Lifestyle medicine

The women’s health technology or so-called femtech market has been on the rise for the last couple of years, but if gained traction just recently. Here’s our guide to 10 outstanding companies in women’s health.

While 70% of women in (peri)menopause have symptoms, only 10% get sufficient info about treatments – this is a potential goldmine for digital health

The market for fitness trackers, and especially smartwatches is on the rise. Despite the delivery difficulties due to the coronavirus, the market kept on growing […]

Supporting digital health technologies that facilitate the doctor-patient relationship.

I’ve been wearing several generations and types of smartwatches for a couple of years and I only remove my watch when I shower. I use […]

Four reasons why we still don’t have reliably working nutrigenomics tests, which could tell us what we should eat based on our dna.

The Oura Ring from Finland-based ŌURA was making waves over the past years, partly due to the technology behind the item, and in part due […]

In early 2021, Spanish lawmakers legalised euthanasia and assisted death for patients suffering from unbearable and/or incurable conditions, making Spain the sixth country in the […]

As a researcher, I have always lived for the moments when I had to see a whole process and analyse the small details at once. […]

The past year has brought an unprecedented surge in pet adoption in major cities and even in rural areas all around the world. As many […]

Zero Hunger, No.2 among the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals was already off track before COVID-19 hit in 2020. But the pandemic made the state of […]

The Human Genome Project, an international scientific cooperation on discovering the human genome, began in 1990. The goal of the undertaking was to identify the […]

Gradual memory loss, cognitive decline, wandering off to unknown places, being unable to dress in the morning: to live with dementia and Alzheimer’s disease might be a heart-wrenching burden for both patients and their loved ones. As the global population ages, and the number of individuals suffering from these conditions rises, digital technologies must step forward and offer some solutions for early detection and disease management. That’s what we examined in detail here, so let’s see the intersections of digital health and Alzheimer’s disease.

David Bowie’s iconic song Space Oddity shares the story of fictional astronaut Major Tom as he is about to be launched into space. Its lyrics […]

Food has a significant role in our lives, yet, we practically have no idea what we eat. With the advent of industrial farming and the […]

Throughout the years, we’ve reviewed several exciting digital health devices at The Medical Futurist. Some like Nima’s handheld food sensors sound as if they have […]