AI-Powered Virtual Clinic Transforms Cancer Detection and Care
There is a genuinely a revolution under way in cancer. We're solving it: from early detection (!), trial matching, and ongoing management. @Color is now an @ASCO clinic -- the first virtual-only one -- leading this revolution in screening and care.
Omada Health Hits 1M Members, Boosts Revenue 42%
@OmadaHealth just reported a milestone Q1 2026 💪 Very proud of the team for: 💡 1M+ Total Members, a first in our history 💡 Revenue +42% YoY to $78M 💡 GAAP net loss narrowed to $3M; positive Adjusted EBITDA (non-GAAP) in our highest-cost quarter 💡...
Oscar’s Q1 Proves Profitable, Member‑centric Healthcare Is Achievable
Oscar Q1 numbers are proof that it really is possible to build a profitable healthcare business ever more beloved by members: 3.2M members, $4.6B revenue, $704M earnings from operations in Q1 '26. But could YOU have done it? Now you can test...
AI Reads Retina to Diagnose Multiple Metabolic Diseases
In 2014 I predicted we'd diagnose metabolic disease just by looking into your eyes. Nature Medicine just published the proof. Researchers built an AI called Reti-Pioneer. You look into a camera. It scans your retina. No blood draw. No needles. No lab. What it can...
STING Pathway Emerges as New Cancer Immunotherapy Frontier
The number of new potential ways to rev up the immune response to cancer keeps expanding. Today it's STING-ing it. @ScienceMagazine https://t.co/p9g0Mmc8kG https://t.co/LbKfODQkO1
CAPR Sues NS Pharma over Launch Delays, Pricing Disputes
$CAPR is suing NS Pharma, its deramiocel commercial partner. Capricor alleges NS Pharma is not doing enough to prepare for commercial launch + some pricing mishegas. 8K https://t.co/7iFyLRhKsq
Deep, Holistic Fertility Care over Quick IVF Shortcuts
Ferta is not for everyone. If you want a clinic that runs you through their protocol regardless of what is actually going on with your body, we are not it. If you want IVF tomorrow, we are not it. If...
Tailor Lifestyle Medicine Intensity to Meet Patients Where They Are
Lifestyle Medicine interventions have different intensities. There's the intensity of the actual intervention+there's the intensity of the response. The first is more provider dependent and the other is patient dependent. We strive for impact by meeting patients where they are....
W3C Credentials API Enables Cross‑Platform FHIR Health Sharing
With W3C Digital Credentials API, it's *finally possible* to design a health-data-sharing protocol that's idiomatic (standard FHIR-based resource sharing, questionnaire filling, etc) and works cross-platform (from web and mobile app requests to Android + iOS wallets)! See article for background...
Automation Solves Providers' Rule‑less Game, Cuts Denials
"Providers have been asked to play a game but haven’t been told the rules.” DrFirst is using automation to reduce denials, streamline prescribing, and ease physician burden. 👉 https://t.co/gJ8WkhBsZw @DrFirst #HIMSS26 #HITSM
Mental Health's Future: Biomarkers, AI, and Clinical Teams Unite
The future of mental health isn't a single drug or app, it lies at the convergence of biomarkers, AI, and a real clinical team. I'm excited to see @MeruHealth Advanced, which is bringing that convergence to a category that...
International Team Launches Hantavirus Vaccine Development
JUST IN: Scientists from the UK, US, and South Africa formed a team to develop a hantavirus vaccine, per BBC
Black Woman Therapist in California Offering Virtual Sessions
Because I know someone needs this, I am a Black Woman Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in California and currently accepting clients VIRTUALLY. If you'd like to reach out, here's where: www.alliswellwithamani.com
Six Former FDA Employees Explain Trump‑Era Job Cuts
We've all seen the numbers of jobs the Trump administration sheared from HHS & its agencies. But what did a place like the #FDA lose in the process? @LizzyLaw_ has written a phenomenal piece on 6 people who loved working...
Nurse Anny Jenkins-Brewer Champions Rural Education, Calls for Voice
Meet #nurse Anny Jenkins-Brewer, MSN, RN, she's committed to bringing advanced #nursing education to rural communities where its needed most. Her message is simple and urgent: "get involved, use your voice, and remember -you are more than your title." #NurseTwitter #NurseX...
Exploring Payment Models for AI-Driven Care Delivery
I've been canvassing the market to figure out all the possible pathways for getting paid for using AI in care delivery. Am I missing anything? https://t.co/vINromdwUT
Abortion Pill Politics Resurface, FDA Updates, SSRI Tapering Discussed
On this week's #WTHealth pod: Abortion pill politics are back. Plus what's up at the FDA, and getting patients off SSRI's. W/@shefalil, @SandhyaWrites, and @jessiehellmann. https://t.co/bISIwtmZUt
AI Longevity Promises Overlook Tiny Real-World Gains
If you hear another AI celebrity telling you on stage that in the next 5 years we will double lifespan or eliminate all diseases - please show them this output from their own LLMs and ask them "How?". This simple...
