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– Bone Health Technologies, a San Francisco-based provider of technologies for improving bone health, announces today the close of its $2.5 million funding round and the appointment of three board members: Karen Drexler, MBA, Nancy Lynch, MD, MBA and Sam Goldberger, MD, MBA.
– 1 in 2 women and 1 in 4 men over 50 will suffer an osteoporosis related fracture. To address this rising issue, the company has created OsteoBoost, the first vibration belt specifically designed for the prevention of osteoporosis. The OsteoBoost Vibration Belt applies gentle mechanical stimulation to the hips and spine to reduce bone loss and encourage bone growth.
– Currently being studied in a National Institutes of Health (NIH) funded clinical trial, based on a successful pilot study that showed one 30-minute treatment with OsteoBoost reduced bone loss activity in all study participants.
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Bone Health Technologies Appoints Laura Yecies as Chief Executive Officer
April 07, 2021 12:11 ET | Source: Bone Health Technologies Bone Health Technologies San Francisco, California
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., April 07, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Bone Health Technologies, a leading innovator of progressive new therapies for improving bone health, today announced the appointment of tech veteran Laura Yecies as Chief Executive Officer.
Yecies has successfully led multiple startups and top technology brands over her career of more than 20 years in Silicon Valley. A Harvard MBA with an MSFS from Georgetown, she is an experienced CEO, marketing executive and strategist with a proven ability to develop and market award-winning products, build teams, scale businesses, as well as profitably exit. Yecies was previously a Board Member of Bone Health Technologies, and will focus on expanding the team to execute strategy and accelerate growth.
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