telehealth – Live Laugh Love Do http://livelaughlovedo.com A Super Fun Site Sun, 03 Aug 2025 20:22:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 2 Healthcare Stocks That Have Doubled Over the Last Year but Still Have Room to Run http://livelaughlovedo.com/2-healthcare-stocks-that-have-doubled-over-the-last-year-but-still-have-room-to-run/ http://livelaughlovedo.com/2-healthcare-stocks-that-have-doubled-over-the-last-year-but-still-have-room-to-run/#respond Sun, 03 Aug 2025 20:22:32 +0000 http://livelaughlovedo.com/2025/08/04/2-healthcare-stocks-that-have-doubled-over-the-last-year-but-still-have-room-to-run/ [ad_1]

These top telehealth stocks look like smart growth plays right now.

It’s been a wild first half of the year for stocks in 2025, but finding the right companies for your portfolio is a very personal process. You need to consider the type of stocks you want to buy, the industries and sectors you gravitate toward, the amount of capital you have to invest, and your own personal risk tolerance.

If you have cash to invest in the stock market right now, and you’re looking for growth stocks that could make smart additions to the basket of businesses you own, there are names to be found across a range of industries, including healthcare. Here are two healthcare stocks that have at least doubled over the past 12 months but still look poised to deliver favorable returns for shareholders in the next three to five years. 

1. Hims & Hers Health

Hims & Hers Health (HIMS -5.41%) has witnessed a stock run-up of more than 200% over the trailing-12-month period. In contrast, the S&P 500 is up only about 18% in that same time frame. This boom in the company’s share price has occurred for a few reasons. Investors were particularly excited about the company’s ability to offer affordable, compounded GLP-1 drugs for weight loss amid shortages of branded versions, and that fueled significant revenue growth and share-price appreciation.

Person using a large tablet device for a telehealth appointment.

Image source: Getty Images.

However, Hims & Hers can no longer mass-produce compounded drugs like semaglutide because the U.S. Food and Drug Administration declared the shortage resolved. While the company may still offer personalized doses where clinically applicable, its primary weight loss offerings are shifting to oral medications and liraglutide. In fact, Novo Nordisk, the maker of Wegovy (semaglutide for weight) and Ozempic (semaglutide for diabetes), ended its partnership with Hims & Hers, citing concerns over the latter company’s promotion and sales of compounded semaglutide.

While the company’s offerings may evolve in the coming months and years, it has other sources of growth to lean on besides the weight loss segment. Hims & Hers’ areas of focus include sexual health, hair loss, dermatology, mental health, and primary care. The platform also provides access to both over-the-counter and prescription treatments via online consultations with licensed healthcare professionals, and most of its revenue still comes from recurring subscriptions paid by healthcare consumers.

The recent acquisition of Zava, a European digital health platform, seems to have boosted investor confidence in the future of the business outside of its ambitions in the weight loss industry. The addition of Zava to Hims & Hers’ ecosystem will expand its reach into the U.K., Ireland, France, and Germany. Hims & Hers also plans to launch its platform in Canada in 2026.

Revenue grew by 110% year over year in the first quarter, and the company is building upon an improving track record of profitability. Hims & Hers also delivered free cash flow of about $50 million in Q1. This business has a lot of potential.

2. Doximity

Doximity (DOCS -2.45%) has seen shares pop by a bit more than 100% since this time one year ago. Doximity is known as the largest digital platform for U.S. medical professionals. It serves as a professional and social network for healthcare professionals including doctors, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants, and offers a wide variety of tools for communication, news, and career management.

Doximity provides a curated newsfeed with the latest medical news and research relevant to different specialties, and also offers tools for job searches, salary comparisons, and reputation management. The platform even provides telehealth solutions, enabling virtual patient visits and consultations.

The platform is free for healthcare professionals to use. This free access includes Doximity Dialer, a feature that allows secure communication with patients using a customized calling tool. The platform also offers free digital fax lines and access to Doximity Scribe, an AI-powered note-taking tool for verified clinicians. So, how does Doximity make money? From advertising and selling information. 

Doximity’s platform is a prime digital marketing and advertising tool for pharmaceutical manufacturers and healthcare systems (like hospitals). These entities pay Doximity to advertise and promote their products and services to targeted medical professionals. Health systems and medical recruiting firms also pay Doximity to access its database of medical professionals for recruitment and hiring purposes.

In Doximity’s fiscal 2025, which ended March 31, revenue increased 20% from the prior fiscal year to $570.4 million. The company reported net income of $223.2 million, up 51% year over year, with free cash flow spiking 50% to $266.7 million. This healthcare stock is really an advertising business at its core, and a profitable one at that. These factors could induce some investors to take another long look at this top stock and I think it has room to run.

Rachel Warren has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Doximity and Hims & Hers Health. The Motley Fool recommends Novo Nordisk. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.

