Borna Health Fund

Obesity begins to fall in the US. Interesting post by John Burn-Murdoch showing how the proportion of obese Americans peaked in the early 2020's. This reversal of a long secular trend raises a host of questions. What could be the drivers? Culture, demographics, economics? The downward trend could continue with the broad adoption of GLP-1s. Twenty percent of the patients in my GP's practice are on them. Borna Health will need to tweak its investor presentation as obesity is linked with a host of medical issues. But it is no-longer a growing trend (in the US at least.)

Artificial Intelligence in healthcare can make an enormous impact. For difficult and perplexing cases, clinicians have too little time and a vast array of diagnostic tools that provide avalanches of data, so the technology can sift through it to shorten the time to a correct diagnosis. That change will improve outcomes along with patient health. McKinsey put together a thought-provoking piece on the topic. https://lnkd.in/dsYYtWVi #AI #Healthcare #AIinHealthcare

How I missed Intuitive Surgical's ascent three times! In our latest thought piece we discuss how dislodging them from leadership in medical robotics will be extremely difficult. #ISRG #IntuitiveSurgical #medicalrobotics https://lnkd.in/ewJrGrv4

Women already outlive men by a substantial margin. Remarkably, they are undertreated relative to men in the cardiology and oncology arenas according to McKinsey. #womenshealth #cardiology #healthgap

Inuitive Surgical's new Da Vinci 5 robot is far more than a robot. The technology dramatically increases the Company's footprint in the OR. This video highlights the advances. #ISRG #Intuitive https://lnkd.in/esQCpR-6

McKinsey conducted some interesting work confirming that inclusion or exclusion does impact the stock price on a temporary basis. I also believe that belonging to the index and the growth of passive index funds exaggerates the price response to events in the mega caps.

Our latest thought piece on the gamechanger of Grail's multi-cancer detection test. The impact could be enormous. #cancer #oncology #Illumina #grail #cancerdetection # https://lnkd.in/ern3Xnak

Bringing retired nurses back to work- A McKinsey study had some interesting results as economics was not one of the top five answers. The thought-provoking results invite questions about why we work and what makes it enjoyable.

In the investment community we tend to think of sales reps in terms of their productivity, but they do so much more. Their contributions are significant to the patients and the system. These unsung heroes deserve more credit! #medtech #bsx #jnj #medicaldevices #medicalsales #healthcaredelivery

#Medtronic once was a growth titan in the #medtech universe. What happened? And how can it be fixed? Our thoughts can be found on our insights page. https://lnkd.in/ejxzQJFF