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CFO brings repeat-business mindset, honed at Amazon Prime, to cancer-testing startup
| CFO Dive

No one was happy when the cost of an Amazon Prime subscription increased from $79 to $100 six years ago, but it was a decision Amazon made to keep Prime one of its biggest growth engines. “That was me,” Aarif Nakhooda, who was CFO of Worldwide Amazon Prime at the time, told CFO Dive. “That was […]

La Jolla biotech firm looking at obesity connection to Alzheimer’s
| La Jolla Light

La Jolla-based INmune Bio is exploring the connection between obesity and Alzheimer’s disease. Chief Executive Dr. RJ Tesi said the immuno-oncology company is looking at chronic inflammation, which, when present with neuroinflammation, can contribute to conditions such as Alzheimer’s. Though chronic inflammation “sounds as benign as white bread,” it is “a terrible disease that many of us […]

Can Teletherapy Help People With OCD During the COVID-19 Pandemic?
| Technology Networks

Whilst the coronavirus pandemic and associated lockdown has taken a toll on everyone’s mental health, the burden has been especially heavy for people living with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). For people with compulsions that revolve around cleanliness, the distress that would be caused by an invisible virus is obvious. But OCD is a complex disorder, […]