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Politics and pediatric mental health don’t mix  http://livelaughlovedo.com/politics-and-pediatric-mental-health-dont-mix/ http://livelaughlovedo.com/politics-and-pediatric-mental-health-dont-mix/#respond Wed, 25 Jun 2025 04:08:06 +0000 http://livelaughlovedo.com/2025/06/25/politics-and-pediatric-mental-health-dont-mix/ [ad_1]

As a child and adolescent psychiatrist, I’ve spent the past two decades treating young people and working with families in crisis. And I can tell you this: The threats to youth mental health are bigger than we think, and they’re not coming from where you might expect. 

While the stigma around therapy and psychiatric care may be slowly receding, access to care is under siege. We’re watching mental health supports erode at exactly the moment families need them most. And in the name of reform, new political efforts like the “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) executive order are introducing even more barriers. 

To be clear, we should absolutely be thoughtful about how we deliver care and prevent misuse of medication in kids’ mental health treatment. But what we cannot do is politicize or pathologize the very tools that save lives. 

A system in retreat 

We are in the middle of a youth mental health crisis. According to the CDC, suicide was the second leading cause of death for youth ages 10 to 14 in 2023, the latest CDC data available. One in five children has a diagnosable mental health condition, yet almost two-thirds receive little to no treatment at all. And when care is delayed, the consequences can be severe: school dropout, addiction, chronic illness, even early death.  

Yet, despite this, we’re watching key supports disappear: 

  • School-based mental health programs are being defunded. These programs often catch problems early and are sometimes the only care option for underserved kids. 
  • Telehealth access is under threat, despite being a lifeline for rural families and working parents during the pandemic. 
  • Medicaid redeterminations have put millions of children at risk of losing coverage. 
  • Mental health medication access is being undermined by supply chain issues and growing skepticism around use, especially for conditions like ADHD. 

MAHA’s emphasis on “over-utilization” of psychiatric medication only adds to the problem. When we focus on the wrong risks, we distract from the real ones: untreated illness, suffering families, and preventable tragedies. 

Stigma with a new disguise 

I’m seeing more and more skepticism about psychiatric treatment. Questions like, “Are we overmedicating kids?” or “Shouldn’t we be building resilience instead?” 

The thing is, it’s not either-or. We treat diabetes with insulin and teach healthy habits. We manage asthma with inhalers and reduce environmental triggers. Mental health should be no different. Framing treatment as a failure, or something we should avoid unless we’ve tried everything else, only drives families deeper into shame. And for kids, that can translate into silence, hopelessness, and danger. 

What kids and families actually need 

We need a new model for mental health care—one that meets families where they are, uses the best available evidence, and doesn’t leave them to figure it all out alone. 

Here’s what that looks like: 

  • Integrated, team-based care. No one provider can do it all. Kids need therapists, psychiatric providers, and coaches who work together. 
  • Early, proactive support. The longer we wait, the worse outcomes get. Let’s reach kids early, way before they actually hit a crisis. 
  • Technology that expands access, not replaces care. Telehealth and digital tools can help families overcome logistical barriers, especially when thoughtfully designed. 
  • Respect for families. Parents shouldn’t feel judged for seeking care. They should be met with empathy and real options. 
  • Investment in workforce and innovation. We need to train more clinicians, pay them fairly, and support research into better treatments. 

How can policymakers and leaders help?  

So what can we actually do? First, we need to protect telehealth parity—because where a child lives shouldn’t determine whether they can see a therapist. We need to fully fund school-based programs, so kids have access to care where they spend most of their time. And we have to stabilize Medicaid enrollment to prevent kids from falling through the cracks just because of paperwork.  

We also must raise reimbursement rates for mental health care—because when providers burn out or leave the field, families are the ones left scrambling. Finally, we need to push back on stigma—especially in the way we write and talk about mental health in policy. This isn’t the time for vague language or political posturing. It’s time to be clear, evidence-based, and human. 

Silence isn’t neutral 

It can feel risky to speak up. But as a clinician, a mom, and a human being, I can’t stay quiet while kids fall through the cracks. 

This isn’t about left or right. It’s about right and wrong. It’s about whether we’re willing to invest in our children’s future or continue to make care harder to reach. 

Mental health isn’t a luxury. And every child deserves the chance to feel better. Let’s stop building roadblocks and start building a future grounded in compassion, care, and real support. 

Monika Roots, MD is a child and adolescent psychiatrist and the cofounder, president, and chief medical officer of Bend Health. 

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Hims & Hers Stock Is Soaring Again. But Should You Buy the Stock? http://livelaughlovedo.com/hims-hers-stock-is-soaring-again-but-should-you-buy-the-stock/ http://livelaughlovedo.com/hims-hers-stock-is-soaring-again-but-should-you-buy-the-stock/#respond Mon, 09 Jun 2025 00:02:08 +0000 http://livelaughlovedo.com/2025/06/09/hims-hers-stock-is-soaring-again-but-should-you-buy-the-stock/ [ad_1]

Many companies have failed to disrupt the complicated U.S. healthcare market. Hims & Hers (HIMS 6.75%) may finally be succeeding in cracking the code. The online telehealth platform focuses on circumventing the insurance market; its business of selling affordable medications directly to individuals is growing like a weed, and expects to generate $6.5 billion in revenue by 2030.

