[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":305},["ShallowReactive",2],{"slug-10-exciting-digital-health-stories-2017":3},{"post":4,"relatedPosts":183,"relatedBooks":304},{"id":5,"date":6,"date_gmt":7,"guid":8,"modified":10,"modified_gmt":11,"slug":12,"status":13,"type":14,"link":15,"title":16,"content":18,"excerpt":21,"author":23,"featured_media":24,"comment_status":25,"ping_status":25,"sticky":26,"template":27,"format":28,"meta":29,"categories":30,"tags":32,"project_category":46,"contact_email_category":47,"yst_prominent_words":48,"class_list":60,"better_featured_image":81,"acf":119,"yoast_meta":128,"_links":130},16849,"2017-12-13T12:53:04","2017-12-13T10:53:04",{"rendered":9},"http:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F?p=16849","2022-05-18T17:48:56","2022-05-18T15:48:56","10-exciting-digital-health-stories-2017","publish","post","https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F10-exciting-digital-health-stories-2017",{"rendered":17},"The 10 Most Exciting Digital Health Stories of 2017",{"rendered":19,"protected":20},"\n\u003Ctable style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: #eee; border-top: 4px solid #444;\" cellpadding=\"5px\">\n\u003Ctbody>\n\u003Ctr>\n\u003Ctd style=\"width: 100%;\">\n\u003Cp style=\"color: #555;font-size: 12px;line-height: 14px\">THIS ARTICLE HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED SINCE 2016. THE INFORMATION SHARED IN THE ARTICLE WAS ACCURATE AT THE TIME OF ITS PUBLICATION, BUT IT MAY BE OUT OF DATE NOW. \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fmagazine\">BROWSE OUR LATEST ARTICLES HERE\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003C\u002Ftr>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Gene-edited human embryo. Self-driving trucks. Practical quantum computers. 2017 has been an exciting year for science, technology – and digital health! It’s that time of the year again when it’s worth looking back at the past months; and list the inventions, methods and milestone events in healthcare to get a clearer picture of what will shape medicine for the years to come.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003C!--more-->\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>2017 – Amazing year for science and healthcare\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Scientists, researchers, and innovators come up with amazing breakthroughs every year, and that was no different in 2017 either. No matter whether we look at physics (\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wired.com\u002F2017\u002F06\u002Fphysicists-find-another-gravitational-wave-prove-einstein-right\u002F\">proving the existence of gravitational waves\u003C\u002Fa>), astronomy (\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theguardian.com\u002Fscience\u002F2017\u002Ffeb\u002F22\u002Fthrilling-discovery-of-seven-earth-sized-planets-discovered-orbiting-trappist-1-star\">discovering new planets\u003C\u002Fa>) or biology (\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nature.com\u002Fnews\u002Ffirst-fluorescent-frog-found-1.21616\">detecting a fluorescent frog in Brazil\u003C\u002Fa>), we come across mind-blowing scientific findings everywhere. Healthcare was no exception, moreover, some say the field of medicine is one of the most innovative fields today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Looking back at \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fthe-most-exciting-medical-technologies-of-2017\u002F\">our expectations in digital health for 2017\u003C\u002Fa> in terms of trends, innovations or breakthroughs, there were at least three developments and three trends which proved to be foresightful. The beginning of a new era in diabetes care is upon us with the realities of the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fliving-with-an-artificial-pancreas\u002F\">FDA-approved artificial pancreas\u003C\u002Fa> or such small, but significant innovations as a \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.medgadget.com\u002F2017\u002F12\u002Faccurate-glucose-monitor-integrated-inside-smartphone-case.html\">glucose monitor built into phone cases\u003C\u002Fa>. Artificial narrow intelligence (ANI), mainly computer vision and natural language processing, started to take its place in healthcare – in spite of such \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fsix-challenges-to-tackle-before-artificial-intelligence-redesigns-healthcare\u002F\">bumps on the road until widespread use as overhyping the technology\u003C\u002Fa>. Precision medicine is incrementally reshaping cancer care methods: DNA-tests from tumors and patients are used to work out targeted treatments in the fight against cancer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Moreover, I \u003Cstrong>predicted that a health insurance company will launch a package which will include fitness trackers and wearables\u003C\u002Fstrong>; that a big tech company will step up its efforts in digital health; and further steps will be made in the development of the CRISPR genome-editing method. Although we still have to wait for the first clinical trials, New Scientist already reported in April 2017 that there are as many as 20 human trials underway, mostly in China. But I rushed ahead of myself. Let’s dive into the details step by step!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>If you prefer videos, here are the top 5 stories described in less than 3 minutes:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Top 5 Digital Health Stories In 2017 - The Medical Futurist\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002FaWBZDK3PH2U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen>\u003C\u002Fiframe>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>1) \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fcanada-brings-automation-healthcare-example-governments-follow\u002F\">Canada started to embrace digital health\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>New technological solutions and breakthrough methods produced by the market cannot be fruitful without the appropriate regulations ensuring the safety, the rights and the freedom to innovate for every player. The Canadian government recognized the current challenges in their healthcare system and decided to take action. The Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology invited researchers, ethicists, entrepreneurs, and futurists like me to discuss the way forward. In October 2017, they published a report entitled \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fsencanada.ca\u002Fcontent\u002Fsen\u002Fcommittee\u002F421\u002FSOCI\u002Freports\u002FRoboticsAI3DFinal_Web_e.pdf\">\u003Cem>Challenge Ahead: Integrating Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, and 3D Printing Technologies into Canada’s Healthcare Systems\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fa> with actionable recommendations for the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The Senate Committee realized the transformative power of 3D printing, A.I., and robotics, while it also seems to be willing to tackle ethical concerns, legal issues around these new technologies and their consequences on the labor market. The group recommended the government to host a Forum for Health Discovery so entrepreneurs and innovators could present their latest healthcare related work; to convene a National Conference on Robotics, A.I. and 3D Printing in Healthcare and establish various working groups to deal with technological, ethical and regulatory concerns of innovations in the industry. I believe this is the way for every responsible government to bring its healthcare system into the 21st century.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"481\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002Fhealthcare_progress_2016-768x481.jpg\" alt=\"digital health stories\" class=\"wp-image-16859\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002Fhealthcare_progress_2016-768x481.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002Fhealthcare_progress_2016-768x481-512x321.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002Fhealthcare_progress_2016-768x481-399x250.jpg 399w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>2) Insurance companies integrated fitness wearables into their programs\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Last year, I predicted that the accumulation of personal data stemming from wearables will lead a huge insurance company to launch a package containing wearable sensors and guidance about living a healthy life by measuring data. In November, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fnewsroom.uhc.com\u002Fnews-releases\u002Fmotion-update.html\">Qualcomm and United Healthcare announced\u003C\u002Fa> that they have integrated Samsung and Garmin wearables into their national wellness program. It enables eligible plan participants to earn more than $1,000 per year by meeting daily walking goals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>As according to \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.wareable.com\u002Fwearable-tech\u002F245-million-wearable-devices-sold-2019-1606\">estimations\u003C\u002Fa> 245 million wearable devices will be sold in 2019, more and more accurate data sets about our lifestyle through trackers and wearables will become available. It is inevitable that insurance companies will try to utilize them. I believe that in the future, smoking, drinking heavily, eating trashy food and not doing any sports might not only cost people a lot in terms of their expenses and their health on the long run, but it might also heavily burden their health insurance – e.g. through not being able to access certain privileges.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"497\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002Ffitness-wearables_insurance.jpg\" alt=\"Digital Health Stories\" class=\"wp-image-16860\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002Ffitness-wearables_insurance.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002Ffitness-wearables_insurance-768x439.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002Ffitness-wearables_insurance-512x292.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002Ffitness-wearables_insurance-438x250.jpg 438w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>3) Artificial Intelligence & radiology\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>As briefly mentioned above, the two most radically improving subfields of ANI, computer vision, and natural language processing, are taking their place in healthcare. Researchers achieved amazing results with computer vision in the field of medical imaging. Scientists at the University of Adelaide have been experimenting with an \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nature.com\u002Farticles\u002Fs41598-017-01931-w#Fig4\">AI system that is said to be able to tell if you are going to die\u003C\u002Fa>. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg. From IBM Watson through Philips, Agfa, Siemens to GE, giant healthcare players have already started integrating AI into their medical imaging software systems.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Moreover, the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.prnewswire.com\u002Fnews-releases\u002Farterys-receives-fda-clearance-for-the-first-zero-footprint-medical-imaging-analytics-cloud-software-with-deep-learning-for-cardiac-mri-300387880.html\">FDA approved the first cloud-based deep learning algorithm for cardiac imaging developed by Arterys in 2017\u003C\u002Fa>. It is a giant leap towards integrating A.I. into radiology which might become part of radiologists’ daily routine sooner than you think. Anna Fernandez, Health Informatics\u002FPrecision Medicine Lead at Booz Allen Hamilton told me that within 3 years we would have many machine learning algorithms in active clinical pilot testing and in approved use. It will help diagnose simpler cases and take over repetitive tasks. However, I’m sure that radiologists’ creative work will be necessary in the future to solve complex issues and supervising diagnostic processes. A.I. will not replace radiologists, but make them better!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"489\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002Fradiology-and-ai.jpg\" alt=\"digital health stories\" class=\"wp-image-16861\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002Fradiology-and-ai.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002Fradiology-and-ai-370x208.jpg 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002Fradiology-and-ai-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002Fradiology-and-ai-512x288.