India’s sizeable female population has enormous potential to augment economic and consumption growth. According to a recent McKinsey Global Institute report thus, promoting and sharpening women’s skills and capabilities to equip them is extremely important. Essentially, health plays a significant role in this game. Women must stay fit and be alert to potential health risks at every stage of life. Notably, when women enter middle age, they become increasingly conscious of possible health hazards that may affect their lives and careers.
- Lancet found that significant threats to women’s health and well-being include cardiovascular diseases, stroke, cancers (mainly breast cancer and cervical cancer), diabetes, urinary tract infections, osteoporosis, reproductive health issues and autoimmune diseases.
- There are solid reasons to believe that women need special care and attention in healthcare. Various elements, including genetic, cultural, financial, and environmental, are at play in institutionalizing this differential treatment.
Since women are the backbone of every household and a sizeable section of them contributes to the family income — often playing hilarious double roles — their morbidity will wreak havoc on the social security of family units. The saddest part is that most of these diseases remain unnoticed till they reach advanced stages as women are intensely preoccupied with the family as well as career responsibilities. Thus, a prevention-oriented lifestyle with periodic check-ups and health screening suits them better.
Regular Medical Screenings And Monitoring
They are essential for the early detection and treatment of most female-centric diseases. Artificial intelligence (AI)-driven tools can diagnose many early on. AI algorithms can significantly enhance diagnostic speed, accuracy, and efficiency. It can quickly process large volumes of data, such as medical images and patient information, in real-time, recognize patterns and relationships, and predict outcomes. It will provide valuable insights that are nearly impossible to derive from existing technologies. Further, machine learning (ML) models can spot cardiac problems and forecast disease spread/ growth. It will improve the medical diagnostic process’s accuracy, precision, and speed and facilitate early detection and treatment.
- What is supplementing this technological revolution on the ground is women’s upward mobility in the socio-economic ladder. Enhanced purchasing power, high awareness, and better career prospects help women overcome social biases and afford preventive screenings and advanced treatment facilities.
- Thus, AI is unleashing a revolution in medical diagnostics by enabling early detection and treatment, personalized medical care, and improved patient outcomes. It can transform women’s world through preventive techniques and help them fearlessly scale new heights.