Psychedelics: A Game-changer in Mental Health – This And More News In Digital Health This Week

We live in a world already that can seem like a dystopic one, you don't have to wait for the future to experience that. Just look at the story of?patients with a bionic eye?got into trouble after the company making their eyes went bankrupt.

Also, from time to time, we look at exciting areas we have not covered before. You would have never guessed but the subject I described in our previous video is the future of psychedelics.

I hope you will find the?newsletter?useful!

Best regards,

Berci

Bertalan Meskó, MD

The Medical Futurist ?

THE FUTURE OF PSYCHEDELICS

Psychedelics in healthcare is a controversial topic for many as they are either regarded as game changing out-of-the-box ways of approaching patient care, or they are considered harmful drugs that don't belong to healthcare at all. There is no middle way in the topic.

One way or another, people like me who have never been involved in such discussions, also have to acknowledge that psychedelics in healthcare are here, and in this video I tell you about the latest studies and all we need to know.

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FDA CLEARS FIRST SMARTPHONE APP FOR INSULIN DELIVERY

With this update, pump users will be able to program or cancel bolus doses of insulin, which are taken at mealtimes and are crucial in keeping blood glucose levels under control.

"Giving a meal bolus is now the most common reason a person interacts with their pump, and the ability to do so using a smartphone app offers a convenient and discrete solution,” John Sheridan, president and CEO of Tandem Diabetes Care, said in a statement.

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BIONIC EYES: PATIENTS LOOSING SUPPORT AS COMPANY GOES BANKRUPT

A few days ago, I shared a detailed analysis from IEEE Spectrum about a patient who lost access to the tech support of his bionic eyes. The BBC News now covered it too.

Second Sight told the magazine that during its financial difficulties it had had to reduce its workforce and "was unable to continue the previous level of support and communication for Argus II users"

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ACUTE CARE AT HOME: HOSPITAL IN THE LIVING ROOM

"Wiese was one of the first patients in Arizona to receive hospital care at home through a program from the Denver-based provider DispatchHealth. Acute care at home programs can't provide surgery or ICU-level care.

But dozens of providers around the country say technology is now good enough that x-rays, bloodwork, and many treatments for non-life-threatening conditions can be handled on-the-go." - writes?npr.org.

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MORE NEWS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF MEDICINE

NASAL VACCINE?–?Nasal Vaccines Could Help Stop COVID-19 From Spreading — If Scientists Can Get Them Right?

BIONIC PACEMAKER?–?Revolutionary ‘Bionic’ Pacemaker Capable Of Reversing Heart Failure Now Set For Human Trials?

ARTIFICIAL FACES?–?Humans Find AI-Generated Faces More Trustworthy Than the Real Thing?

3D BIOPRINTING?–?3D Bioprinting Project To Deliver Brighter Alternative To Animal Testing

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Berci