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002Fradiology-and-ai-444x250.jpg 444w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>4) The FDA approved the first “digital pill”\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The amazing advancement of nanotechnology is making the production of “digestibles“ as a potential way for drug manufacturing possible. These tiny pills or gadgets combined with a sensor could track digestion and the absorption of drugs after swallowing them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the FDA, \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fedition.cnn.com\u002F2017\u002F11\u002F14\u002Fhealth\u002Ffda-digital-pill-abilify\u002Findex.html\">granted a green light for the first pill with a digital ingestion tracking system in 2017\u003C\u002Fa>. The drug called Abilify MyCite was developed by the Japanese Otsuka Pharmaceutical, augmented by an accompanying wearable patch produced by Proteus Digital Health. With the patient’s approval, the ingestible sensor communicates with the wearable sensor patch if the drug is taken; then the information is transmitted to a smartphone or tablet of the caretaker or the patient himself. The ultimate aim is to measure drug adherence in the treatment of adults with schizophrenia, acute treatment of manic and mixed episodes associated with bipolar I disorder, and as adjunctive therapy for the treatment of major depressive disorders in adults.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"491\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002Fdigital-pill.jpg\" alt=\"Digital Health Stories\" class=\"wp-image-16862\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002Fdigital-pill.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002Fdigital-pill-370x208.jpg 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002Fdigital-pill-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002Fdigital-pill-512x289.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002Fdigital-pill-443x250.jpg 443w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>5) Medical chatbots and health assistants on the rise\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fchatbots-health-assistants\u002F\">Chatbots, A.I. supported messaging apps or voice controlled bots\u003C\u002Fa> are forecast to replace simple messaging apps soon. In healthcare, they could help solve easily diagnosable health concerns or support patient management, e.g. general organizational issues. In the last months, several signs have pointed to the direction that a more widespread use is forthcoming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fthemedicalfuturist.us8.list-manage.com\u002Ftrack\u002Fclick?u=5b42ebb547c75ff669a6572d3&id=91c692442f&e=d647e4d78c\">Ada Health\u003C\u002Fa> has been the fastest growing medical app in Europe in 2017. Over 1.5 million people have already tried the health companion app, which is able to assess the user’s health based on the indicated symptoms using its vast, A.I.-based database. The UK’s \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.engadget.com\u002F2017\u002F01\u002F05\u002Fnhs-chatbot\u002F\">National Health Service (NHS) started to use\u003C\u002Fa> a \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.babylonhealth.com\u002Fhow-it-works\">chatbot\u003C\u002Fa> app for dispensing medical advice for a trial period in 2017, with the aim of reducing the burden on its 111 non-emergency helplines. The NHS is developing the app with \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.babylonhealth.com\u002F\">Babylon Health\u003C\u002Fa>, one of the new breed of paid, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.engadget.com\u002F2016\u002F11\u002F04\u002Fone-consultation-was-enough-to-sell-me-on-online-doctors\u002F\">doctor-on-demand services\u003C\u002Fa>. Although the initial results on how patients utilize the new resource show somewhat mixed achievements, I believe, this is the way to go in the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"580\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002Fmedical-chatbot.jpg\" alt=\"Digital Health Stories\" class=\"wp-image-16863\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002Fmedical-chatbot.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002Fmedical-chatbot-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002Fmedical-chatbot-512x341.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002Fmedical-chatbot-375x250.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>6) Medical VR for pain management\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Virtual reality has been marching triumphantly into healthcare. In the past months, it turned out that it can offer an out-of-the-box solution for managing chronic pain and an effective prevention of the use of prescription opioids. Brennan Spiegel and his team at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center are \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fvirtual-reality-used-clinical-practice\u002F\">experimenting with the technology and they found a significant drop in pain scores in case of VR therapies\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Josh Sackman, President of \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fappliedvr.io\u002F\">applied VR\u003C\u002Fa>, a Los Angeles-based company offering patients a non-drug escape route out of pain or panic through virtual reality, told The Medical Futurist, that VR can help increase access to a low cost, yet effective pain management resource. He added that in the US, there are currently 100 million sufferers of chronic pain; and VR offers an effective alternative for opioid painkillers \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fdigital-health-supports-fight-opioids\u002F\">supporting the fight against the recent opioid crisis\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Virtual Reality | Cedars-Sinai\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002FzpcNhnU-Aaw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen>\u003C\u002Fiframe>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>7) Roche acquired mySugr\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Austrian diabetes management start-up, \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fthemedicalfuturist.us8.list-manage1.com\u002Ftrack\u002Fclick?u=5b42ebb547c75ff669a6572d3&id=6373d42b8b&e=d647e4d78c\">mySugr\u003C\u002Fa> has been specializing in app-based, all-around care for people with diabetes since 2012. Pioneer in gamification and creator of the diabetes monster, mySugr has already over a million registered users, is available in 52 countries and in 13 different languages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The successful venture was acquired by the global pharmaceutical company, Roche during