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January, 2035: The First Designer Baby Brought To Life
I write short science fiction stories to raise awareness about the massive ethical issues we will have to face when disruptive technologies show their full potential. This way, people can get scared, excited or just initiate discussions about how to prepare for the coming changes in health, disease and life. Waiting to disconnect Lydia from the artificial womb The birth of a baby is always one of the greatest events in the parents’ life. But the 21st of January was also a big day in the Digital Healthcare Facility in London, UK. Lydia, the first so-called „designer baby” was brought to life. Unbearable amount of pres...
Source: The Medical Futurist - May 9, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Medical Science Fiction CRISPR designer babies designer baby future GC1 genome editing sci-fi Source Type: blogs

The Future of 3D Printing Drugs In Pharmacies Is Closer Than You Think
3D printing drugs is not a phantasy anymore. Unbelievable shapes and any kind of drug can be fabricated with the groundbreaking technology. The UK biotech company, FabRx believes it could even appear as a regular technique in hospitals and pharmacies for creating personalized drugs in specific doses within 5-10 years. Print out starfish-shaped drugs for your child at home Somewhere in the 2030s: Annie was called by the teacher of her daughter that she had a high fever and went with her to the school doctor. He told the girl that she had the flu, and it would be better for her to go home. He also prescribed some pills; and...
Source: The Medical Futurist - May 4, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: 3D Printing in Medicine Future of Medicine Future of Pharma 3d printed drugs GC1 Healthcare Innovation personalized drugs Personalized medicine pharmacies Source Type: blogs

Health Sensor Under The Mattress: Live by Earlysense Review
I have always been skeptical of sleep sensors to be placed under the mattress due to their assumed inaccuracy. However, Live by Earlysense proved me wrong, and if its smart alarm were better, I would even reconsider my routine sleep tracking method. Read on to discover the details of my big Live by Earlysense review. Why have I never put a sensor under my mattress so far? I’m a sleep tracking crusader. I already had a six-month-long sleep tracking experiment with the Pebble Time sensor and Sleep as Android app duo, a week-long comparative test with five various sleep trackers, and I optimized my sleep with technology suc...
Source: The Medical Futurist - May 3, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Health Sensors & Trackers future gc3 health trackers Innovation live by earlysense Personalized medicine review sleep sleep optimization sleep tracking wearables Source Type: blogs

The Medical Futurist Explains – The Artificial Womb
Click-bait high-tech or healthcare headlines confuse and mislead readers, as more often than not they claim either superlative traits or hellish dystopias about innovations. In my new article series, I try to make sense of sensationalist news in healthcare as well as address the real purpose of digital technology and its ethical considerations. Take the artificial womb. Instead of visualizing the utopian scene from The Matrix, where babies are not born, but “grown” in fluid-filled bags, the artificial womb will help save the lives of extremely premature babies in the future. Let me explain. What happened? – Prematur...
Source: The Medical Futurist - May 2, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Bioethics TMF Explains artificial womb future Healthcare Innovation Medicine pregnancy Source Type: blogs

The Karmagenes Review: Can a Genetic Test Determine Your Personality?
At the crossroad of psychology and genetics you find the company, Karmagenes, which promises to tell you what characteristics you possess based on your DNA. After I reviewed their genetic and psychological test, I have to say their scientific methods did not convince me, unfortunately. Could personality traits be linked to DNA? Companies and startups regularly approach me to test their app, digital health solution, health tracker or genetic test, and I usually nod approval since I’m really curious and enthusiastic about the latest developments. Kardia. ECG Dongle. Viatom O2 Sleep Monitor. MyDNA. Fitbit. Just to name a fe...
Source: The Medical Futurist - April 27, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Genomics DNA dna testing future gc3 genetics Genome Healthcare Innovation personalized genetics psychology review Source Type: blogs

What Has Digital Health Ever Done For Us? Well, At Least 60 Things!
I have 60 responses to the pressing question on every skeptic, healthcare-oriented person’s mind: what has digital health ever done for us? I’m sure you remember the scene from one of the most brilliant Monty Python movies ever made: Life of Brian. The insurgent commando plans the abduction of Pilate’s wife in return for all the horrors they had to endure from the Roman Empire. And then they ask the rhetorical question: what have they ever done for them. Apart from sanitation, medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, a fresh water system and public health, what have the Romans ever done for them? ...
Source: The Medical Futurist - April 25, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Future of Medicine Healthcare Design 3d printing AI artificial intelligence augmented reality digital health GC1 genetics genomics Innovation nanotechnology robotics sensors social media virtual reality Source Type: blogs

Virtual Reality Is Used in Clinical Practice
Dr. Brennan M. Spiegel and his research team at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center have been experimenting with virtual reality (VR) for years. I had a fruitful and very exciting correspondence with him about moments of immersion, virtual pharmacies or how to travel to Iceland without leaving your hospital bed. Read on! VR is an area of endless possibilities VR has not just moved the imagination of science-fiction fans, but also clinical researchers and real life medical practitioners. As a doctor, you could assist in the OR without ever lifting a scalpel. If you are a medical student, you could study the human body more clo...
Source: The Medical Futurist - April 20, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Virtual Reality in Medicine clinical practice future GC1 Healthcare Innovation technology VR Source Type: blogs

