UMass researchers hope to use artificial intelligence to stop menopausal hot flashes in their tracks

Could artificial intelligence help predict menopausal hot flashes?

BOSTON - Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Embr Labs (a spinoff of MIT) are using artificial intelligence to predict hot flashes.

They hope to combine this approach with the Embr Wave, a watch-like device that can emit coolness to the inside of the wrist to chill the entire body. The device alone is already being marketed as a way to manage hot flashes. But they said once the AI technology is added, the device will be able to constantly collect data on skin temperature, heart rate, sweating, and other body signals that can predict when a hot flash is coming, and in less than a second, trigger the cooling mechanism.

Some experts say the AI-assisted device should eventually be tested in clinical trials to determine whether it actually works.

Mallika Marshall, MD

Mallika Marshall, MD is an Emmy-award-winning journalist and physician who has served as the HealthWatch Reporter for CBS Boston/WBZ-TV for over 20 years. A practicing physician Board Certified in both Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Dr. Marshall serves on staff at Harvard Medical School and practices at Massachusetts General Hospital at the MGH Chelsea Urgent Care and the MGH Revere Health Center, where she is currently working on the frontlines caring for patients with COVID-19. She is also a host and contributing editor for Harvard Health Publications (HHP), the publishing division of Harvard Medical School.

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