the summer. While the start-up itself remained a separate legal entity, its app became an integral part of Roche’s new patient-centered digital health services platform in diabetes care. The acquisition made it possible for users to connect their mySugr app with Roche’s Accu-Chek tools, such as the Accu-Chek Guide glucose meter. The deal is important as it shows that huge pharma companies started to understand the value of health tech start-ups’ solutions and unique expertise. So, instead of trying to come up with their products and services on their own, they rather team up with market players coming up with niche, value-based results. I believe we’ll see more similar arrangements in the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"489\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002Froche-diabetes-care-roche-launches-integration-of-accu-chek-avi.jpg\" alt=\"Digital Health Stories\" class=\"wp-image-16864\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002Froche-diabetes-care-roche-launches-integration-of-accu-chek-avi.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002Froche-diabetes-care-roche-launches-integration-of-accu-chek-avi-370x208.jpg 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002Froche-diabetes-care-roche-launches-integration-of-accu-chek-avi-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002Froche-diabetes-care-roche-launches-integration-of-accu-chek-avi-512x288.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002Froche-diabetes-care-roche-launches-integration-of-accu-chek-avi-444x250.jpg 444w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>8) Microsoft launched a new healthcare division\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Last December, I predicted that the race among tech giants will not tone down when it comes to healthcare. Although Google, Apple, Microsoft, IBM, they all showed interest in medicine \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fgoogle-and-apple-not-saving-healthcare\u002F\">they should and they will step up their efforts\u003C\u002Fa>. Google has made steps forward in healthcare with \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.calicolabs.com\u002F\">Calico\u003C\u002Fa>. \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.humanlongevity.com\u002F\">Human Longevity Inc.\u003C\u002Fa> joined forces with Cleveland Clinic for a human genomics collaboration aimed at disease discovery and making aging a chronic condition. IBM has been developing its artificial intelligence program, Watson, and puts it to use in cardiology and cancer care.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>For this year, I expected another tech giant to make extra efforts in improving research in healthcare. In September 2017, \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.telegraph.co.uk\u002Ftechnology\u002F2017\u002F09\u002F24\u002Fmicrosoft-launches-new-healthcare-division-based-artificial\u002F\">Microsoft announced the launch of its new healthcare division\u003C\u002Fa> at its Cambridge research facility, as part of plans to use its artificial intelligence software to enter the health market. Its research plans include monitoring systems that can help keep patients out of hospitals, and large studies into conditions such as diabetes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"580\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002Fmicrosoft-healthcare-division.jpg\" alt=\"Digital Health Stories\" class=\"wp-image-16866\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002Fmicrosoft-healthcare-division.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002Fmicrosoft-healthcare-division-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002Fmicrosoft-healthcare-division-512x341.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002Fmicrosoft-healthcare-division-375x250.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>9) CRISPR and the first gene-edited embryos\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The amazing genome editing method, CRISPR has the potential to transform medicine as we know it. Although its research is in its infancy, studies and clinical probes show the method’s rapid development and incredible power. While in 2016, \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Farstechnica.com\u002Fscience\u002F2016\u002F01\u002Fgene-editing-shows-promise-in-treating-muscular-dystrophy\u002F\">experiments showed how\u003C\u002Fa> scientists were able to treat mice with Duchenne’s muscular dystrophy through gene editing, a year later the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.technologyreview.com\u002Fs\u002F608350\u002Ffirst-human-embryos-edited-in-us\u002F\">MIT Technology Review reported\u003C\u002Fa> about the first known attempt at creating genetically modified human embryos in the United States.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>I predicted that in 2017, we would have a great chance for launching the first clinical trials to test the real power of CRISPR in changing devastating diseases. It’s happening. As I mentioned before, in May, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.newscientist.com\u002Farticle\u002F2133095-boom-in-human-gene-editing-as-20-crispr-trials-gear-up\u002F\">New Scientist reported that as many as 20 human trials will be underway soon\u003C\u002Fa>, mostly in China. A few months later, in October, Nature reported that \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nature.com\u002Fnews\u002Fchinese-scientists-fix-genetic-disorder-in-cloned-human-embryos-1.22694\">Chinese researchers created cloned embryos with a genetic mutation\u003C\u002Fa> for a potentially fatal blood disorder; then precisely corrected the DNA through “base editing”, a modification of the CRISPR\u002FCas-9 to show how to potentially prevent the condition at the earliest stages of development. These stories will keep multiplying in the future and we have to pay a lot more attention to the ethical consequences!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002Fcrispr.jpg\" alt=\"CRISPR - Digital Health Stories\" class=\"wp-image-16867\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002Fcrispr.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002Fcrispr-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002Fcrispr-512x307.