This AI Counts Every Tumor in Your Brain Scan — Even the Ones Radiologists Miss
Brain metastases are among the hardest things to count reliably on an MRI. A single scan can show one lesion...
Month: August 2026
An AI Read 25,525 Routine ECGs and Found the Heart Disease Doctors Keep Missing
On April 8, 2026, the FDA cleared an algorithm that claims to spot a disease most doctors never catch until...
The FDA Just Cleared a Chatbot to Manage Your Insulin — With a Human Doctor Still Holding the Leash
On June 25, 2026, a four-year-old startup called UpDoc announced something that had never happened before: the FDA had cleared...
Nine Out of Ten Times the Algorithm Was Wrong—Now a Judge Is Making UnitedHealth Explain Why It Used It Anyway
A federal class-action lawsuit that began with the deaths of two Medicare Advantage patients has become one of the most...
Takeda Just Bet $600 Million That an AI Can Find Its Next Drug Before a Human Does
On July 3, 2026, Japanese pharmaceutical giant Takeda announced a collaboration with Insilico Medicine worth up to $600 million, handing...
One Nurse Got Two Hours of Her Shift Back—Mercy’s AI Listens So She Doesn’t Have to Type
At Mercy hospitals in Missouri and Arkansas, nurses have started narrating patient care out loud during their shifts, and an...
93% of Hospitals Are Already Running AI—Only 44% Have Tested It Properly, New Report Finds
A new survey of health system leaders lands on a blunt conclusion: American hospitals have raced ahead with artificial intelligence...
This App Listens to Your Voice for 90 Seconds and Screens for Depression
Kintsugi Mindful Wellness has built one of the more closely studied tools in a growing category: AI that analyzes the...
105,000 Women, One Trial: AI-Read Mammograms Found Fewer Aggressive Cancers Later
The full results of the MASAI trial—a randomized controlled study conducted in Sweden involving more than 105,000 women—have landed with...
A $4.6 Million Bet That Your Phone Camera Can Spot a Stroke Before the CT Scanner Does
Medtech startup AI-Stroke, founded in 2022 by a team of engineers, clinicians, and former investors, has raised a $4.6 million...