What Should Primary Care Look Like in the Future?
I truly hope that very soon I do not have to make an appointment at the GP when I suspect signs of a disease, but my GP will send me a message that she spotted something irregular in my latest test results and my digital health data, so I’d better visit. Let me show you in detail, how primary care should be carried out in the future! Digital health should become organic part of primary care in the future I live a fairly healthy life. I use data to improve my lifestyle and to make better decisions through optimizing my sleep pattern, my physical, my cognitive or my emotional abilities; and I had several genetic tests. Wh...
Source: The Medical Futurist - April 19, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Future of Medicine Health Sensors & Trackers digital health Education gc3 GP health trackers Healthcare Innovation primary care technology wearables Source Type: blogs

Chatbots Will Serve As Health Assistants
Chatbots, intelligent personal assistants, artificial intelligence supported messaging apps or voice controlled bots are forecasted to replace simple messaging apps soon. In healthcare, they could take off the burden on medical professionals regarding easily diagnosable health concerns or quickly solvable health management issues. Here is the evolution of bots as health assistants. Imagined conversation with a health chatbot Hi Viola, how can I help you? I have a mild fever, headache, I feel dizzy. What could it be? What is your temperature at the moment? 38C. For how long have you been feeling the headache? In the l...
Source: The Medical Futurist - April 13, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Future of Medicine Telemedicine AI chatbot digital health gc4 Innovation intelligent personal assistant machine learning Source Type: blogs

Disruptive Digital Technologies Will Change Blood Donation
Disruptive digital technologies could help in many ways in optimizing the process of blood donation. It could aid the recruitment of new blood donors, keep the returning donors motivated on the long run, or simplify and shorten the process of blood donation through robots or medical drones. Tissue engineers are even experimenting with artificial blood, so we might bypass blood donation in the future altogether. Bloody business If you cut your finger during chopping cabbage, you bleed. If you trip over a hole and fall, you bleed. This deep red fluid flowing in our veins occupies a central place in our organism – and thus ...
Source: The Medical Futurist - April 12, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Biotechnology Future of Medicine Healthcare Design blood blood donation digital health GC1 Innovation medical drones social media tissue engineering Source Type: blogs

3D Printing in Medicine And Healthcare: Amazing Equipment And Biomaterials We Can Print Out Today
3D printing has demonstrated huge potential for the future of medicine in the previous years, and its development is unstoppable. Just look at the impressive list of 3D printed healthcare materials and medical equipment below! How does 3D printing work? 3D printing is part of the innovative process called additive manufacturing, which means the production of three dimensional solid objects from a digital file. The printer uses a kind of layering process, by which one layer is added after the other until you have a fully formed object. It allows designers and engineers to create complex parts for cars, machines or airplan...
Source: The Medical Futurist - April 11, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: TMF Tags: 3D Printing in Medicine Future of Medicine 3d printed biomaterial bioprinting GC1 Health Healthcare Innovation medical technology tissue engineering Video Source Type: blogs

The Ultimate List of What We Can 3D Print in Medicine And Healthcare!
3D printing has demonstrated huge potential for the future of medicine in the previous years, and its development is unstoppable. Just look at the impressive list of 3D printed healthcare materials and medical equipment below! How does 3D printing work? 3D printing is part of the innovative process called additive manufacturing, which means the production of three dimensional solid objects from a digital file. The printer uses a kind of layering process, by which one layer is added after the other until you have a fully formed object. It allows designers and engineers to create complex parts for cars, machines or airplan...
Source: The Medical Futurist - April 11, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: TMF Tags: 3D Printing in Medicine Future of Medicine 3d printed biomaterial bioprinting GC1 Health Healthcare Innovation medical technology tissue engineering Video Source Type: blogs

The Big Kardia Review and the Evolution of Digital Health
Kardia was the very first health sensor I have ever used, and I was fortunate enough to follow its evolution. Now, the company, AliveCor sent me their latest version of the Kardia Mobile heart health monitor. Check out my review below! The progress of a health sensor Alivecor has a special meaning to me, since it produced the first digital health device, which I have ever seen and used. I believe it was four years ago. As I held the little gadget in my hand, the potentials of the technology and the fact amazed me that with this simple smartphone-connected device, I could do an ECG analysis. As a medical student, approximat...
Source: The Medical Futurist - April 6, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Health Sensors & Trackers alivecor future gc3 Kardia Personalized medicine technology wearables Source Type: blogs

Top Virtual Reality Companies in Healthcare
What is the common denominator of behavioral psychology, pain management, medical training, rehabilitation and meditation? The answer is virtual reality. I believe that within a few years, VR will be a game-changer in these areas. Thus, it is high time to enlist the most important VR companies in healthcare. VR is conquering new heigths in terms of healthcare and sales figures Medical VR is an area with fascinating possibilities. It has not just moved the imagination of science-fiction fans, but also clinical researchers and real life medical practitioners. As a doctor, you could assist in the OR without ever lifting a sca...
Source: The Medical Futurist - April 5, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Virtual Reality in Medicine future GC1 Healthcare Innovation meditation pain management Personalized medicine psychology rehabilitation VR Source Type: blogs