Celcuity Bolsters ASCO‑highlighted Breast Cancer Drug Case
Celcuity strengthens case for ASCO-spotlighted breast cancer drug https://t.co/HdekunGXsu by @Lilah_Alvarado $CELC + 18% $NVS $AZN $RHHBY
Patients Frustrated by Nurse Triage Blocking Direct Doctor Access
I hate how at the doctors office, the nurse sees you first, gets all your concerns and then relays them to the doctor. It’s like whisper down the lane. Let me just tell the doctor directly because I can hear...
Most Rotator Cuff Tears Heal Without Surgery
I've been a shoulder surgeon for close to 30 years... It's pretty clear now that most rotator cuff tears do not require surgery. Some do. Most don't. Why is that? Why can a shoulder with a cuff tear function...
Trust, Not Technology, Determines AI Doctor Adoption
Half of healthcare organizations are open to AI doctors. But adoption is not the real challenge. 87% expect efficiency gains and 2–4x ROI, yet proving value in clinical settings remains complex. The deciding factor is trust. Without evidence, training and accuracy, adoption...
Acarbose Protects Retina by Modulating Microglial Metabolism
Acarbose modulates microglial Pkm2 acetylation to reshape immunometabolism and preserve retinal neurons after ischemia-reperfusion 👉"Our findings support that ACA exerts retinal protection through the Sirt1-Pkm2-NAD axis, suggesting a metabolic checkpoint that integrates immune and mitochondrial regulation." https://t.co/V3WGPV26qk
AI in Healthcare Outpaces Supporting Evidence, Says Ground Truths
The current use of AI in healthcare by patients and clinicians is not aligned with the evidence. In the new edition of Ground Truths https://t.co/WxYbWP0SCs
Nonprofit Hospitals Earn $45B Tax‑free; Demand Taxation
Nonprofit hospitals have grown into a $1.3 trillion industry, generating nearly $45 billion in tax-free “profits” in 2023. This $1.3 trillion industry deserves to be taxed https://t.co/wBFI2bBk6A
CEO Shares Winning Payer Pitch Strategies for Startups
Our second-ever premium-only webinar is coming up tomorrow. We talk to Providence Health Plan CEO @DonAntonucci for his advice on how startups should pitch payers for the best possible results. Expect Q&A as this event will be intimate. Register: https://t.co/GbnSxvi9jD @providence
AI Will Write 90% of Clinical Work Soon
At leading AI companies, software agents are using AI to write 90% of their code. The same thing will happen in medicine, where doctors will use AI to complete 90% of clinical work. In some cases, the AI-Native doctor is...
German Lab Prints Tumors to Study Neutrophil Interactions
One of the cooler things I saw during my visit to Germany last week was this tumor printer. The company is using it to test how neutrophils affect the tumor microenvironment. https://t.co/jXzxDpj6nZ
EU Should Launch Coordination Programme for Healthy Ageing
The need to increase support for healthy ageing and longevity research in the EU by establishing a Coordination and Support Programme on Healthy Ageing and Longevity 🌟This paper calls for the establishment of an EU Coordination and Support Programme on...
AI Becomes First Stop Before Doctors in Healthcare
People are starting to turn to AI before they turn to doctors. For many, tools like ChatGPT have become the first stop for symptoms, questions and reassurance. The shift is behavioral. Access is replacing authority as the starting point in healthcare. https://t.co/0cbKUaeE2z...
Funding Cuts and Visa Limits Spark US Brain Drain
#NIH funding cuts & visa crackdowns are driving away talented foreign researchers who normally would have flocked to the US, a @statnews.com survey shows. "It is going to cause a long-term brain drain," one US based researcher told @DrewQJoseph. ...
GLP‑1 Therapies May Aid Menopause‑related Heart Health
Sharing my thoughts on GLP1s, heart health, and menopause on @fox5ny with arthurchientv. Hint: GLP1s are not off the table and could be helpful in managing chronic inflammation, insulin resistance, and visceral fat. @helloheartapp @abcardio1 mag1849_ medical_association_of_atlanta @morehouseschoolofmedicine @blackdoctor
BEAM Wins TIME 100, Delivers First Gene Base Editing Cure
Congrats to $BEAM on being named as one of @TIME’s 100 most influential & innovative companies that are shaping the world & our future. @beamtx’s leading Gene Editing platform - Base editing, has achieved a significant milestone when KJ Muldoon...
