Lisa Health launches AI-powered menopause app

Lisa Health, a digital health company focusing on menopause and healthy aging, has launched an AI-powered app.

Midday uses AI, sensor technology and digital therapeutics to support women on their menopause journey.

The app aims to illuminate what is happening physically and emotionally during menopause, providing a personalised solution for early intervention and healthy aging. As part of a collaboration with Mayo Clinic, Midday combines Lisa Health’s technology with expert medical guidance.

By 2030, the world population of menopausal and postmenopausal women is projected to increase to 1.2 billion, with 47 million new entrants each year. More than 75 per cent will experience bothersome symptoms like hot flashes that last 7-9 years on average and a decade or longer for some women.

The small number of physicians trained in menopause care leaves a wide gap for women seeking knowledge and support.

Midday is an end-to-end menopause management platform using algorithms and sensor technology to evaluate menopause progression and to deliver personalised insights, tips and evidence-based strategies and education based on each woman’s stage and symptoms.

The app includes access to a Mayo Clinic-powered technology platform that delivers education to women about menopausal hormone therapy and helps them determine whether it may be right for them.

Through the app women can schedule a virtual visit with a menopause specialist while users can also connect their Fitbit to the app to aggregate their data in one place and get menopause-specific insights.

The company’s premium version of Midday, launching later this year, will include additional new algorithms that use commercial wearable technology for advanced symptom tracking, including the ability to detect and measure hot flashes and to deliver relief in real-time.

“The impacts of menopause on women and society are wide ranging and we’ve ignored them for too long,” says Lisa Health’s co-founder and CEO, Ann Garnier.

“As a senior healthcare technology executive who was thriving in the workplace, I experienced firsthand just how debilitating menopause can be and the potential for it to derail my career and personal relationships. From that moment, I became passionate about using advanced technology to transform the menopause experience.”

Lisa Health and Mayo Clinic are also collaborating on research to advance the understanding of menopause and the role technology can play in helping women navigate this life stage and get the care and support they need.

Director of Mayo Clinic Women’s Health, Stephanie Faubion, says: “By collaborating with Lisa Health, we can help ensure that more women have access to a high-quality, personalised, evidence-based solution they can trust.

“Menopause is a critical life stage and a window of opportunity to use technology to improve women’s quality of life and health span.”

Lisa Health has raised US$2.5m to launch Midday in a seed round led by Radical Ventures.

Midday is currently available to Apple users via the App Store for a quarterly and annual subscription.