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Day: April 27, 2022

PIPA and Mars have pitched in to advance food-related discoveries with the help of AI

HealthGeniuses April 27, 2022

Process Integration and Predictive Analytics (PIPA), a US-based artificial intelligence (AI) firm, has joined hands with Mars, a food manufacturer, to further proceed with the discovery of a new plant. Mars will employ PIPA’s biomedical databases and innovation pipelines to come up with new dietary and nutrition products along with supplements. PIPA has offered the firm their platform ‘LEAP’ which is said to be an integration of bioinformatics and AI that has various other dimensions to it. Both the companies intend to explore new ways of making advancements with the newly discovered plant. Read More from NSHealthcare

PlateJoy will curate a healthy diet plan according to your preferences

HealthGeniuses April 27, 2022

PlateJoy is an initiative of Healthline. It is a platform that plans weekly meals for individuals based on the preferences of their household. The application has been operationalised with the help of dietitians. Therefore, it caters to all the nutrition-related concerns. Once you log into the app, you can add your family members, the dietary restrictions, and the preferred size. The app custom-tailors your needs considering all the said factors. The objective of this app is to create a healthy diet plan according to the nutritional hierarchy. Once the custom menu has been reviewed by PlateJoy, it will also curate a digital pantry for you. Read More from Healthline

Saudi Arabia and France to offer $30 million aid to Lebanon

HealthGeniuses April 27, 2022

Ever since the civil war started, Lebanon’s economy started going downhill. Due to this, the country suffers in terms of healthcare. Amid this chaos, Saudi Arabia and France have promised $30m to Lebanon specifically to be used as an emergency aid. They want to make sure that primary healthcare and food should be delivered to the poverty-stricken. To help the people of Lebanon with the ongoing crisis, France made earnest efforts to gather joint funds from Saudi Arabia so that they continue to stay engaged with Lebanon. Read more from MiddleEastMonitor 

Heinen’s to offer customised healthcare programmes inside the grocery store

HealthGeniuses April 27, 2022

Heinen’s recently opened a Personalized Nutrition Center in their store situated in Ohio. Mainly, this in-store clinic intends to offer dietary services to the clients. For the purpose of coming up with a custom-tailored nutrition plan for individuals, a diagnosis panel is also available inside the grocery setting. The company is hopeful that this interoperability between retail and healthcare will be the future. The said healthcare centre is monitored by VitalHealth Partners, which is run by Dr. Todd Pesek who is Heinen’s chief medical officer. Although the grocers are aware of the initial apprehensions of the customers, they are still hopeful that this idea will gradually gain popularity. Read More from GroceryDive

Taiwan to improve healthcare services for elderly through AI and Robots

HealthGeniuses April 27, 2022

Taiwan is facing a disproportionate number of the elderly people. To combat this issue and ensure proper care for them, Taiwan intends to introduce an AI-based hospital, The NCKU Geriatric Hospital. AI Robotic and other tech devices will help patients and doctors to carry out successful communication remotely. An AI programmed language translator has also been devised, which is quite helpful as most senior citizens in Taiwan speak Hokkien and the device currently translates Mandarin to Hokkien. Development of robots for their assistance is also in progress. The said robots will not only accompany the elderly outside the hospital, but they will also be programmed to analyse their medical records and sugar levels while reminding them to take medication on time. Taiwan is all set to fight off the expected challenges in the near future. Read More from GovInsiderAsia

Google Ventures (GV) arranges a funding round worth $35 million for Waltz Health

HealthGeniuses April 27, 2022

Google Ventures (GV) led a funding round for a digital health pharmaceutical firm, Waltz Health. GV intends to generate enough incentives for the company to help them lower prices for pharmacy consumers. GV’s agenda aligns with Waltz Health’s because the firm’s objective has been to make medical drugs accessible to patients at the lowest cost by leveraging drug-saving programmes. Waltz Health informs that they want to elucidate cost-efficient healthcare programmes to the patients and GV is assisting the pharmaceutical company to achieve their goals. Read More from BeckersHospitalReview

