The medical community is divided into two sides when it comes to AI in medicine — those that fully support it and those that fear it. Supporters want to implement it as fast as possible, since it will help them do a better job. …
Let’s first start with the definition of precision medicine.
Precision medicine is a medical model that proposes the customisation of healthcare, with medical decisions, treatments, practices, or products being tailored to a subgroup of patients, instead of a one‐drug‐fits‐all model.
Until now, we have very well established that artificial intelligence is one of the most important players in digital health. We also discussed many areas where it’s applied, but in a very scattered way. …
About a year ago, I published an issue of how virtual care looks like now and how it might look like in the future, after the pandemic. One of the most fascinating things I discovered was that the German government passed the Digital Healthcare Act (DVG) that allows doctors to…
Last week, the Wall Street Journal among others reported that Apple is working on features that would help detect depression and cognitive decline with iPhones. This gave me the perfect opportunity to explore the area of mental and digital health, a topic I had on my mind for months.
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Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused predominantly by the bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It usually affects the lungs and is characterised by the formation of granulomas where the disease is present. About 10 million people fall ill with TB every year, and 1.4 million people died of it in 2019…
This year marks the 100th anniversary since the discovery of insulin, which “transformed type 1 diabetes (DT1) from a fatal diagnosis into a medically manageable chronic condition”. But there’s still much we can do to improve the lives of 32 million people that live with diabetes in the EU. There…
“Big Tech”, the biggest technology companies in the world, have (to a certain point) monopolies in their respective fields. Amazon in e-commerce, Google in online search and advertising and Apple in smartphones and computers as an ecosystem. …
If you’re just a little familiar with today’s tech trends, you know that being a “digital nomad” is one of the most valued ideas or goals an online entrepreneur can strive for. For those who aren’t, a digital nomad is someone that works online and travels the world while doing…
