The Medical Futurist
MAY 18, 2025
In the US, some biohacking activities are illegal such as agrobacterium-engineered plants and soil bacteria cultures. But before attempting invasive biohacks on your own, it would be recommended to consult with a healthcare professional. As a relatively niche field, the biohacking movement is still evolving.
GeriPal
MAY 5, 2022
My great-grandmother in particular had a very profound hearing loss and I don’t know, as a kid, I was obsessed with taking them apart and wanted to do more of the engineering side. And honestly in undergrad I was like, “Engineering is really hard. I don’t like this anymore.” Alex: Can I tell an anecdote here?
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The Medical Futurist
JUNE 21, 2025
SkinIO , Scanoma , Miiskin , FirstDerm , Direct Derm , iDoc24 , and SkinVision all work based on the same principle: they promise patients the option to self-check their symptoms and then to connect to a dermatologist online for consultation within a very short period of time. If there were ever a time to join us, it is now.
GeriPal
JUNE 15, 2023
So there’s some stuff out there like that, but also using AI to determine who at high risk and should get a palliative care consult. Charlotta: But that’s where generative AI, what I’m like, one thing I’m really excited about is this new field called prompt engineering. Like who is at high risk or low risk?
GeriPal
JANUARY 20, 2023
Summary Transcript Summary In April 2022, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) issued a report on how the United States delivers, regulates, finances, and measures the quality of nursing home care. The pushback is we can’t find folks. ” Who would stay on that plane?
GeriPal
MAY 15, 2025
Prior podcasts on the ethics of nudging , and a different trial conducted by Kate and Scott in which the default for hospitalized seriously ill patients was to receive a palliative care consult. What is sludge? Sludge is apparently when you create barriers or extra work for someone. I highly encourage you. At the minimum standard, right.
GeriPal
JUNE 30, 2022
I think people, most people, unless they come from some kind of quantitative background, if they’re a health services researcher, an engineer or something, sometimes numbers really speak to those patients, but most patients don’t fit into those kinds of categories. We put a lot on the surgeon here. Yep, for geriatrics?
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