aug 6, 2026

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Meet GPx: This wearable could catch heart failure weeks before it happens

General Prognostics provides a non‐invasive wearable that continuously monitors heart‐failure biomarkers using a standard smartwatch, enabling doctors to detect worsening HF weeks early and intervene remotely, improving outcomes and scalability.

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Hibiscus Health turns every smartphone camera into a cardiometabolic screening tool

Jul 21, 2026

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Hibiscus Health turns every smartphone camera into a cardiometabolic screening tool

StartUp Health community member Kavi Misri on how a 30-second facial scan is catching undiagnosed chronic conditions in 67% of engaged members, and getting most of them into care with a dietitian.

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Fixing fragmented endocrine care with eddii's AI-powered specialist model

Jul 14, 2026

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Fixing fragmented endocrine care with eddii's AI-powered specialist model

StartUp Health community member Dr. Farhaneh Ahmadi on building specialist-grade endocrine care at scale, and why a paid value-based care pilot with a Fortune 100 payer is proof the model works.

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Imaginostics Is Unlocking What MRI Has Never Been Able to Measure

Jun 9, 2026

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Imaginostics Is Unlocking What MRI Has Never Been Able to Measure

Imaginostics is transforming MRI technology to provide precise vascular health insights across the body, focusing first on brain and cardiovascular health.

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SynchNeuro Has a Working Prototype, a New Study Launching, and a Forecast for Your Blood Sugar | Health Moonshot Update

May 27, 2026

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SynchNeuro Has a Working Prototype, a New Study Launching, and a Forecast for Your Blood Sugar | Health Moonshot Update

StartUp Health community member Casey Halpern, MD, Founder & Chairman of SynchNeuro, has spent years building toward a single audacious goal: a brain-powered, noninvasive glucose monitor worn discreetly behind the ear. With a working prototype now in internal testing and a clinical study weeks from launch, that goal has never been closer to becoming a product you can actually buy.

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What If Your Brain Could Predict Your Blood Sugar? SynchNeuro Is Making It Real.

May 27, 2026

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What If Your Brain Could Predict Your Blood Sugar? SynchNeuro Is Making It Real.

Casey Halpern, MD, Founder & Chairman of SynchNeuro, shares why the brain is the most powerful glucose monitor we've never used -- and what a working prototype, a launching clinical study, and a 2027 commercial target mean for the 50 million Americans living with prediabetes.

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May 19, 2026

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9amHealth's $26M Series B Expands a Proven Cardiometabolic Model | StartUp Health Insights: Week of May 19, 2026

StartUp Health community member 9amHealth closes a $26M Series B to extend its AI-enabled virtual specialty care platform beyond cardiometabolic health – while a $2.1B raise for Isomorphic Labs leads one of the most active global digital health funding weeks in recent memory.

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How SynchNeuro Is Using Brain Data to Personalize Metabolic Health

Mar 12, 2026

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How SynchNeuro Is Using Brain Data to Personalize Metabolic Health

StartUp Health community member Dr. Casey Halpern explains how SynchNeuro is decoding brain signals to create a discreet, affordable, non-invasive glucose monitor that could help millions better understand metabolism, personalize food choices, and prevent Type 2 diabetes.

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From Pre-Diabetic Triathlete to Metabolic Health Pioneer: Sami Inkinen’s Health Moonshot with Virta Health

Feb 13, 2026

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From Pre-Diabetic Triathlete to Metabolic Health Pioneer: Sami Inkinen’s Health Moonshot with Virta Health

At Apollo House 2026, StartUp Health community member Sami Inkinen, CEO & Founder of Virta Health, joined Steven Krein for a candid fireside chat on reversing metabolic disease, scaling a mission-driven company, and building AI into the DNA of an organization.

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Sami Inkinen of Virta Health on AI-Native Healthcare and Reversing Metabolic Disease

Feb 13, 2026

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Sami Inkinen of Virta Health on AI-Native Healthcare and Reversing Metabolic Disease

In this Apollo House 2026 fireside chat, StartUp Health community member Sami Inkinen, CEO & Founder of Virta Health, shares how a personal diagnosis of pre-diabetes led him to build one of the fastest-growing companies in metabolic health.

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Feb 12, 2026

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Reversing Type 2 Diabetes at Scale: Virta CEO on AI, Nutrition, & the Future of Metabolic Health

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Aidar Health's MouthLab: Turning breath into a window into the body

AHA Ventures' Lisa Suennen on stroke, women's health, and the AI fatigue problem

GPx Is Turning Smartwatches into a Non-Invasive Wearable "CGM for Heart Failure"

Meet GPx: This wearable could catch heart failure weeks before it happens

Hibiscus Health turns every smartphone camera into a cardiometabolic screening tool

Fixing fragmented endocrine care with eddii's AI-powered specialist model

Imaginostics Is Unlocking What MRI Has Never Been Able to Measure

SynchNeuro Has a Working Prototype, a New Study Launching, and a Forecast for Your Blood Sugar | Health Moonshot Update

What If Your Brain Could Predict Your Blood Sugar? SynchNeuro Is Making It Real.

9amHealth's $26M Series B Expands a Proven Cardiometabolic Model | StartUp Health Insights: Week of May 19, 2026

How SynchNeuro Is Using Brain Data to Personalize Metabolic Health

From Pre-Diabetic Triathlete to Metabolic Health Pioneer: Sami Inkinen’s Health Moonshot with Virta Health

Sami Inkinen of Virta Health on AI-Native Healthcare and Reversing Metabolic Disease

Reversing Type 2 Diabetes at Scale: Virta CEO on AI, Nutrition, & the Future of Metabolic Health

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