CDC Retires Its Cruise Ship Health Monitoring Program
Amid plenty of hantavirus headlines... The official leading CDC’s cruise ship program has retired, according to an internal announcement obtained by STAT https://t.co/NTjmeIhWdB
Preprints Safeguard Vaccine Safety Data From FDA Suppression
"The Paper That Didn't Disappear" FDA reportedly held back several vaccine safety papers headed to publication. Fortunately, one was on medRxiv and remains available. Why preprints matter; my latest Substack: https://t.co/YfTbkEPBU4 Also discussed in #healthandveritas podcast. https://t.co/k24zPtoGA2
Wearable Health Data Needs Integration; DIY Solutions Lead
Google Health/Fitbit vs Whoop is gonna be a heck of a fight $100-300 a year for these products is tiny price to pay for the massive gains you get from them If only doctors and medical record companies and these...
AI Poised to Spark Trillion‑dollar Biotech Revolution
Last day @synbiobeta and had a fascinating discussion with my friend @andrewhessel about the SynBio space. His insight was that SynBio and Biotech feels very much like the AI space pre LLM acceleration. AI will accelerate Biotech and Genetic Agency. Today's biotech...
Evolution Shows GLP‑1s Can’t Substitute Exercise
No pill for exercise: My friend and Harvard colleague, the biological anthropologist Dan Lieberman, invokes evolution to explain why GLP-1s can’t replace physical activity https://t.co/hhN9gCZZmP
AI Poised to Transform Surgery From Planning to Recovery
The impact of AI for surgery (pre-op, intraop, post-op) is going to be extensive A new review https://t.co/04oo4GpQG5 Our previous review @NatureMedicine https://t.co/zDuBUUJUUi https://t.co/V9zDcKQY2K
CRISPR Selectively Eliminates KRAS‑mutant Cancer Cells
The CRISPR Killer as in KRAS mutated cancer cells https://t.co/y1zrmYbIAQ Explainer thread @N8Krah co-author https://t.co/CIweqZMUqY
Evidence-Based Care Can Turn “Incurable” Into Thriving
12 years ago, my mother was diagnosed with “incurable” multiple myeloma (MM). At the time, median survival was roughly 4–6 years. She listened to her oncologist. She followed evidence-based treatment. She is still here 12 years later. Thriving.
CMS Rate Cuts Spark Medicare Billing Confusion Over CPT 64582
$INSP (neg)- oppenheimer note now - rates being reduced at CMS, big hinderance We believe that this will lead to further confusion within Medicare billing as INSP has stated to use CPT code 64582 without the 52 modifier. Having...
Critics Call Becerra's HHS Tenure a Disaster
Yup. Whispering and eyerolling now about how Becerra was a disaster at HHS is bad. He should have been fired.
Pharma Must Embrace AI, Experiment, and Adapt
The digital health and AI revolutions are rewriting the rules of pharma. Some future trends are crystal clear, others remain almost invisible for now. Success in this evolving landscape will require a willingness to experiment, take risks, and continuously adapt to digital...
AI Must Be Core, Not Add‑On, in Healthcare
AI can’t be an add-on in healthcare—it must be built into the fabric of health system operations. With Oracle’s integrated platform, we can reduce complexity, improve scalability, and create a more sustainable foundation for AI in healthcare. https://t.co/gJAjUfWQbw
Real‑time Insight, Not Dashboards, Wins in Healthcare
740+ hospitals. 30-day episodes. Zero room for delays. Bamboo Health breaks down how real-time insight—not more dashboards—will determine winners under TEAM. Read the full article: https://t.co/zYH1JPyKDd #TEAMModel #HealthData #HITSM
Autonomy‑Focused Vaccine Messaging Boosts Hesitant Acceptance
Framing vaccines as a means to preserve personal autonomy may increase willingness among vaccine-hesitant individuals, suggesting that message framing tailored to individual values can influence public health outcomes. publichealth
AI and Robotics Reshape IVF, Eye Gene Editing
Researchers are using AI to identify promising sperm and embryos, developing robotic systems that could automate parts of the IVF process, and even exploring controversial genetic editing techniques designed to prevent inherited disease.
Hidden Microproteins Reshape Our View of Disease
"The human genome encodes for a new category of molecule" "The ‘dark proteome’ is upending our understanding of human disease" @Nature "Expanding the human proteome with microproteins and peptideins" https://t.co/5ncSKGKHBH https://t.co/2Rx65FJCbG @statnews @MeganMolteni https://t.co/7mATxNQ1EO @TheEconomist
Your Essential 100‑Question Guide to AI in Healthcare
Introducing "100 Questions and Answers About Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare" - your essential guide to understanding the integration of AI and medicine. - Explore 100 essential questions, each offering concise yet insightful answers supported by research and real-world examples. - From the...