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002Fcrispr-417x250.jpg 417w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>10) The FDA about the future of 3D Printing\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>On 4 December 2017, the FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb released \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.fda.gov\u002FNewsEvents\u002FNewsroom\u002FPressAnnouncements\u002Fucm587547.htm\">a statement\u003C\u002Fa> reaffirming the agency’s commitment to a “\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002F3dprintingindustry.com\u002Fnews\u002Ffda-makes-statement-concerning-future-3d-printing-medicine-125627\u002F\">new era of 3D printing of medical products\u003C\u002Fa>.” The statement outlines that the regulatory institution has reviewed over a hundred 3D printed medical devices currently on the market: from\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002F3dprintingindustry.com\u002Fnews\u002Fk2m-3d-printed-spine-implant-achieves-fda-approval-116752\u002F\"> spinal implants\u003C\u002Fa> and custom facial reconstructions to 3D printed pills – \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002F3dprintingindustry.com\u002Fnews\u002Ffda-approves-the-first-3d-printed-drug-54796\u002F\">the first of which was given a green light by the FDA in 2015.\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The FDA’s document shows its confidence about the further spread of 3D printing in medicine and healthcare, and it also demonstrates its preparation for the coming developments in synthetic organ production and biomedical additive manufacturing. As for example, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F3d-printing-in-medicine-and-healthcare\u002F\">Organovo’s first bioprinted products are expected to make it to the FDA in 201\u003C\u002Fa>9, we’ll definitely hear a lot of regulatory discussions about 3D printing in 2018.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002Fbioprinting.jpg\" alt=\"Bioprinting - Digital Health Stories\" class=\"wp-image-16868\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002Fbioprinting.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002Fbioprinting-768x636.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002Fbioprinting-512x424.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002Fbioprinting-302x250.jpg 302w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>2017 has indeed been an incredibly exciting year. We can’t wait for all the amazing innovations coming our way next year. But whatever happens, The Medical Futurist team will be here and all over our social media channels to cover exciting news and provide the necessary context in order to step into the future well-informed and confident.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fthemedicalfuturist.us8.list-manage.com\u002Fsubscribe?u=5b42ebb547c75ff669a6572d3&id=efd6a3cd08\">\u003Cb>Subscribe To The Medical Futurist℠ Newsletter\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\u003Cli>News shaping the future of healthcare\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>Advice on taking charge of your health\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>Reviews of the latest health technology\u003C\u002Fli>\u003C\u002Ful>\n\n\n\n\u003Ctable style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: #eee; border-top: 4px solid #444;\" cellpadding=\"10px\">\n\u003Ctbody>\n\u003Ctr>\n\u003Ctd style=\"width: 100%;\">\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>At The Medical Futurist, we are building a community for making a bold vision about the future of healthcare reality today.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002FFIbMejImnxs\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\">\u003C\u002Fiframe>\n\u003Cp>If you’d like to support this mission, we invite you to \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.patreon.com\u002Fthemedicalfuturist\">join The Medical Futurist Patreon Community\u003C\u002Fa>. 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THE INFORMATION SHARED IN THE ARTICLE WAS ACCURATE AT THE TIME OF ITS PUBLICATION, BUT IT MAY BE OUT OF DATE NOW. \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fmagazine\">BROWSE OUR LATEST ARTICLES HERE\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003C\u002Ftr>\u003C\u002Ftbody>\u003C\u002Ftable>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Life expectancy is continuously growing but how far could it be stretched? Could you imagine that the average person lived beyond 130 years of age? How would longevity transform societies and our ways of life?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Based on the book, \u003Cstrong>My Health: Upgraded.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003C!--more-->\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>The quest for immortality\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Humanity has been yearning for the secret of immortality since the first temple for the ever-living Gods was built, which \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.smithsonianmag.com\u002Fhistory\u002Fgobekli-tepe-the-worlds-first-temple-83613665\u002F\">might have been 12,000 years ago in Gobekli Tepe\u003C\u002Fa>, according to the current state of archeology. The ancient legends and myths are full of tales about how men on Earth wanted to join the community of immortals. However, sometimes those who gained access to the privileged and reached the status of the Gods paid a very high price. According to the Homeric \u003Cem>Hymn to Aphrodite\u003C\u002Fem>, when \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.britannica.com\u002Ftopic\u002FTithonus-Greek-mythology\">Zeus was asked to grant prince Tithonus eternal life\u003C\u002Fa>, the god consented. Nonetheless, there was no request for eternal youth, so for thousands of years, Tithonus grew old and withered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The suffering of immortality often appears in the literary imagination, too. \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.amazon.com\u002Fgp\u002Fproduct\u002F0393308456\u002Fref=x_gr_w_bb?ie=UTF8&tag=x_gr_w_bb-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0393308456&SubscriptionId=1MGPYB6YW3HWK55XCGG2\">Simone de Beauvoir’s hauntingly beautiful novel, \u003Cem>All Men Are Mortal\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fa>, tells the tale of a 13th-century Italian man, Fosca, who recounts his life – and his immortality – to an actress in the 19th century. He says how at first he wanted power, then money, finally family and love. However, an immortal being must find that everything decays around him, eventually, so nothing has meaning and nothing has any risk anymore. \u003Cstrong>As human beings are finite in their lives, in their imagination and their thinking, infinity is unimaginable and inhuman\u003C\u002Fstrong>. As Ecclesiastes writes, “\u003Cem>there is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: a time to be born and a time to die…\u003C\u002Fem>”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-full wp-image-20687\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"535\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F06\u002Fjean-michel-basquiat-and-the-immortal-black-life.jpg\" alt=\"longevity\" class=\"wp-image-20687\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F06\u002Fjean-michel-basquiat-and-the-immortal-black-life.