FDA Approves First Nasal Spray Flu Vaccine You Give Yourself at Home – The Medical Futurist Newsletter

Breast cancer detecting device, debate about a suicide pod and robot massages. I finally started using the advanced voice mode of ChatGPT and it's indeed a game changer (even if it's slower than Siri). Give it a try and enjoy the benefits of a multimodal LLM that you can interact with with voice. I also [shared]( what books I've recently purchased. Whether it's good science fiction or a book about the future, I hope you will get some useful ideas from the list. And I [discussed vision writing]( an easy-to-use futures method you can start using today. It will empower you to feel empathy for future generations or just yourself in the future. I hope you will find the newsletter useful! Best regards, Berci Bertalan Meskó, PhD The Medical Futurist [FDA APPROVES FIRST AT-HOME NASAL SPRAY FLU VACCINE]( --------------------------------------------------------------- The FDA just approved FluMist from AstraZeneca for self- or caregiver administration for the prevention of influenza virus subtypes A and B. "𝐹𝑙𝑢𝑀𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑎 𝑤𝑒𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚 𝑜𝑓 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑙𝑢𝑒𝑛𝑧𝑎 𝑣𝑖𝑟𝑢𝑠𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠. 𝐴 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑟𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓-𝑎𝑑𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑢𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑟 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑎𝑣𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑎 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑟𝑑-𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑝ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑐𝑦. 𝐼𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓- 𝑜𝑟 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟-𝑎𝑑𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑒 𝑎 𝑠𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐹𝑙𝑢𝑀𝑖𝑠𝑡." [READ MORE]( WHY DO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT? I hope my annual flu shot this year will already be a nasal spray! It means a new, more convenient option for receiving the seasonal influenza vaccine. [SURGICAL ROBOTS: CURRENT USES AND FUTURE EXPECTATIONS]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Robots’ potentials have been a fascination for humans and have even led to a booming field of robot-assisted surgery. The assistance of robots extend beyond incisions and includes laparoscopies, radiosurgeries and, in the future, a combination of artificial intelligence technologies to assist surgeons in their craft. [READ MORE]( WHY DO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT? Surgical robots assist surgeons in performing accurate, minimally invasive procedures that are beneficial for patients’ recovery. And we wanted to provide an update on that. [THE FUTURES TOOLKIT: 6 PRACTICAL METHODS FOR ENVISIONING THE FUTURE]( --------------------------------------------------------------- This fast-track course will provide you with the practical methods you need to discover and analyze potential futures in your field. You could easily learn these practical methods, empowering you to anticipate and prepare for future challenges. This course will equip you with tools and techniques to navigate the complexities of potential futures, transforming uncertainty into strategy and fear into emotional resilience today. [ENROLL HERE]( [DOTPLOT HELPS WOMEN SELF-CHECK AT HOME TO DETECT BREAST CANCER]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Do you remember the device called Dotplot that helps women self-check at home to detect breast cancer? You might wonder where they are now so I checked it out: - They plan to launch the product soon. - They were named as New Startup of the Year by Cancer Research UK. - They recently filed a UK patent application and it has a growing IP portfolio. [READ MORE]( WHY IS IT IMPORTANT? "𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑦’𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑒𝑐ℎ𝑛𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑠𝑎 ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑑ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑑 𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑜𝑟 𝑑𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑑𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑠𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝑏𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑡𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑢𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑙𝑎𝑔𝑠𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑎𝑏𝑛𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠. 𝑃𝑎𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎 𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑟-𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑙𝑦 𝑚𝑜𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑝𝑝, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑏𝑜𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑟𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑜 𝑖𝑛𝑝𝑢𝑡 𝑣𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑑𝑒𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑠𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏𝑢𝑖𝑙𝑑 𝑎 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑎𝑝 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑠𝑜 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑎 𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔." [AI DETECTS HYPERTENSION IN VOICE RECORDINGS]( --------------------------------------------------------------- As I wrote some time ago, AI will keep on finding unusual associations. Here is another one. Researchers used AI to identify signs of hypertension in audio recordings! "𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑝 𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑎 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑚𝑜𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑝𝑝 𝑑𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝐾𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑘 𝐿𝑎𝑏𝑠, 𝑎 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑝𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑑𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝐶𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑑𝑎-𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝐾𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑘 𝐻𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑡ℎ. 𝑁𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑦 𝟤𝟧𝟢 𝑝𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑣𝑜𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑝𝑝 𝑢𝑝 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑖𝑥 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑟 𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡𝑤𝑜 𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑘𝑠. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔-𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑝𝑝 𝑤𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑣𝑜𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑓𝑜𝑟 ℎ𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑑𝑠𝑜𝑓 𝑏𝑖𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑒𝑟𝑠, 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑙𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑐𝑎𝑛’𝑡 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑏𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑢𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑒𝑎𝑟." [READ MORE]( WHY IS IT IMPORTANT? Now they are working on achieving the same with diabetes. Vocal biomarkers are on the rise! It has become an emerging trend. [SEVERAL ARRESTED AFTER WOMAN DIES IN 'SUICIDE POD']( --------------------------------------------------------------- Do you remember the suicide pod in Switzerland that I shared a few months ago? Now, police made multiple arrests after a woman reportedly ended her life using the pod for the first time ever. Just a note that the pod can be solely operated by the person seeking to end their own life, without medical supervision. "𝐴𝑑𝑣𝑜𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑎𝑦 𝑖𝑡 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑎𝑛 𝑜𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑛 𝑑𝑟𝑢𝑔𝑠𝑜𝑟 𝑑𝑜𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑡 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑠𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑢𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑠𝑖𝑎 𝑎𝑠𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑏𝑒 𝟥𝐷-𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑜𝑚𝑒. 𝐶𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑠𝑓𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑒'𝑠𝑚𝑜𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑛 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑔𝑛 𝑔𝑙𝑎𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑢𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑡 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑏𝑒 𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑚𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔." [READ MORE]( WHY DO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT? While assisted dying is legally protected in some circumstances in Switzerland, the Sarco has met criticism and its status has not been cleared. [A ROBOT THAT CAN GIVE MASSAGES]( --------------------------------------------------------------- We recently interviewed Dennis Ledenkof, roboSculptor founder and CEO. According to the company's website, it is a "𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑢𝑡𝑜𝑛𝑜𝑚𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑏𝑜𝑑𝑦 𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠𝑑𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑡ℎ 𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑦 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑠𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝐴𝐼." [READ MORE]( WHY DO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT? The technology raises many interesting questions, that's why we interviewed its developers. MORE NEWS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF MEDICINE --------------------------------------------------------------- CYBORG – [From Human To Cyborg: Are You Willing To Augment Your Body?]( BIOPRINT – [Harvard’s Latest Medical Innovation Advances 3d Printed Blood Vessels]( VACCINE – [Defeating AIDS: MIT reveals new vaccination method that could kill HIV in just two shots]( HEADPHONES – [ANC Headphones Become a Surgical Standard to Reduce Pain and Speed Up Recovery]( [color-forwardtofriend-48.png](mailto:berci@medicalfuturist.com) [color-facebook-48.png]( [color-youtube-48.png]( [color-linkedin-48.png]( [color-twitter-48.png]( [color-instagram-48.png]( © The Medical Futurist 2024 This email was sent to {EMAIL} [why did I get this?]( [unsubscribe from this list]( [update subscription preferences]( Medical Futurist · Budapest · Budapest, Pest 1118 · Hungary