Ozempic And Other Weight Loss Drugs Will Only Work With Digital Health – This And More News In Digital Health This Week
Bertalan Meskó, MD, PhD
The Medical Futurist, Author of Your Map to the Future, Global Keynote Speaker, and Futurist Researcher
Last week we wrote about the "miracle drug" hype around weight loss injections like Ozempic, discussing how sustainable weight loss won't come without a better diet and regular exercise - which can be majorly supported by digital health solutions.?
Just a day after our analysis went live, MyFitnessPal announced a new integration supporting GLP-1 medications, and rumors further suggest major wearable brands are working on similar tools. We are pleased to see our insights resonating within the industry and proud to have spotted this trend in advance.
OZEMPIC AND OTHER WEIGHT LOSS DRUGS WILL ONLY WORK WITH DIGITAL HEALTH????
The “miracle drug” narrative surrounding Ozempic dangerously oversimplifies sustainable weight management, potentially leading to disappointment and weight regain when the medication is stopped.
Ozempic and similar GLP-1 agonists should be viewed as tools within a more comprehensive weight management approach, not as a magic solution that guarantees lasting results without effort.
NUTRITION APP MYFITNESSPAL ANNOUNCES TOOLS FOR GLP-1 MEDICATION SUPPORT
MyFitnessPal announced a new set of tools and content to support members taking GLP-1 medications by helping them maintain proper nutrition and consistency while experiencing weight loss.
"Members enrolled in the GLP-1 plan will receive daily tips and encouragement on how to get the best out of sleeping and eating habits and learn the importance of nutrition during rapid weight loss. Members will also have access to exercise videos focused on maintaining muscle while taking GLP-1 medications."
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PREDICTING ARRHYTHMIA 30 MINUTES BEFORE IT HAPPENS
"This artificial intelligence model, called WARN (Warning of Atrial fibRillatioN), was trained and tested on 24h-recordings collected from 350 patients at Tongji Hospital (Wuhan, China) and gave early warnings, on average 30 minutes before the start of atrial fibrillation, with great accuracy.
Compared to previous work on arrhythmia prediction, WARN is the first method to provide a warning far from onset."
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THE OPEN MEDICAL-LLM LEADERBOARD: BENCHMARKING LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS IN HEALTHCARE
We know by now that using large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT for healthcare purposes is tricky and potentially dangerous due to hallucinations and inefficiency. That's why the development of medical LLMs is crucial.
The Open Medical-LLM Leaderboard shows that Google's MedPaLM uses the biggest amount of parameters (over 500 billion!) with the potential to become the most useful in the medical and healthcare domains.
WHAT IF GENERATIVE AI TURNED TO BE A FLOP IN HEALTHCARE?
If generative AI fails to demonstrate effectiveness and safety through clinical trials and empirical evidence, it risks exclusion from evidence-based medical practice.
A failure of generative AI could erode public trust, provoke ethical concerns with deepfakes, and lead to stringent regulations or outright bans in medical settings, potentially stifling further innovation and investment in the field.
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10 个月As Dr. Bertalan Meskó highlights, sustainable weight management requires more than just medication - it needs a combination of proper nutrition, regular exercise, and digital health tools to support behavior change. The industry is starting to recognize this, with MyFitnessPal's new integration for GLP-1 medications being a positive step. Overall, the key message is that weight loss drugs alone are not a "miracle solution" - they must be complemented by digital health solutions for lasting results.
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10 个月Let’s not omit Newtopia Inc.(CDNX) from this discussion. Their app is also designed as a GLP-1 agonist companion. Jeff Ruby #healthcareonlinkedin