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F06\u002Fjean-michel-basquiat-and-the-immortal-black-life-768x472.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F06\u002Fjean-michel-basquiat-and-the-immortal-black-life-512x315.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F06\u002Fjean-michel-basquiat-and-the-immortal-black-life-406x250.jpg 406w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Jean-Michel Basquiat and the Immortal Black Life\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Longevity instead of immortality\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Still, \u003Cstrong>after thousands of years without any success, after the relentless and fruitless search for the Holy Grail by Christians, the appeal of immortality did not vanish, it only lessened\u003C\u002Fstrong>. Just look at all those who turn to the cryopreservation of the human body – to be able to wake up healthily from death after centuries. Michigan professor, Robert Ettinger proposed \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theguardian.com\u002Ftechnology\u002F2008\u002Ffeb\u002F14\u002Fresearch.cryonics\">cryonics\u003C\u002Fa> in a book called The Prospect of Immortality, which argued that death could, in fact, be a reversible process. Ettinger, who died in 2011, went on to found the \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.cryonics.org\u002F\">Cryonics Institute\u003C\u002Fa> in Michigan where he, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theguardian.com\u002Fscience\u002F2016\u002Fnov\u002F18\u002Fthe-cryonics-dilemma-will-deep-frozen-bodies-be-fit-for-new-life\">his mother and his first and second wives all now reside in metal flasks kept at −196 °C\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>However, there are \u003Cstrong>many more who believe that instead of immortality, humanity has to look at longevity and the chances to keep people healthy and alive for as long as possible\u003C\u002Fstrong>. With the drastic increase in life expectancy in the last centuries, the idea of longevity seems to be as close as never before. \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.newyorker.com\u002Fmagazine\u002F2017\u002F04\u002F03\u002Fsilicon-valleys-quest-to-live-forever\">Silicon Valley clearly has a quest for that now\u003C\u002Fa>. The \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fnam.edu\u002Finitiatives\u002Fgrand-challenge-healthy-longevity\u002F\">U.S. National Academy launched a Grand Challenge in Healthy Longevity\u003C\u002Fa>, which will award at least twenty-five million dollars for breakthroughs in the field. The \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.pacitaproject.eu\u002F\">Parliaments and Civil Society in Technology Assessment (PACITA)\u003C\u002Fa> is a project of the European Union bringing together stakeholders of healthcare in hopes to design policy, gather technological solutions, and promote awareness of assisting an aging society.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Do you think it’s impossible to live beyond a hundred years healthily? It might be for now, but what do you think a knight from the middle ages would have responded to the question whether he believes it is going to be possible to live until 70 years of age without any trouble in the 20th century?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-full wp-image-20689\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"804\" height=\"870\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F06\u002Fdaryl-thetford-man-reaching.jpg\" alt=\"longevity\" class=\"wp-image-20689\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F06\u002Fdaryl-thetford-man-reaching.jpg 804w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F06\u002Fdaryl-thetford-man-reaching-768x831.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F06\u002Fdaryl-thetford-man-reaching-473x512.jpg 473w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F06\u002Fdaryl-thetford-man-reaching-231x250.jpg 231w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 804px) 100vw, 804px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Daryl Thetford Man Reaching\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>How long shall we live?\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Let us take the example of a 50-year-old male, Ted. He would be considered a Methuselah in ancient Greece or Rome, where the average life expectancy was 30 years. The same would go for Ted if he had fought in the Hundred Year’s War against the French or if he had sailed with Columbus for the New World on the Santa Maria. Before the 19\u003Csup>th\u003C\u002Fsup> century, people died much younger than today. Eternal love for your wife meant 10-20 years, maximum. However, \u003Cstrong>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theatlantic.com\u002Fmagazine\u002Farchive\u002F2014\u002F10\u002Fwhat-happens-when-we-all-live-to-100\u002F379338\u002F\">since 1840, life expectancy at birth has risen about three months per year\u003C\u002Fa>. Thus, every year a newborn lives three months longer than those born the previous year\u003C\u002Fstrong>. Sweden, which keeps excellent demographic records, documents female life expectancy at 45 years of age in 1840 and 83 today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Of course, there are huge differences between regions: if you are born in Morocco, you can expect a completely different life-span as in Canada. The two extremes are Sierra Leone and Japan: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FList_of_countries_by_life_expectancy\">life expectancy is 50.1 years in the former and 83.7 in the latter\u003C\u002Fa>. However, \u003Cstrong>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.telegraph.co.uk\u002Fnews\u002Fscience\u002Fscience-news\u002F11562492\u002FMeet-the-doctor-who-is-convinced-he-will-live-to-150.html\">experts believe that\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003Cstrong> with recent breakthroughs in science and medicine coupled with lifestyle changes, this number could reach far beyond 100 years.