Body Health Care

While 2011 has brought with it a number of mobile health investment disclosures, there have been few mergers and acquisitions. GlowCaps-maker Vitality is one of the few exceptions. MobiHealthNews recently caught up with Zeo co-founder and CTO Ben Rubin to discuss the state of M&A in the consumer health space, and which company he believes to be the next likely acquisition target.

Rubin was quick with his answer: BodyMedia.

Zeo, the company Rubin co-founded, is one of the many device-centric consumer health companies. Zeo helps users track their sleep health and learn how to get a better nights rest.

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Protein bars, breakfast bars, really anything in bar form just makes sense in our dine while dashing society. The question is, what is it you’re really eating? Most of these bars claim to offer healthy, wholesome energy, but what you may not have realized is that the process to create “soy protein isolate,” which is often a primary ingredient in protein bars, utilizes a toxic solvent called Hexane.Hexane is an industrial waste by-product of gasoline that, according to the EPA, can cause polyneuropathy in humans. Hexane is primarily used as a solvent to extract edible oils from seed and vegetable crops, such as soybeans, as well as a solvent for glues, varnishes and inks. Find more info…

Besides ensuring the proper development of a babys nervous system, folic acid can reduce the risk of a number of birth defects. Now, researchers are saying that its protective effects may even extend to a childs later risk of colon cancer.

A study published in the medical journal Gut found that laboratory rodents fed folic acid supplements had offspring who were 64 percent less likely then their counterparts to develop colon cancer in adulthood.

Folic acid, also known as vitamin B9, is a vital nutrient that numerous health authorities recommend pregnant women take in the form of daily dietary supplements.

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