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🦾Preventing Strokes, Aging Tech, and Period Relief - This Week in Health

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June 06, 2025

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Ever thought your period pain might be managed by a headband? Or that your next CT scan could be ordered by your GP with AI-backed precision? This week’s HealthHack Newsletter dives into the sharper edges of NeuroTech, AI imaging, and radical oncology innovation - all pointing toward one central theme: personalization meets practicality.

We’re diving into the latest in HealthTech not for the hype, but for how it might soon show up your daily life.

EDITOR’S CHOICE ✨ 

Neurotech Meets Menstrual Relief - At Last

If you've ever wondered why period pain gets shrugged off, you're not alone - and Samphire Neuroscience is done waiting. Its wearable NeuroTech device, Nettle, is designed specifically for menstrual pain, using targeted brain stimulation to offer non-pharmaceutical relief. This is not just another wellness gadget - it’s a clinically grounded tool pushing non-hormonal pain relief into the mainstream.

If it works as promised, we’re looking at a major leap in how neurotechnology treats everyday pain without meds or side effects.

Prevention & Precision

Because the best treatment is one you never need.

Personalized Prevention at Scale

Swiss HealthTech firm Aeon is building a platform that can predict and prevent disease by combining patient data, AI, and precision insights. The result? Less guessing, more preventing - possibly before symptoms ever arise.

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New Hope for Old Viruses

Evaxion is taking aim at polio with plans for a new vaccine. While polio may seem like a solved issue, re-emergence in pockets means we still need better tools. This tech could offer a quicker, more adaptable response to viral threats.

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VISIONARY VOICES đź’¬

Code Meets Care: The Startups Shaping Europe’s Health Future

From remote diagnostics to virtual scientists, this roundup by EU-Startups of 20 European HealthTech startups isn't just a list - it’s a map of how digital care will evolve in 2025 and beyond. Each startup included is contributing in some form to the endless challenges in modern health treatment.

If you want a big-picture glimpse into where your care might be heading, this is your jump-off point.

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AI in Action

Smart imaging, digital diagnostics, and virtual scientists at work.

Strokes and Heart Attacks Prevented

Finnish startup AIATELLA is turning cardiovascular scans into stroke and heart attack-prevention maps with AI that sees what humans miss. Their tools aim to catch signs before the first symptom even shows up. This could radically lower your personal stroke risk.

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Scanning Smarter in the NHS

Irish firm xWave is teaming up with Greater Manchester NHS Trusts to give GPs direct AI-assisted access to CT and MRI scans - no specialist required. It’s faster diagnostics, shorter wait times, and fewer missed conditions. This rollout could change how and when you get scanned.

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Chronic Care, Reimagined

Longevity isn’t just about living longer - it’s about thriving.

Aging Actively, With Dignity

French company Zenior wants to help you or your parents live independently longer with a suite of aging-in-place tech and services. Think of it as a personal assistant, safety net, and wellness tracker wrapped into one.

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Virtual Lab, Real Drugs

Kiin Bio's platform acts like a “virtual scientist” to model and accelerate drug discovery. It’s like R&D without the petri dishes. For patients, that means faster access to safer, more targeted treatments.

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Cancer, Clarified

When the stakes are high and complex, innovation matters.

A New Target in Lung Cancer

AbilityPharma’s latest clinical trial results suggest that its compound ibrilatazar, paired with chemo, could more than double survival in late-stage squamous NSCLC. For a disease notorious for poor outcomes, this might be the beginning of a new standard of care.

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Learning from Cancer Survivors

What can outliers - people who beat cancer when odds said they wouldn’t -teach us? A new research initiative is harnessing their data to redefine what "treatable" looks like.

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Well that’s it! đźš€ 

That’s a wrap on this edition of the HealthHack Newsletter.

From AI that catches disease before it strikes to NeuroTech that listens to women’s pain, the future of healthcare is stepping out of the lab and into your life. At HealthHack, we believe that personalized, proactive, and precise isn’t just a tagline - it’s where we’re all headed.

Let us know if there’s a tool, trend, or tech you think we missed for the next edition.

Until then, stay curious, stay inspired, and stay healthy.

Your HealthHack Team