PROJECT 80
For several years, a group of doctors was involved in a humanitarian operation in South East Asia (Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia) conducted treatment of victims of landmines. Overtime, the doctors observed that patients with traumatic limb amputations died at ages significantly below natural. Various lab tests and radiography represented a significant amount of collected data that still shed no light on the problem. Additional clinical data included biochemistry, cardiograms, vascular metrics, as well as sociographic and psychologic test results etc. were included in the data pool. A link analysis revealed a correlation between amputation and life expectancy by connecting the data on the volume of blood in the body, the change in the overall length of the blood vessels caused by the amputation, the change in the arterial pressure and the work of the heart muscles, etc. The resulting information enabled doctors to apply necessary treatment that compensated for the changes in the cardio-vascular system caused by the amputation, and many lives were saved.
It also became possible to predict whether, and when a limb amputation would be required in patients with diabetes that often results in Chronic limb threatening ischemia (CLTI), also known as critical limb ischemia (CLI). According to the American Diabetes Association, every 3 minutes and 30 seconds in the United States, a limb is amputated due to diabetes. Amputations are on the rise in the United States—154,000 people with diabetes undergo amputation each year. These are non-traumatic amputations
Additionally, 30,000 of trauma-related amputations take place in the U.S. annually. There are 2.1 million people living with limb loss in the USA, and that number is expected to double by 2050. In 2019, the VA provided care to 96,519 veterans with amputations.
Additionally, connecting all that with the biochemical data, it became possible to predict occurrences of stroke, the second leading cause of death of the land mines victims within several years after the incident.
PREDICTIVE DIAGNOSTICS AND EARLY DETECTION WILL SAVE MANY LIVES IN THE U.S. AND ELSEWHERE. WE CAN HELP WITH THAT.
PROJECT 84
We have developed a data-derived model that can enable early detection of suicidal tendencies. The reasons we did it are as follows:
The number of suicides across the active-duty military increased from 75 in the first quarter of 2022 to 94 in the first quarter of 2023, according to the Defense Suicide Prevention Office. The total DoD 2022 number was 332. USMC has the highest rate.
In 2020, there were 6,146 Veteran suicides.
According to statistics on Blue H.E.L.P.’s website, the number of law enforcement suicides in 2022 was 160, an increase from 2021’s figure of 143, with 2020’s count at 146, all down from 2019 at 196.
Data from 49 states were used to calculate suicide rates by sex for all major and detailed industry and occupational groups. Major industry groups with the highest suicide rates included Mining; Construction; Other Services; Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation; and Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, and Hunting.
Over 13,000 student suicide deaths in one year in India: NCRB Report 2023.
PREDICTIVE DIAGNOSTICS AND EARLY DETECTION WILL SAVE MANY LIVES. WE CAN HELP WITH THAT.