There'll be 3 times more dementia cases in 20 years, meaning, it is more likely you'll develop dementia yourself later in life
 
 or
 
we address the 40% of dementia cases that are preventable.

You'll hear about

• what are dementia modifiable risk factors – the ones you might have influnce on
• how to measure your cognitive health and why
• healthy brain aging
• digital therapeutics
• digital biomarkers
• how to implement lifestyle changes effectively
  
  and also about 
• digital health startup scaling up

Rene Gilvert is the founder of OptiChroniX. He jumped into the startup world after 25 years in pharma’s GSK, Organon, Novartis, and Takeda, including over 10  years of leadership experience in developing Digital  Medicine concepts in neuropsychiatric disorders. Afterhours, he makes short movies for festivals with a bunch of avid filmmakers in Basel and winds down while mixing trance rhythms.

OptiChroniX is a later stage Swiss startup or scale-up that has already launched myAVOS app in the US. The app brings your wearables together – be it Apple Watch, Fitbit, Withings, or Garmin – and encourages lifestyle optimisation to minimise late-life dementia and cardiovascular risk.

You may find OptiChroniX at
https://optichronix.com

And myAVOS app via
https://avos.health
(available only in the US at the time of the recording)

We talk on the show about the Yale School of Medicine study about the lower use of smart devices among older and low-income individuals who are at higher risk of adverse cardiovascular outcomes, here's the link

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772963X23004684

And an article published by American Pharmacists Association about including pharmacists in the digital health patient journey 

https://pharmacist.com/Publications/Pharmacy-Today/Article/increasing-use-of-prescription-digital-therapeutics

Timestamps:
0:00 Rene Gilvert and OptiChroniX – intro
1:16 Measuring Cognitive Health for Healthy Brain Ageing
5:15 How does myAVOS App Work in Addressing Modifying Risk Factors
9:10 Digital Biomarkers and AI-driven Speech Analysis
11:27 Digital Health Startup Strategy, Partnerships
19:31 From Pharma to Startup to the Moment of Doubt to Recognition
31:30 Benefits of Being Part of Swiss Startup Accelerators
34:12 How Do People Take Ownership of Their Health
44:22 Follow OptiChroniX, Follow X-Health.show, Disclaimer

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