Bone Health Breakthrough: Osteoboost
In the US, 1 in 2 women will experience a bone fracture sometime in their life due to low bone density or osteoporosis. What if you could slow your loss of bone and thus reduce the risk of fracture by wearing a device for just half an hour each day? This episode introduces listeners to Laura Yecies, CEO of Bone Health Technologies, which manufactures Osteoboost, a breakthrough, non-drug treatment device using vibration to reduce bone loss. Please visit Beyond the Paper Gown for more information about this episode and the Beyond the Paper Gown podcast series.
Laura Yecies is the CEO of Bone Health Technologies, maker of OsteoBoost, the first safe and effective non-prescription treatment for low bone density. Previously she was CEO of SyncThink, a medical diagnostic company, Catch, which she sold to Apple, and SugarSync, which J2Global acquired. Earlier, she led the Browser division at Netscape, was general manager of Yahoo Mail, and VP of Marketing at Check Point. Ms. Yecies has led commercialization and product development programs that have resulted in the use by over 350m customers. She received her MBA from Harvard, has an MSFS from Georgetown, and her AB in Government Magna Cum Laude from Dartmouth. And he has been profiled in the NYTimes and multiple periodicals and is a prolific speaker and writer on health care and technology.
Please visit Beyond the Paper Gown for more information about this episode & the Beyond the Paper Gown podcast series.