It has had a tumultuous start to 2025, as Hims & Hers waged a battle to sell new weight loss medications on its online marketplace. Now, with momentum back on its side, the stock is up 118% year to date and 446% in the last five years. Let’s take a deeper look at this company, and see whether you might want to buy Hims & Hers stock for your portfolio now.

Disrupting the healthcare market

Hims & Hers’ model is simple. It has two separate web platforms — Hims for men and Hers for women — that sell medications and deliver to customers’ front doors. It began with sexual health, but has moved into dermatology, hair loss, mental health, and now weight loss medications.

A key to its success has been avoiding the insurance market with products that don’t break the bank. Customers loathe dealing with health insurers in the United States, and sometimes would rather not use insurance at all. Plus, some of these products aren’t covered by insurance.

This strategy has helped the company close in on over $2 billion in projected revenue in 2025. To keep up this impressive growth, Hims & Hers wants to offer weight loss medications, which have been a blockbuster set of drugs for the pharmaceutical market. For a while the popularity of these drugs, such as Novo Nordisk‘s Wegovy, left them in short supply; that allowed third parties such as Hims & Hers to produce them as a compounding pharmacy and sell them at much cheaper prices. This ended up generating $200 million of Hims & Hers’ $1.4 billion in 2024 revenue.

But with the shortage of Wegovy over and the compounding pharmacy exception ended, the company’s weight-loss business was at a major turning point. Luckily, at the end of April Hims & Hers announced a partnership with Novo Nordisk that seems to resolve this issue: It gives Hims & Hers the ability to sell Wegovy directly on its platform. Hims & Hers is not an exclusive supplier of the drug — or any drugs on its marketplaces, to be fair — but it hopes to use its subscription business model, marketing expertise, and simplified user proposition to drive sales for Novo Nordisk in the huge obesity-care market.

An adult and child picking up something at a pharmacy.

Image source: Getty Images.

Going abroad and personalization

Besides weight loss drugs, Hims & Hers has more ambitions to reach its goal of $6.5 billion in revenue by 2030. Just recently, the company announced its intent to acquire European competitor Zava so it could expand its telehealth service to Europe. The acquisition will add a platform with 1.3 million active customers in the U.K., Germany, France, and Ireland. It makes sense that Hims & Hers can supercharge growth for the platform with its plethora of medications offered to customers, keen marketing skills, and subscription-based selling model.

Over the long run, Hims & Hers aims to make healthcare for its customers more personalized. This includes unique drug combinations, its own outsourcing facility, and at-home testing capabilities. Details remain sparse, but the vision is clear: disrupting more and more of the trillions of dollars spent on healthcare by building a business that people actually enjoy interacting with. This is why 2.4 million active customers use Hims & Hers today.

HIMS Gross Profit Margin Chart

HIMS Gross Profit Margin data by YCharts.

Should you buy Hims & Hers stock?

A revenue goal of $6.5 billion seems well within reach by 2030. Hims & Hers is only at 2.4 million active customers, and there are tens of millions of people in the United States alone who could start using or switch to one of its telehealth platforms. Add on the Zava acquisition in Europe, and the runway for growth gets even larger.

The company has an impressive gross profit margin of 77%, which should lead to high levels of profitability at scale. On $6.5 billion in future revenue, it could very well post a net profit margin of over 20%, and achieve $1.5 billion in bottom-line profits and free cash flow. A 20% profit margin is easily achievable because of its high gross margins and the fact it currently spends 40% of revenue on marketing today, a figure that has come down over time and should come down even more as Hims & Hers keeps scaling.

However, Hims & Hers has played fast and loose with laws and regulations in the past. It sold weight loss drugs when the legality of doing so was unclear, and although that dispute seems to have been resolved, management could easily start playing with fire again and burn its reputation as a trusted provider of medications.

Otherwise, this looks like a fantastic growth stock that just doubled its addressable market with the Zava acquisition. Today, Hims & Hers has a market cap of $12.3 billion. You might think it’s overvalued because of the stock’s recent run-up in price, but the numbers show that patient investors could be rewarded by holding for the long term.

A $12.3 billion market cap is only around 8 times my 2030 earnings estimate of $1.5 billion, which would be a dirt cheap price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio for a fast-growing company compared to the current market cap. Most likely, the stock will be valued at a higher multiple than 8, meaning that the stock will be higher in five years. It doesn’t come without risks, but if you’re a growth investor, you might love Hims & Hers stock for its long-term potential.

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