Telepresence Robots Let Doctors Conduct Remote Hospital Rounds
Telepresence #Robots Transform #Healthcare: Remote Doctors Now Make Hospital Rounds by @sutoroveli_news #MedTech #HealthTech #TechForGood #Tech https://t.co/fS31GfoXwT
Nonprofit Hospitals Receive $37 Billion in Tax Subsidies
My latest op-ed. "The hospital sector is unlike any other. More than half of all U.S. hospitals operate as nonprofits, which sounds like a public good. No profit motive, more resources for patients, right? Wrong." The $37 billion tax subsidy propping...
Rome Surgeon Conducts 8,000‑km Remote Robotic Surgery
Surgeon in Rome performs remote #Robotic surgery on patient 8,000 km away in Beijing by @InterestingSTEM #Healthcare #Healthech #Tech #Technology #EmergingTech #TechForGood https://t.co/d2OJ7mZgD8
ML Model Shows CPAP Cuts Heart Risk in Sleep Apnea
As a medical school professor, I've long argued sleep apnea is undertreated metabolic disease in disguise. A new Mount Sinai study in Nature Communications Medicine adds a wrinkle... https://www.youtube.com/@RobertLufkinMD https://www.mountsinai.org/about/newsroom/2026/mount-sinai-researchers-develop-machine-learning-model-to-predict-how-cpap-affects-cardiovascular-disease-risk-in-patients-with-obstructive-sleep-apnea SleepApnea #CPAP #MetabolicHealth #PrecisionMedicine #HealthLongevitySecrets
Top AI Researcher Departs Genentech, Rethinks Pharma Future
“It got a bit too distant for me." Some insights into big pharma & AI from @kchonyc, a top AI researcher who talked with me about leaving Roche's Genentech and what he's thinking about next: https://t.co/IvzWUjc9Qd
A $20B Aesthetics Boom Hides Dangerous Unlicensed Injectors
The aesthetics industry is now a 20 billion dollar business. Roughly the size of the NFL. Almost no one is checking who is holding the needle. Last year, people in 11 states ended up in the hospital from fake Botox...
Health Tech Adoption Ignores Clinical Evidence, Despite Building It
The uncomfortable truth is that when it comes to Health Tech, clinical evidence is neither sufficient nor perhaps even necessary to drive adoption of change in healthcare This is not a new phenomenon - been living this the last 13+ years...
Aluminum Remains in Vaccines and Human Brains
To the medical doctor with a PhD. No, aluminum has not been removed from vaccines. It also hasn’t been removed from people’s brains. 🧠🧠🧠 https://t.co/MLcgLr2ro0
AI Can't Fix Healthcare's Deep Structural Problems
AI is being positioned as a fix for healthcare. It won’t be that simple. Automation may reduce costs and speed up diagnoses, but it doesn’t solve deeper issues like staffing, funding and system complexity. The risk is clear. Technology can improve parts...
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Every week, I track news, studies, trends and announcements that show where medicine and healthcare are really going, from the latest AI breakthroughs and digital health tools to the cultural shifts redefining patient care. The Medical Futurist Newsletter brings you: ✅ Curated...
Global Health Systems Unprepared for Unpredictable Cruise Ship Outbreaks
Viruses emerge in all sorts of unpredictable ways. Could be rodents on the ship or human to human transmission enabled by cruise ship environment. Effective responses require functioning health systems that are prepared for anything. We’ve never been less prepared...
Robotic Fingertips Restore Surgeons' Tactile Feedback
Restoring surgeons’ sense of touch with robotic fingertips By Anthony King / Horizon Magazine https://t.co/71aGOVJwyQ
Google Pre-Sells Patients, Building Trust Before Visits
The patients who never question me, never demand discounts & refer everyone they know — All found me on Google first. They researched me. Read my content. Felt they knew me before walking in. By the time they sat in front of me,...
Planned Home Births Match Hospital Safety, Cut Interventions
Calling birth "the most dangerous thing" is fearmongering, not science. For low risk women who have given birth before, planned home birth in countries with regulated midwifery is statistically as safe as hospital birth. In a Netherlands study of 743,000 births,...
Low‑dose Endoxifen Cuts Breast Density, Fewer Side Effects
Low-dose endoxifen reduces breast density by up to 26%, matching the effect of tamoxifen but with fewer side effects, suggesting potential for improved preventive strategies in breast cancer. breastcancer
Residency's “Resilience” Is Silent Suffering, Not Strength
The resilience medicine asks of you is not resilience. It is the absence of any structure that would let you be a person about what just happened. A hospitalist on the podcast this week ran two codes at the same...
