Thirty million people in the U.S. will have a clinically significant eating disorder at some point in their lives. Treatment gaps mean that only a fraction of sufferers will receive the care they need due to the high cost of traditional, in-patient treatment and a scarcity of mental health professionals available for some populations and […]
eating disorders
Whose needs are not met?
For years I tried to find ways to explain the particular challenges facing people with undiagnosed and rare health conditions. I decided to create a visualization showing the wide spectrum of people’s health needs and I’d like some feedback on it. Imagine a horizontal line. At the far left side are the people whose needs […]
“I’ve been there, let’s change things” innovation
My mission is to boost the signal for peer health advice at every level of our health care system. Today I am thrilled to share that Equip, one of the peer-powered startups I advise, has closed $13 million in Series A financing, spurring it toward the transformation of eating disorder treatment. Kristina Saffran, CEO of Equip, recovered […]
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