I’m proud to introduce The Medical Futurist’s 100 Digital Health and AI Companies of 2026! We have been releasing this list every year since 2017 […]
Explore the medical dangers of the dark web, like fake drugs, stolen medical data, and organ trafficking, and learn what medical professionals need to know.
Every now and then we see something that freaks out even the seasoned team of The Medical Futurist. From robot nannies taking care of human babies grown in artificial wombs to waking up with an electric shock.
We share a collection of 8 major ones below, ordered from the most practical and promising to the least ones.
Digital therapeutics offers evidence-based, clinically backed solutions to manage and/or improve health conditions via software and/or other digital health technologies that complement traditional treatment regimes.
For centuries, scribes have been part of the medical corpus, documenting events and performing administrative tasks. They shadow clinicians during their consultations to document the […]
The concept of a smart toilet might, at first, sound like a fad; a technological solution trying to find a problem to solve. But, on […]
According to recent reports, Meta is winding down its metaverse investments in favour of AI glasses and wearables. Despite the lack of popularity of the […]
The recent artificial intelligence (AI) boom has seen the technology applied in various sectors of healthcare. From triaging of patients to drug design, AI has […]
Until the early 2010s, sleep tracking was a rather niche interest, being the focus of research projects and clinical assessments of those with specific health […]
Nowadays, stethoscopes have become synonymous with the medical profession. You will be hard-pressed to see a doctor or nurse without one wrapped around their neck […]
ECG (or, sometimes, EKG) is short for electrocardiogram, a device that records and provides a graphical representation of the electric signals originating from the human […]
We compiled a list of ten research topics we believe are promising for anyone wishing to find their calling in digital health research.
Fitness tracking might sound like a ubiquitous term nowadays. A plethora of devices and apps aim to get you off the couch and in shape […]
A polymorphic algorithm is one where the code can change while maintaining the same functionality. Such a technique has been adopted by malicious computer software to avoid detection. How about healthcare?
Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) showcase the power of thought, enabling brain signals to be converted to actions, with the potential to restore mobility and communication among those otherwise unable to do so.
