Healthy Profits

Healthy Profits 10 Insights into growing health businesses

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ipads for grandmaTablets will revolutionise M-Health for the aged since mobile phones are simply too tiny The elderly read ipads 3X fasterthan books (source: Johannes Gutenberg University) Already widely used by Pharma reps in doctors surgeries, huge wave of App innovation isunderway e.g. tests for Alzheimers

living forever 15% of the British want to live forever But 21% of 18-24yos want immortality (source: ComRes/Dying Matters, 2011) Suggests a get-them-whilst-they-are-young strategy

ageing frameworkOf the big nations of the world, Japan followed by Italy then Germany have the oldest populations By 2040 S. Korea will also be vying to be The Oldest Country On Earth (source: CSIS)Varying distribution of elderly, suggests geographically targeted healthcare strategies

life support Ageing is not just a numbers game An analysis of countries with a) high pension sustainability and b) high incomes for pensioners reveals 2 countries will have strong auto-medication markets - Australia - Chile (source: Global Ageing Preparedness Index, 2010)

self help A 2012 report from Switzerland shows that e-Health is only going to increase * 84% have used the internet for health matters* 1/3 have cancelled a doctors appointment because of what theyve found * Around a half have discussed their search findings with their doctor * 70% want to be able to consult their personal health files online (source: Swisscom, 2012)

consumeraccelerated health Patients helping patients: the next paradigm in consumer health Today for chronic disease, new markets are possible in self medication

but is it health? The blurring of beauty and health will grow and growFrom cosmeceuticals to cosmetic surgery....the latter is forecast to double in size by 2017 (source: Future Timeline.net)

smile :)Anti-ageing creams (worth $20Bn in USA) and skin whiteners(a $2Bn global market) will continue their explosive growth, driven by the developing worldTeeth will be the next face focus. Beyond crowns & bleaches, bioengineering will bring us tooth regeneration by 2017 making fillings, bridges and dentures a thing of the past

my own hospital Expect exponential growth in home-use devices to monitor health From blood pressure to blood sugar, sleep patterns to fitness levels

a big problemObseity is big. Fat kids have tripled in the USA since 1970 This one is just going to grow and grow - with diabetes and heart disease rates increasing in tandem Watch for reversals – in NYC, theres been a 6% drop in obese kids from 2006-2011

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Healthy Profits

by Chris Middleton on Feb 03, 2012

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