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James and Jess from SomX breakdown the best stories from this week’s newsletter, with help from digital health investors David Buller and Laurent Van Lerberghe [03:55] - Analysis finds Thermology Health imaging tech capable of saving NHS £1 billion [13:20] - Finger wrap uses sweat to provide health monitoring at your fingertips [28:35] -   Scientists develop stunning AI to predict blood pressure f...

Huw and James from SomX breakdown the best stories from this week’s newsletter with help from Together Digital's Liam Cahil. [02:05] - Independent investigation of the NHS in England [29:40] - NHS warned on rollout of AI-powered genomic health prediction [45:15] -   Scientists develop stunning AI to predict blood pressure from voice 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be...

Huw and James from SomX breakdown the best stories from this week’s newsletter with help from DocAbode’s Taz Aldawoud. [04:55] - Monitoring technology in social care could save over £1.2bn for NHS [29:45] - Innovate UK reverses female founder funding decision following uproar from UK startup community [43:40] - What do 'digital transformation' and 'digital health' really mean? 🗞 Grab the newslette...

James and Jessica from SomX breakdown the best stories from this week’s newsletter. [01:00] - Survey: AI most exciting emerging technology in healthcare [26:00] - How to make sure AI helps rather than hinders healthcare [33:15] - Decentralised trial reveals home-testing behaviours for respiratory infections 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this...

Huw, James and Daisy from SomX breakdown the best stories from this week’s newsletter. [03:45] - The testing of AI in medicine is a mess. Here’s how it should be done [34:00] - Preparing the NHS for the AI Era: A Digital Health Record for Every Citizen 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form 🖇 Connect with James on LinkedIn 🖇 Connect with Hu...

Belle and Jessica from SomX breakdown the best stories from this week’s newsletter. [02:40] - Hims & Hers CEO: Women's health business "will likely" eclipse men's [18:20] - Innovative AI system uses tongue color to identify multiple health conditions [26:30] - 23andMe to launch GLP-1 telehealth offering, trims internal drug development team 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️...

Jessica and James from SomX breakdown the best stories from this week’s newsletter with help from Flo Health Inc's Anna Klepchukova. [15:40] - Femtech startups appear on track for record VC funding [25:05] - Mental health benefits company Spring Health hits $3.3B valuation, boosted by $100M series E round [35:05] - AI assistant eases NHS pressure in cataract care 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healt...

Belle and James from SomX breakdown the best stories from this week’s newsletter with help from Pogo Digital Healthcare’s Jack Francis. [02:10] - Digital pathway launched to improve care for stroke survivors  [30:35] - Flo Health raises record $200m for period tracking app and becomes Europe’s first femtech unicorn [31:50] - The NHS at 100 - time to reimagine the future? 🗞 Grab the newsletter at w...

Jessica and James from SomX breakdown the best stories from this week’s newsletter with help from ieso Digital Health's Director of Evidence Generation, Clare Palmer. [29:20] - Diagnosing STIs with a ‘selfie’? AI could make it possible   [37:00] - Are AI-chatbots suitable for hospitals? Diagnostic capabilities of large language models tested 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ App...

Huw and Belle from SomX breakdown the best stories from this week’s newsletter with help from The Health Foundation’s Tim Horton. [02:15] - AI outperforms clinical tests at predicting Alzheimer’s progress [42:30] - Digital health needs women at the heart of it 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form 🖇 Connect with Huw on LinkedIn 🖇 Connect w...

James, Jessica and Daisy from SomX breakdown the best stories from this week’s newsletter. This week: What should the next AI healthcare strategy cover? [03:15] - Function pockets $53M for personalized health testing backed by celeb investors Matt Damon, Pedro Pascal and Kevin Hart [18:25] - NHS urged to prioritise cancer care basics over tech and AI ‘magic bullets’ [39:00] - Effectiveness of digi...

Huw and Jess from SomX breakdown the best stories from this week’s newsletter, with help from University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire Trusts, Dr Julia Dawson 08:35 - Priorities for an AI in health care strategy 24:05 - Pain-free home test kit for cervical cancer is unveiled   33:15 - AI prosthetic limbs and advanced sensors: how one startup is building tech for next gen wearables   🗞 Grab th...