Nature Study Turns Into Immediate
I wrote about this 6 weeks ago at Ground Truths when the 2 @Nature papers by @HugoAerts and colleagues came out. Today it's a "Health Alert"! https://t.co/CgxBU7IAk1 https://t.co/24PijmLhzR
Higher‑intensity Aerobic Exercise Cuts Loneliness in Older Adults
Effects of aerobic exercise of different intensities on the social, emotional, and financial functioning of healthy older adults: results from a 16-week exercise randomized control trial https://t.co/SePImekLGY Interaction plot depicting change across time in loneliness by condition:
Gene Signature Swiftly Distinguishes Ebola From Other Illnesses
A newly identified gene pattern enables rapid and accurate distinction of Ebola infection from other diseases, offering potential for improved diagnostic tests in outbreak scenarios. genomics
Vaccines, Not Geroscience, Drove Lifespan Gains; GLP‑1s Now Hype
fun facts: class of medicines that have most greatly extended human lifespan: vaccines class of medicines longevity docs are most excited by now: GLP1s did these come from geroscience? they did not by the way, NR didn't come from geroscience either
Wearables Transform Clinical Trials with Continuous Real‑World Data
Delighted to share details on an exciting forum that we are hosting here at the Querrey Simpson Institute for Bioelectronics at @NorthwesternU — Advanced Wearable Sensors and the Future of Clinical Trials — on June 24, 2026, at the...
Clear Risk Communication Turns Health Info Into Action
Too much health info online, too little clarity? 🤯 How do we communicate risks so people actually understand and act? The new podcast from Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung breaks down what effective risk communication really means—and why it matters. 🎧 Listen now: https://t.co/eB5nkcmpQ4
Control Life’s Essential 8 to Prevent CVD
Risk Factors Present in Nearly All Patients Who Develop CVD Keeping these factors in check and adhering to the AHA’s Life’s Essential 8, is the best way to prevent CVD, say researchers. https://t.co/YbqEkUmjiK https://t.co/kt6Rmem11c
LLMs Show Minimal Evidence of Improving Health Outcomes
“In summary, there is very little evidence for LLMs benefiting patients or doctors for health outcomes” - Dr. @EricTopol Read his full review here: https://t.co/vHKo35n2BT
AI in Medicine: Overused Without Evidence, Under
It's striking. Both the under- and over-use of AI in medicine, by patients and doctors, for where there's evidence and where it doesn't exist https://t.co/jo7sFACPRp
Electronics‑Free Smart Lens Monitors Glaucoma and Releases Medication
Researchers have developed a prototype electronics-free smart contact lens that can track glaucoma in real time and deliver drugs in response. https://spectrum.ieee.org/smart-contact-lens-glaucoma-microfluidics
Policy’s Role: Align Private Profit with Public Good
100%. the *job* of policy is to align private profit with public good, not to hope that structural incentives can be talked down
Blood Test May Forecast Alzheimer’s Years Before Symptoms
A new study by researchers at Harvard-affiliated Mass General Brigham has found that a blood test has the potential to predict progression of Alzheimer’s disease ***years before*** symptoms or brain scan changes. https://t.co/WtghaB12r2
Vaccines Must Evolve for Climate, Megacities, Anti‑Science Era
May 14 I’m at @ucsc Univ California Santa Cruz delivering the annual Sinsheimer Distinguished Lecture in Biology on Global Vaccines in a time of Climate Change, Megacities, and Anti-science https://t.co/R55Ya6D6ys https://t.co/wc3KmeEFeO
T‑cell Engagers Face Uncertain Future Amid Mixed Readouts
T cell engagers for I&I will have a lot of clinical readouts this year. This update (report from MS) from $AMGN on blinatumomab last week doesn't bode well for the class and it's unclear if next gen formats will...
Insurance Delays Cost Lives; Insurers Remain Unaccountable
A 47-year-old woman asked for an MRI. By the time her insurance company let her have one, the cancer in her hip was too far gone to save her leg. Her doctor had done the X-ray. Examined her. Sent her...
Sinclair Explains GLP‑1’s Role in Longevity Protocols
David Sinclair just did a 25-minute live Q&A on aging, longevity and AI. Here are the top 9 questions the audience asked him and his answers to each one: 1) How can GLP-1 drugs be used in longevity protocols? https://t.co/q5V2fyfFnq
Turn Healthcare Roll‑Ups Into 2‑X Returns Without Personal Capital
the healthcare roll-up nobody talks about: buy at 4–5x EBITDA combine into platform sell to PE at 10–12x i run a multi 7 figure healthcare org built this way vendor financed zero personal capital
Depression Reduces Chances of Exceptional Longevity in Older Women
Prospective association of depression symptoms with exceptional longevity among older women "...Depression symptoms associated with lower odds of healthy longevity..." https://t.co/RnVcQs7XG4
Google Reveals Unexpected Corporate Clinic Tied to My Name
I Googled my own name and a corporate clinic I’ve never worked at appeared [PODCAST] http://dlvr.it/TSLMQ4 Podcast #PrimaryCare