MenopauseTech: Tech Innovation For Women's Wellness – The Medical Futurist Newsletter

This is a potential goldmine for digital health Last week marked a monumental achievement for us - [reaching 100,000 subscribers]( on YouTube. I'm deeply thankful to everyone who has taken the time to watch, engage, and support our journey. Your involvement drives me and the team to walk further on this path. I'm excited to announce a [live Q&A session]( on February 29th, where we'll dive deeper into our recently published "100 Digital Health And AI Companies Of 2024" infographic. I know many of you are eager to explore these companies further and have questions you'd like addressed. I recently [shared a post]( on how success and passion for what we do don't equal constant ease. Challenges and struggles are part of any journey, and we must avoid showing fake "always sunshine" facades. My main hurdles are FOMO and balancing between work and family. What are yours? I hope you will find the newsletter useful! Best regards, Berci Bertalan Meskó, PhD The Medical Futurist [DIGITAL HEALTH, MENOPAUSE, AND THE $150 BILLION IGNORANCE]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Despite the profound impact of menopause on health and the economy, with an estimated annual global cost of $150 billion, menopause research and solutions are dramatically underfunded and overlooked. Digital health innovations offer promising new avenues for managing menopause symptoms, providing personalized care and filling the void left by traditional healthcare through symptom tracking, telemedicine, and educational resources. [READ MORE]( WHY DO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT? This isn’t an issue confined to a few years, it impacts all women over 45 – that’s roughly 1.2 billion people worldwide. [7 MUST-HAVE FEATURES OF THE PERFECT DIGITAL HEALTH PLATFORM]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Searching for a great digital health platform feels like looking for a needle in a haystack. We have heaps of options, but one that genuinely delivers the goods? That’s a rare find. Let’s focus on the must-have features we, at The Medical Futurist believe define a good product. [READ MORE]( WHY DO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT? Digital health platforms with a niche focus, involving both patients and medical experts in the development process are far more likely to be successful. [INTRODUCTION TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN MEDICINE AND HEALTHCARE]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Comfortably working with AI is becoming an essential skill in medicine. You don't need to be a computer scientist, but having a general overview will keep you up-to-date. We designed this course to prepare you to make the most of this revolution. We won't design neural networks, but will grasp what AI is (and isn't) good for, when to use it, when to trust it, when is it safe, and when dangerous. Come as you are, and test the first lessons for free. [ENROLL HERE]( [BLOOD TESTING IN THE FUTURE]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Blood tests will remain fundamental for the diagnostic work, but parts of the process will change in the next 5-10 years. The process of blood drawing is evolving rapidly with technologies like DIY blood draw kits and blood-drawing robots, which promise to make the procedure more efficient while reducing the workload on medical staff. [WATCH THE VIDEO]( WHY IT'S IMPORTANT? We will likely see a significant shift from traditional healthcare facilities to at-home testing. [WORLD LEADING VIRTUAL REALITY TEACHING FACILITY OPENS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM]( --------------------------------------------------------------- "The classroom enables remote viewing and communication between lecturers and students in a way that’s never been done before. Containing 40, high image quality VR headsets, 35 of which are tethered overhead to individual high-power PCs with the remaining five consisting of more traditional desk-based systems with display screens, students can choose the way they want to learn and experience VR." [READ MORE]( WHY IT'S IMPORTANT? This made me wonder. Are there any medical schools in the world that would feature similar VR educational settings? [MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEVERAGES GOOGLE'S GENAI FOR CANCER CARE]( --------------------------------------------------------------- "MedLM, which intelligence has been proven comparable to licensed doctors by scoring 85% on the MedQA-USMLE (United States Medical Licensing Examination), has become the foundation of the CMUH's AI-assisted Physician system for making disease diagnosis, treatment planning, patient education, and medical research." The generative AI was designed to do two things. 1. To generate cancer treatment plans and provide personalized treatment recommendations for clinicians to review, edit, and use with patients. And 2. Cancer therapy Q&As to help healthcare professionals quickly search for information while also offering comprehensive treatment options. [READ MORE]( WHY DO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT? China Medical University Hospital is becoming the first in Asia to deploy Google Cloud's generative AI (namely MedLM) to support its doctors in providing cancer care. [FDA APPROVES SLEEP APNEA TECH FROM ENSODATA, SAMSUNG]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Last week was packed with news on sleep apnea, here you get four in one. From wearables to machine learning and major studies, there is a lot of movement in this segment. Samsung and EnsoData both has received FDA clearance already, paving the way to consumert tech assisting patients. [READ MORE]( WHY DO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT? Sleep apnea affects up to a billion people worldwide and the digital health world has only been slightly impacting this field. Big changes can be expected about that. 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