Decided to step out of my comfort zone 😰 and begin a regular writing habit. So getting started this week by sharing some interesting reads and listens from the world of #health, #technology, #fitness and #product. Hope some of these are useful content you might have missed! 🙂 ⚖️ EU AI Act Overview: Nature posted a great overview of the EU AI Act for Healthcare, explaining complex legislation in an easily referenceable guide: https://lnkd.in/ezeuU5Tk 👩⚕️ NHS type 2 diabetes success: Great news from the NHS’ programme – in a study of 1,740 people, 945 (54%) completed a year and 32% of those went into remission. Reminder that addressing the fundamental pillars of health can have life-changing impact: https://lnkd.in/eDEGZKK4 🔉 Ultrasound for mindfulness: From Frontiers - researchers targeting the brain’s Default Mode Network with low intensity ultrasound saw reduced activity in a key DMN area in functional MRI scans and subjective reports of at least 30 minutes of a deep meditative-like state. The study was small but offers promise for potential digital treatments for depression: https://lnkd.in/ez4C9VgW ❤️ New Quantum and AI-powered cardiac diagnostics: Alphabet spin off SandboxAQ is teaming up with Mayo Clinic to develop AI-enhanced magnetocardiography for rapid cardiac assessments that could overcome the prohibitive cost and size of similar tech and limitations of electrocardiograms: https://lnkd.in/ec-iXKH3 🤖 Medical algorithm approval: shared by Johannes Boshkow – this Nature Magazine article highlights the widespread gap between approval of medical AI technology and clinical proof. One of the challenges of adopting emerging technologies that are often a black box is the ethical balance between potential benefit and risk: https://lnkd.in/eKGp5z3x 📻 The social radar: Lenny's Newsletter Podcast 🔥 is a favourite of so many Product people for good reason. This episode from late June with Y Combinator founder Jessica Livingston demonstrates the importance of intuition and sensitivity beyond only concrete data when making judgement. Includes some great YC interview stories including Airbnb: https://lnkd.in/ew3W3FKZ
Johannes Boshkow
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Good summary and way to go, Simon!
Maria Gaganova
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Claire Marriott in case you haven’t read the news about NHS Diabetes programme yet 🤓☝🏻
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3moLet me know if you already saw any of these or if you learned something new! ☺️