James and Jessica from SomX do a post-HLTH download of all of the most exciting announcements from last week’s event in Amsterdam. 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form 🖇 Connect with Jessica on LinkedIn 🖇 Connect with James on LinkedIn 📖 Learn more about the SomX team at https://somx.health

Join Jessica, Huw and Jess from SomX breakdown the best stories from this week’s newsletter, with help from Coulter Partners’ Ian Coyne. This week:  [03:00] - Be a part of a study: What kind of person builds a digital health startup? [09:30] - Freespira bets on slow and steady, amid spectacular digital health collapses [23:00] - What do health tech leaders want from the general election campaign?...

Join Jessica, James and Huw from SomX breakdown the best stories from this week’s newsletter. [02:30] - Lying To Your Therapist Is Being Superseded By Telling The Truth To Generative AI [23:45] - Urinary incontinence neuromod newcomer Amber Therapeutics nets $100M [32:15] - AI in Healthcare Report: Healthcare AI investment growing faster than non-health AI 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpi...

Join Aahuti and Huw from SomX breakdown the best stories from this week’s newsletter, with help from HealthKey’s David Joerring This week:  19:40 - ifeel cements $20M to address rising mental health costs for businesses and insurers 31:30 - Ciba Health uses wearables and analytics to get to the root cause of type 2 diabetes 41:15 - Black and ethnic minority people underrepresented in virtual wards...

Join Huw and Aahuti in breaking down the best stories from this week’s newsletter, with help from FemTech Lab’s Karina Vazirova and Kate Nikityuk. This week:  [17:00] - Seek Launches First At-Home Test for Alcohol’s Effects on Women’s Health [32:00] - How Women’s Health Conversations With Investors Have Evolved 'Decoding the Future of Women' - Femtech Lab's Flagship Women's Healthtech Conference t...

Join Huw and Belle in breaking down the best stories from this week’s newsletter.  This week: [01:35] - Five ways to unlock a digital health revolution in the NHS [21:55] - 4 Things Digital Health Investors Need To Get Off Their Chest 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form 🖇 Connect with Huw on LinkedIn 🖇 Connect with Belle on LinkedIn 📖 L...

Join Aahuti and Jess breakdown the best stories from this week’s newsletter, with the help of Toby Basey-Fisher, CEO of Entia.  This week:  [04:45] - Test-at-home kit for cancer patients approved for use [18:50] - UK partnership to address challenges regulating mental health tech [31:30] - How telemedicine can cut down NHS gynaecology waiting times 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com...

Join Jessica and James as they take a deep dive into the week’s healthtech news and views joined by HLTH Europe's Lina Behrens and Henry Stoneley.  This week:  [02:45] - Apple pushes into clinical trials with new FDA nod for Apple Watch [22:45] - Virtual reality could revolutionize mental-health treatments, including ketamine therapy, for conditions like depression and anxiety [36:45] - Okko Healt...

Join Jessica and Huw as they take a deep dive into the week’s healthtech news and views. This week:   [01:25] - ‘ Daniel Ek’s body scanning healthtech Neko Health is expanding to the UK [20:10] - Walmart Health Is Closing [29:10] - Hertility’s ReProductive Report aims to close the gaps in women’s health research 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using...

Join Jessica and James as they take a deep dive into the week’s healthtech news and views joined by Dr Sioned Fôn Jones, co-founder of BoobyBiome.  This week:  [01:26] - How UK-based BoobyBiome Is Advancing Infant Feeding Harnessing the Power of the Breast Milk Microbiome [24:20] - Maven Clinic expands fertility support for males alongside health coaching program [46:10] - GE HealthCare launches v...

Join Aahuti and Huw as they take a deep dive into the week’s healthtech news and views. This week:  [14:10] - ‘What we’re seeing is not telehealth’: alarm over doctors using AI and prescribing without seeing patients [34:55] - A Wearable Tech Gives Pharmas & Therapists Better Feel for Changes in Mental Health [46:20] - Healthtech Zoe announces 20% cost cutting, detailing redundancy packages 🗞...

Join James and Huw as they take a deep-dive into the week’s healthtech news and views. This week:  [00:50] - More deal volume, lower check sizes for digital health in Q1, with AI investment leading the pack: Rock Health [22:30] - Virtual reality eases pain in cancer trial — even the next day [37:00] - I lead one of the startups accusing Apple of patent infringement. Here’s why Congress should side...

Join James, Belle and Daisy as they delve into the week’s healthtech news and views. This week:  [00:25] - Increasingly sophisticated AI systems can perform empathy, but their use in mental health care raises ethical questions [23:50] -  Sylvia Kang Founds Mira To Fill Gap In Women’s Health Market 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form 🖇 Co...