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      <title>MED-Predict</title>
      <dc:creator>Anshum Pal</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2025 19:16:32 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://dev.to/anshum_pal/med-predict-27o0</link>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;🚀 My Full-Stack ML Project — Feedback Needed!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Hey folks, I’m a young developer currently exploring the worlds of web dev and machine learning. Recently, I built my first full-stack project — a Medical Cost Predictor — with the goal of learning and eventually turning it into something meaningful for real people.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;🛠️ Tech Stack:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Frontend: React.js&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Backend: Flask&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Database: MongoDB&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;ML: A blended regression model using Random Forest &amp;amp; XGBoost&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;📊 The model predicts medical costs based on:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Age&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;BMI&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Number of children&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Sex&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Smoking habits&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Region (SW, NW, SE, NE)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;✅ Right now:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You can log in, input health info, and get a cost prediction&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The result is stored and visualized on a dashboard with a cost history chart&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Data is user-specific and persists via MongoDB&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;🎯 This started as a practice app, but now I want to make it genuinely helpful. So I'd love some feedback from you:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;🔍 How can I improve it? What features, UX changes, or ML suggestions do you have? 💙 What do you like about the current implementation? 🧠 Any creative ideas to take it a step further?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;few photos are posted &lt;br&gt;
! — happy to share it if you're curious.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thank you in advance for your honest and constructive criticism. Every insight helps me grow 🙏&lt;/p&gt;

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