💙 Heart Health Tips, AI Innovations & Femtech Insights

Hi there, 

We’re not sure if the outcome of the US election will have a rather positive or negative impact on your mental health, but let’s better avoid talking about politics today... :) Instead, here comes your weekly update on healthtech startups, new insights and health trends:

🏆 Salva Health, a Columbia-based healthtech startup which is working on portable device that was designed to detect breast cancer early, just won at Startup Battlefield at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024. Congrats!

💙 The need for a healthy heart can never be overlooked. Recent research shows adding 5 minutes of vigorous “everyday” physical activity to your daily exercise routine could help control blood pressure and have a positive effect on the health of your heart. 

🧠 AI is a central pillar of GE HealthCare’s precision care strategy, which focuses on integrating smart devices, digital solutions, and targeted therapies to enhance patient care. This advancement aims to assist radiologists in managing their increasing workloads, thereby enabling quicker diagnoses and treatments.

♀️ Why the health data gap for women could be a big opportunity for femtech founders. In this deep dive into femtech, senior investment associate Katarina Throssell shares her insights on where she sees the greatest opportunities and challenges.

🪐 The body’s circulatory system relies on blood return from the heart, but also on muscular activity. Scottish scientists have just developed a low-cost, flexible device that can help prevent blood clots for patients after an operation.

🚨 Hospitals and other big medical practices face similar risks from corruption as banks. Here is the background story on how the AI startup Conflixis set out to protect hospitals from corrupt doctors.

Have a nice week, and make sure to stay healthy, happy, and mentally sane no matter which political spectrum you are part of.

Your HealthHack Team