SGLT2 Inhibitors Cut Cardiovascular Death by 14%
As a medical school professor: when I trained, "diabetes drugs" meant blood-sugar drugs. That ceiling has been broken. Meta-analysis in Am J Med (Jaiswal et al, U Chicago, Mar 26 2026) pooled 18 RCTs, n=95,913 patients with diabetes, heart failure, or...
SSRIs Overprescribed, Numb Minds, Demand Pharma Accountability
Did a bit of reading on SSRIs. They get prescribed like candy. 25% of all women are on them. Numb your mind over time. Can't get off them. Kill sex drive. Turns you into an emotional wreck. Ruins your life. When is...
High Hs‑CRP, Not LDL, Drives Statin Benefit
"But my cholesterol is normal." JUPITER trial (NEJM): 18,000 people, normal LDL, high hs-CRP. Statin → cardiac events ↓44%, heart attacks ↓54%, strokes ↓48%. 322,000-person UK Biobank: hs-CRP outranked LDL. Full episode 🎙 https://youtu.be/FBLB1CQGBPM
Climate Change Fuels Emerging Infections; Defunding WHO Is Reckless
No I don’t think so, usually hantaviruses are not as transmissible person-to-person as coronaviruses, but it’s another reminder of the risk of global infections emerging due to climate change, globalization, and why it’s reckless to defund @WHO @CDCgov
Hantavirus Outbreak Threatens Cruise Ship Passengers and Contacts
The #hantavirus outbreak on the cruise ship off the coast of Africa is a serious public health event that needs to be handled properly. But if you are having #Covid flashbacks, put those worries to rest. The risk here is...
Invasive Nanowire BCIs Needed, Non‑Invasive for Biomarkers
I love brain-to-computer interfaces and one of my first papers and granted patents was in AI/ML for BCI. And I was very much impressed with BrainCo's non-invasive BCIs and artificial limbs and sensing fingers (that they sell to Tesla btw)....
Defunded Public Health Fuels Spread of Virus Mutation
I’m not in the business of providing false hope to people. I’m concerned. That mutation of the virus CAN spread from person to person & our current administration has defunded most of public health and people who make vaccines and...
Collaboration Is Essential for Preventing Vision Loss
Connect & prevent vision https://t.co/1DZjVwm9d5 @CedarStResearch @jeffroth77 @GalenDShaffer @JimMarous @FGraillot @nigelwalsh @SpirosMargaris @jblefevre60 @robgalb @RonnoArnold @hedgequote @Nick_Lamparelli @antgrasso @hugues_bertin @globaliqx @psb_dc @an_battista
Dystopian AI-Generated ASCO Posters Mock ALS Treatment
Weird AI-generated ASCO posters? Drinking gold to treat ALS? @adamfeuerstein sends a dispatch from our dystopian future. TLDR: it sounds awful but it is fun to read about. https://t.co/SaniqEGPPn
Early Low‑Back MRI Increases Costs, Disability, and Surgeries
Why imaging low backs is the fastest way to ruin one. $13,000 more in medical costs per case. 2x higher disability rate at 1 year. 12x more lumbar surgery. Early MRI doesn't fix back pain. It manufactures it.
AI Nurses Become Co‑pilots, Not Replacements, in Healthcare
I shared this news 2 years ago: "NVIDIA teamed up with AI healthcare company Hippocratic AI (that recently raised a lot of money) to develop generative AI "agents" that not only outperform human nurses on video calls but cost a...
Angelini Pharma Acquires Catalyst, Boosts US Rare‑Disease Portfolio
Angelini Pharma buys Catalyst Pharmaceuticals and its rare disease drugs for $4.1B The deal will expand the Italian pharma company’s work in the U.S. https://t.co/BwO6uGKvrT
INSM Q1 Sales Beat Consensus, Miss Whisper Target
$INSM Q1 Brinsupri sales $208 million, above sell-side consensus but below the buyside "whisper" expectation that has moved around from the $2-teens to $220-ish.
Targeted Therapies Resurge; some Phase 3 Trials Risk Obsolescence
With a rapid fire raft of trial updates coming out of #esmobreast26, one thing stood out... targeted molecules are back in fashion and a few companies might be left holding the baby if their phase 3 trials have already started: https://t.co/jlKDLsecVZ...
Free Rabies Care in India Highlights US Cost Crisis
A German tourist was bitten by a stray dog in Surat. He rushed to a local govt hospital. The final bill for his complete rabies treatment? ₹0 He posted about it and it went viral. He was shocked by how fast, clean, and free...