AI and Medical Insights

Explore how AI is reshaping sexual health from chatbots to virtual care while addressing privacy, stigma, and the future of intimacy. Have you ever had such a personal question, and even a question that seemed a little embarrassing or difficult to say? Perhaps one of the questions concerning your sexual health or relationship that you were too shy to ask your friend, family member, or even your doctor? Where do we usually go in those times? To the mute, non-critical bliss of a search bar. Even global bodies like the WHO have acknowledged this shift, noting in their recent brief that AI is becoming an essential tool in sexual and reproductive health support. ( Source: WHO ). We put our most sensitive ideas in Google in hopes that they will be answered without the need to confront the possibility of being uncomfortable or embarrassed. But suppose that the search bar was to speak, not a list of links, but directly, privately, confidentially. This is the future we are in a world where arti...

AI is transforming women’s health, but can it replace a gynecologist’s empathy and trust? Explore why human care remains essential in intimate health. I recall that I was sitting in the doctor’s office, with sweaty hands and the beginning of a knot of anxiety constricting my stomach. It was not a life-threatening diagnosis but big, personal and very confusing. The terms used in the lab report were chilly, impersonal and, quite frankly, scary. I had been spending hours searching and going down the rabbit hole of worst-case scenarios and jargon that I did not understand. I had even attempted to get an interpretation by requesting an AI chatbot, where I was given a flawlessly structured, emotionally unemotional answer just adding to my fear. However, all was different when my gynecologist, Dr. Evans, entered. Not only did she read the report, but my face. She could see the anxiety in my eyes and how I was biting my nails with my hands. She sat, looked straight, and was not speaking in a m...

India has achieved the world’s first pediatric telesurgery, marking a major leap in remote care, surgical robotics, and global medical innovation. India has made history by performing the world’s first pediatric telesurgery on a 16-month-old infant in Hyderabad. The groundbreaking procedure was carried out remotely over 1,600 kilometers using the indigenously developed SSI Mantra robotic surgical system. Powered by 5G technology, the surgery highlighted the precision, safety, and reliability of robotic intervention in delicate pediatric cases. This milestone sets a new global benchmark in medical technology and proves that distance is no longer a barrier to life-saving expertise. It also positions India as a leader in affordable, homegrown innovations shaping the future of healthcare worldwide. ( Source: Health Dialogues ) India’s First Pediatric Telesurgery Medical Breakthrough One of the most significant medical accomplishments has relegated geographical distance as an unbeatable obs...

Discover how AI-powered wearables and smartwatches are transforming health monitoring in real-time, making your devices proactive health companions. Just imagine that you wake up with a soft buzz on your wrist. Your smartwatch notices that you are missing a deep sleep and proposes some morning stretches. It is similar to having a small health coach chained on your arm, is it? This is the power of AI wearables - in fact, ordinary items became real-time health monitors. Over the past few years, fitness trackers and smartwatches have gone beyond the humble two-step-counting device to become incredibly efficient health trackers that inform us of everything, including irregular heart rate patterns, the onset of other diseases, and more. Wearable devices are everywhere  at present. In 2021, approximately 190 million smartwatches and fitness devices were shipped across the globe, and it is estimated that the figure will reach approximately 280 million by 2024. And these machines are becom...

Discover how AI is transforming radiology. By enhancing diagnostic accuracy and drastically cutting analysis time from days to minutes, AI-powered medical imaging is leading to faster, more precise diagnoses and better patient care. Imagine the following scenario: You are sitting in a hospital waiting room and are waiting impatiently to get the results of your CT scan. Earlier, radiologists had to spend days going through scans, often working long hours. Now, with AI, the same job takes just a few minutes and it can even catch things the human eye might miss. This is no longer science fiction. It is occurring right now in the hospitals of the world, and it is transforming the way we detect, diagnose and treat illness. AI in Radiology Improving Medical Imaging Accuracy Suppose that you had an interminable assistant, who never becomes fatigued, never overlooks the slightest fact, and can read thousands of medical pictures with unerring precision. That is what the artificial intelligence ...

Explore how AI, big data, and precision medicine are transforming rare disease diagnosis with faster, accurate, and personalized results. Imagine visiting doctors for years with baffling symptoms, only to be told, “it’s nothing serious.” For millions living with a rare disease, this frustrating journey is all too common. By one definition, a rare disease affects fewer than 200,000 people in the U.S. Individually, they are uncommon, but together 10,000+ rare diseases impact about 1 in 10 Americans – about as many as have diabetes. The cruel catch is that rare diseases are notoriously hard to diagnose. Symptoms often mimic common illnesses, and most physicians only see these “zebras” a handful of times, if ever. On average, it takes about 8 years (and sometimes decades) before a correct diagnosis is made. This “diagnostic odyssey” can feel endless, costing patients valuable time and health. But a new ally has arrived: Artificial Intelligence (AI). Over the last several years, AI has been...

India’s Niloufer Hospital now offers a first-of-its-kind AI blood test. In just 60 seconds and without a needle, a face scan yields BP, oxygen and more – no vials needed. India’s First AI Blood Test Afraid of needles? You’re not alone. A simple blood test often comes with the fear of a needle prick, a vial of blood, and the anxious waiting that follows. But what if you could skip all that? Imagine that now you are sitting in front of a camera on your smartphone, then look into the camera for a few seconds and the application tells you immediately your blood pressure, heartbeat, oxygen level and so on, without drawing a drop of blood. It is not a sci-fi fantasy, but a fact. In May 2025, Niloufer Hospital of Hyderabad gave India the first AI-powered needle-free blood test. Health-tech startup Quick Vitals has created a mobile application (called Amruth Swasth Bharath) that can scan your face and provide detailed health information within one minute. From the moment the news broke, it fel...