Planet Fitness Interim CFO Returns Focuses on Value and Risks

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Planet Fitness (NYSE:PLNT) has named Tom Fitzgerald as interim CFO following the departure of Jay Staz. Fitzgerald previously served as CFO of Planet Fitness and held senior finance roles at other major consumer brands. The company is beginning a search for a permanent CFO while keeping its current financial guidance in place. Fitzgerald’s return comes … Read more

Nicotine: The Ultimate Health Hack

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If you spend any time on social media, you may have noticed a strange trend: wellness influencers are praising nicotine. Not smoking or vaping, but nicotine patches and sachets, repackaged as cognitive enhancers, productivity enhancers and even weight loss aids. But does the science support this reconstruction, or are we seeing a familiar substance undergo … Read more

Asking Eric: Fitness class nemesis won’t stop boring

Asking Eric: Fitness class nemesis won't stop boring

Dear Eric: I am a recently retired woman who appreciates my morning routine at the gym. I love group exercise classes. My issue is with a woman who insists on counting very loudly with the teacher, singing loudly to the music and thinking she is having fun during class. He does this twice a week … Read more

Asking Eric: Fitness class nemesis won’t stop boring

Asking Eric: Fitness class nemesis won't stop boring

Dear Eric: I am a recently retired woman who appreciates my morning routine at the gym. I love group exercise classes. My issue is with a woman who insists on counting very loudly with the teacher, singing loudly to the music and thinking she is having fun during class. He does this twice a week … Read more

Dr. Tanvi Jayaraman on AuraRing’s first female-focused LLM and the future of AI wellness chatbots

Dr. Tanvi Jayaraman on AuraRing's first female-focused LLM and the future of AI wellness chatbots

Oura Health, the Finnish wearables company that has sold more than 5 million health-tracking rings, is betting on women’s health by launching its first proprietary large-tongue model designed specifically for women. “We know historically that women have been underrepresented when it comes to a lot of things [medical and pharmaceutical] research,” Tanvi Jayaraman, MD, clinical … Read more