PIPA and Mars have pitched in to advance food-related discoveries with the help of AI

HealthGeniuses April 27, 2022

Process Integration and Predictive Analytics (PIPA), a US-based artificial intelligence (AI) firm, has joined hands with Mars, a food manufacturer, to further proceed with the discovery of a new plant. Mars will employ PIPA’s biomedical databases and innovation pipelines to come up with new dietary and nutrition products along with supplements. PIPA has offered the firm their platform ‘LEAP’ which is said to be an integration of bioinformatics and AI that has various other dimensions to it. Both the companies intend to explore new ways of making advancements with the newly discovered plant. Read More from NSHealthcare

PlateJoy will curate a healthy diet plan according to your preferences

HealthGeniuses April 27, 2022

PlateJoy is an initiative of Healthline. It is a platform that plans weekly meals for individuals based on the preferences of their household. The application has been operationalised with the help of dietitians. Therefore, it caters to all the nutrition-related concerns. Once you log into the app, you can add your family members, the dietary restrictions, and the preferred size. The app custom-tailors your needs considering all the said factors. The objective of this app is to create a healthy diet plan according to the nutritional hierarchy. Once the custom menu has been reviewed by PlateJoy, it will also curate a digital pantry for you. Read More from Healthline

Saudi Arabia and France to offer $30 million aid to Lebanon

HealthGeniuses April 27, 2022

Ever since the civil war started, Lebanon’s economy started going downhill. Due to this, the country suffers in terms of healthcare. Amid this chaos, Saudi Arabia and France have promised $30m to Lebanon specifically to be used as an emergency aid. They want to make sure that primary healthcare and food should be delivered to the poverty-stricken. To help the people of Lebanon with the ongoing crisis, France made earnest efforts to gather joint funds from Saudi Arabia so that they continue to stay engaged with Lebanon. Read more from MiddleEastMonitor 

Heinen’s to offer customised healthcare programmes inside the grocery store

HealthGeniuses April 27, 2022

Heinen’s recently opened a Personalized Nutrition Center in their store situated in Ohio. Mainly, this in-store clinic intends to offer dietary services to the clients. For the purpose of coming up with a custom-tailored nutrition plan for individuals, a diagnosis panel is also available inside the grocery setting. The company is hopeful that this interoperability between retail and healthcare will be the future. The said healthcare centre is monitored by VitalHealth Partners, which is run by Dr. Todd Pesek who is Heinen’s chief medical officer. Although the grocers are aware of the initial apprehensions of the customers, they are still hopeful that this idea will gradually gain popularity. Read More from GroceryDive

Taiwan to improve healthcare services for elderly through AI and Robots

HealthGeniuses April 27, 2022

Taiwan is facing a disproportionate number of the elderly people. To combat this issue and ensure proper care for them, Taiwan intends to introduce an AI-based hospital, The NCKU Geriatric Hospital. AI Robotic and other tech devices will help patients and doctors to carry out successful communication remotely. An AI programmed language translator has also been devised, which is quite helpful as most senior citizens in Taiwan speak Hokkien and the device currently translates Mandarin to Hokkien. Development of robots for their assistance is also in progress. The said robots will not only accompany the elderly outside the hospital, but they will also be programmed to analyse their medical records and sugar levels while reminding them to take medication on time. Taiwan is all set to fight off the expected challenges in the near future. Read More from GovInsiderAsia

Google Ventures (GV) arranges a funding round worth $35 million for Waltz Health

HealthGeniuses April 27, 2022

Google Ventures (GV) led a funding round for a digital health pharmaceutical firm, Waltz Health. GV intends to generate enough incentives for the company to help them lower prices for pharmacy consumers. GV’s agenda aligns with Waltz Health’s because the firm’s objective has been to make medical drugs accessible to patients at the lowest cost by leveraging drug-saving programmes. Waltz Health informs that they want to elucidate cost-efficient healthcare programmes to the patients and GV is assisting the pharmaceutical company to achieve their goals. Read More from BeckersHospitalReview

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