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Although it is not obvious that people want to live longer. The \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.pewresearch.org\u002Ffact-tank\u002F2016\u002F09\u002F13\u002Famericans-are-wary-of-enhancements-that-could-enable-them-to-live-longer-and-stronger\u002F\">Pew Research Center surveyed thousands of Americans in 2013\u003C\u002Fa>. A third of them didn’t want to live past the age of 80, and 56 percent of adults said they would not want to live at least 120 years, which is considered the current upper limit of the human lifespan. Only a small minority of 8 percent wanted to live for more than a hundred years. And why don’t people want to live longer?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-full wp-image-20693\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"652\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F06\u002Fphoto-montage.jpg\" alt=\"longevity\" class=\"wp-image-20693\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F06\u002Fphoto-montage.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F06\u002Fphoto-montage-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F06\u002Fphoto-montage-512x384.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F06\u002Fphoto-montage-334x250.jpg 334w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Source: www.ethosreview.org\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Are societies crumbling as we live longer?\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>As the horrific tale of Tithonus shows, already the ancient Greeks knew that immortality has no value without health and well-being. What does it matter how old you are if you cannot use your body and brain to live a full life? Aging is generally associated with deteriorating health and decrepitude. That’s the primary reason why people wouldn’t want to live longer. Ideally, this should improve before life expectancy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>When you think about it\u003Cstrong>, the life of men and women lengthened so quickly in only a few decades that society hasn’t been able to adjust\u003C\u002Fstrong>. We can see that when \u003Cstrong>looking at overstrained pension schemes, economic distribution problems – but also deeper-rooted social structures and social values.\u003C\u002Fstrong> Even the idea of marriage and other social bonds might be in crisis because these constructions are slower to change than our life expectancy. Why wouldn’t they be? For example, people were told to live a married life and be faithful as long as they shall live for centuries. But how shall we do that if in the 19\u003Csup>th\u003C\u002Fsup> century that was 30 years at best and now it might even mean 60?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>How could we extend our lifespan beyond 100 years of age if the effects of an aging population already strain our societies\u003C\u002Fstrong>? If younger generations cannot sustain the social system to provide care for their elders as they are growing older and older, significant structural changes will be necessary. Transhumanist \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ftwitter.com\u002Fzoltan_istvan\">Zoltan Istvan\u003C\u002Fa> agreed that if we live past 130 years, society will fundamentally change. We will have to contend with social welfare and retirement systems that cannot sustain themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F06\u002Fabr.32.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20698\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F06\u002Fabr.32.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F06\u002Fabr.32-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F06\u002Fabr.32-512x384.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F06\u002Fabr.32-333x250.jpg 333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Could brain implants and exoskeletons come to the rescue?\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Coping with increasing life expectancy is a long-term task, and \u003Cstrong>it starts with re-structuring societies so that they fundamentally reflect recent changes\u003C\u002Fstrong>. Young, as well as older workers, will have to deal with the fact that people will retire increasingly later. Healthcare systems should prepare for the fact that health problems will quadruple in the coming years due to larger numbers of the elderly. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.un.org\u002Fen\u002Fdevelopment\u002Fdesa\u002Fpopulation\u002Fpublications\u002Fpdf\u002Fageing\u002FWPA2015_Report.pdf\">two billion people will be over the age of 60 by 2050\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>However, \u003Cstrong>the ultimate aim should be to sustain the quality of life during those long ye\u003C\u002Fstrong>ars instead of spending it bedridden in hospitals or home cares. \u003Cstrong>Paying more attention to living a healthy life and the use of technologies could offer a helping hand\u003C\u002Fstrong>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Although we have no idea where exponential technological development might take us in the next 50 or 100 years, \u003Cstrong>trends show amazing possibilities for enhancing the human body and brain for keeping them fit\u003C\u002Fstrong>. \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fthe-worlds-most-famous-real-life-cyborgs\u002F\">Special brain implants could improve our memory\u003C\u002Fa>. \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fdigital-health-makes-you-a-superhero\u002F\">Exoskeletons could boost our strength\u003C\u002Fa>, and augment a whole range of our human capabilities. Older people could carry out heavy lifting tasks and other cumbersome assignments by increasing their physical abilities with these complex robotic structures. Scientists are experimenting with various brain implants that \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.businessinsider.com\u002F10-brain-implant-superpowers-2014-5\">might help restore hearing for the deaf and restore sight for some blind people\u003C\u002Fa>. Imagine how these innovations could aid older people in the future to keep their capabilities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-full wp-image-20694\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"482\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F06\u002F0._stickman__2017._performance.jpg\" alt=\"longevity\" class=\"wp-image-20694\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F06\u002F0._stickman__2017._performance.