Will AI Augment ancient Chinese practice of checking tongue to diagnose diseases?

Can TCM and Ayurvedic medicine inform high-tech AI health screening?

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I have an entire section of this Newsletter related to healthcare and positive impacts of artificial intelligence.

It’s called Benefactor, and its often about advances in healthcare that I find interesting. In the new era of healthcare with A.I., early diagnosis is going to be a key. Aging populations, shrinking labor forces and rising healthcare costs are going to begin to compound.

Early diagnosis screening centers might even become a thing! This was a startup I covered a little while ago:

I’m a big believer in utilizing A.I. in areas that already show a lot of promise like retina scans, but what about the human tongue?

The study was published Sept 8th, 2023 in the journal AIP Conference Proceedings.

I wanted to go into some detail here, because the combination of ancient and futuristic was compelling in this case study.