AI is powering a revolution in medicine and is the most powerful technology of our time.
“AI is the most powerful technology force of our time.” Jensen Huang, Nvidia CEO
The Transformative Potential of AI
Artificial Intelligence (AI) represents machine learning designed to be intuitive and predictive. Generative AI technologies are becoming widespread enabling familiar applications like speech recognition, virtual assistants, and computer vision. However, many experts believe generative AI’s greatest potential and impact will be in healthcare.
AI is powering a Revolution in Medicine
Generative AI is transforming healthcare delivery and the entire biomedical ecosystem. The transformative potential of AI is discussed in this blog (LINK) and can be considered in four key domains:
- Augmented Patient Connectivity
- Enhanced Patient Care
- Precision Therapeutics
- Predictive Health
- AI powered drug discovery
AI powered Longevity
The ability to deliver precise, personalized preventative therapies in the right combination and sequence is key to successfully extend healthy lifespan or healthspan. Women particularly require a female-centric approach to address their unique biology and disease risks. While women live on average 7 years longer than men, they spend their last decade disproportionately with disease, disability and dementia. The healthcare gap resulting from a long-standing underinvestment in women’s health can be actively addressed by harnessing the power of AI. Using advanced predictive tools, a proactive approach to evaluate and manage the menopause transition is key to address the gender health gap and extend femspan.
AI in Aesthetic Medicine
The skin is the first organ to age. As early as our twenties, the skin begins to age with the appearance of wrinkles, fine lines, laxity and furrows. There are beauty markers on the genome predicting skin health, appearance and aging. But more than 80% of early skin aging is related to lifestyle and UV exposure. Early aging is not the only feature of the skin that makes it unique. With the ability to easily visualized and access the skin, it is very well suited for predictive AI and emerging regenerative therapies. AI facial and skin analyzers are already available and their predictive value is rapidly evolving.
Medical aesthetics has evolved over the past decades with the introduction of a wide range of powerful treatments to beautify and refresh the skin such as wrinkle relaxers or neuromodulators (Botox®, Dysport ®) and facial contouring or dermal fillers (Juvederm®, Restylane®) and biostimulants (Sculptra® Radiesse ®) as well as energy-based treatments using light, laser, RF and ultrasound.
AI is enhancing aesthetic medical care by allowing a greater degree of precision and assisting procedures for safer and more effective care. Predictive AI interfaces using a scan from your mobile phone or a smart mirror can allow users to visualize the transformative potential of proposed aesthetic treatments.
The potential of AI to transform healthcare and aesthetic medicine is vast. As AI continues to evolve, its predictive power and potential value in healthcare will become even more clinically significant. Some of the greatest challenges facing scientists and physicians including solving the mysteries of chronic disease and aging may be soon addressed by the power of generative AI. AI informed medicine can greatly enhance human health, aging and performance. The future of medicine is here.