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F06\u002F0._stickman__2017._performance-768x425.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F06\u002F0._stickman__2017._performance-512x284.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F06\u002F0._stickman__2017._performance-451x250.jpg 451w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>StickMan, 2017, video installation: 3 min 42 sec; original performance at Chrissie Parrot Arts, Perth, for The Daedalus Project at the Fringe World festival; sound by Petros Vouris; assisted by Tim Jewell, Steve Berrick, Alwyn Nixon-Llyod, Steven Aaron Hugues, Rodney Parsons and Paul Caporn. Photo by Steve Berrick. Courtesy the artist.\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Moreover, the options of gene-editing or organ transplants should also be mentioned. What if scientists found a way to modify healthy adults’ genes to slow down aging? A \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.genengnews.com\u002Fgen-news-highlights\u002Factivated-gene-slows-the-aging-process\u002F81250322\u002F\">group of researchers already identified a potential gene for it\u003C\u002Fa>. And what if we could grow synthetic organs in laboratories to replace “worn-out” ones? \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.organovo.com\u002F\">Organovo\u003C\u002Fa> successfully bioprinted liver tissues already in 2014. The company suggests that within a decade, we will be able to print solid organs such as liver, heart, and kidney. The bioprinted liver tissue could \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002F3dprintingindustry.com\u002Fnews\u002Forganovo-3d-bioprinted-liver-tissue-make-fda-2019-101775\u002F\">make it to the FDA in 2019\u003C\u002Fa>. What if ectogenesis – growing babies outside the womb – would become reality alongside with the possibility for uploading individual minds to computers or the voluntary elimination of genders. There are already \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fnationalpost.com\u002Fhealth\u002Fartificial-wombs\">experiments for saving premature babies in artificial wombs\u003C\u002Fa>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Technologies for the aging society \u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>While some of the above options are currently rather concepts in science-fiction movies, such as \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.vulture.com\u002F2016\u002F10\u002Fblack-mirror-recap-season-3-episode-4.html\">Black Mirror’s San Junipero episode\u003C\u002Fa>, new \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fthe-greatest-technological-developments-for-the-elderly\u002F\">technologies are already available to help older adults live fuller and more independent lives\u003C\u002Fa> among their younger cohorts. \u003Cstrong>That’s exactly what digital solutions should do: not push them to society’s periphery but keep them connected to the center\u003C\u002Fstrong>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Some health technologies help preserve physical fitness, such as RespondWell, which is using a Kinect sensor to help understand a person’s physical limitations and connect them with a therapist who can then create an individualized physical fitness plan. Some others help recover lost abilities: \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.tvears.com\u002F\">TV Ears\u003C\u002Fa> lets people with hearing loss listen to the television clearly without turning up the volume. The Wright Stuff offers a range of products that make dressing up easier for anyone who cannot use one of their hands. The \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.liftware.com\u002F\">Liftware stabilizing handle\u003C\u002Fa>, a smart utensil supports motion and enables the hand to shake 70 percent less making eating enjoyable again. There are many more similar innovations on the market and in the future, there will be even more digital solutions with the goal to sustain the quality of life for longer lifespans. That will be the key motivator in our aging societies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"211\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F11\u002Fwearable-for-elderly.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14423\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F11\u002Fwearable-for-elderly.jpg 480w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F11\u002Fwearable-for-elderly-458x201.jpg 458w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The Medical Futurist believes in the saying that the first person to live beyond 150 has already been born. If it is true, we might be the new generation of supercentenarians. Naturally, that comes with responsibilities and consequences. We might have the burden on our shoulders to transform entire societies to prepare for the super-long way of life. While technology offers plenty of help, it depends entirely on us how we utilize its powers and how we guide our communities towards longevity. Anyhow, we hope we will live long and prosper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Read more exciting stories in my book, \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Famzn.to\u002F1LRAp3t\">\u003Cstrong>My Health: Upgraded\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fa>!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ctable style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: #eee; border-top: 4px solid #444;\" cellpadding=\"10px\">\n\u003Ctbody>\n\u003Ctr>\n\u003Ctd style=\"width: 100%;\">\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>At The Medical Futurist, we are building a community for making a bold vision about the future of healthcare reality today.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002FFIbMejImnxs\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\">\u003C\u002Fiframe>\n\u003Cp>If you’d like to support this mission, we invite you to \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.patreon.com\u002Fthemedicalfuturist\">join The Medical Futurist Patreon Community\u003C\u002Fa>. 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