Empirical Health
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Team
51-200
employees, estimated range
Backers
1
Y Combinator
Momentum
15/100
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Jan 30
On the Hacker News front page Vitamin D supplements cut heart attack risk by 52%. Why? · 104 points
Sep 30, 2025
On the Hacker News front page Inflammation now predicts heart disease more strongly than cholesterol · 647 points
Jun 27, 2025
On the Hacker News front page The Effect of Noise on Sleep · 152 points
Oct 10, 2024
On the Hacker News front page The science behind on-the-wrist blood pressure tracking · 156 points
Jul 17, 2023
Released an app Empirical Health · App Store
Jun 2023
Went through Y Combinator
Aug 2022
Website went live first capture in the Wayback Machine
Jul 11, 2022
Released an app Empirical Sleep & apnea care · App Store
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770 ratings
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best: 647 points
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Cardiac imaging study found plaque in 34.6% of men in their 30s
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Vitamin D regulates 5% of the human genome
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Sphere packing, AI, and mathematical beauty
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Macrocyclic peptides: a new "Goldilocks" drug class?
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FDA committee votes 8-6 to make BPC-157 legal. What the FDA briefing report said about the evidence.
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Why non-invasive glucose monitoring is hard
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New York
United States
HQ
50-200 est. staff