Wearable Robot Boosts Natural Walking and Running
Real-Time #Wearable #Robot Enhances Walking and Running Naturally via @ZappyZappy7 #Robotics #Engineering #Innovation #Technology https://t.co/Gj04PjXDpr
New Model Enables Multi‑Institutional Sarcoma Video Collaboration
A model for multi-institutional, multidisciplinary sarcoma videoconferencing [2013] Attia, Maki, @JTrentMDPhD , Okuno, Indelicato, @nickwebbermd , Curtis, Kozak #ASCO13 Abstr 10521 https://t.co/opAHZRDTTr #scmsm
Genomic Profiling Boosts Survival for Advanced Sarcoma Patients
Using Tumor Genomic Profiling to Guide Treatment Selection Extends Survival in Advanced Sarcoma [May 10, 2019] @ASCO Daily News #scmsm #PrecisionMedicine https://t.co/8625ixTvQu
Apple Watch Set Wearable Blueprint, Health as Apple’s Legacy
I'm biased, but the Apple Watch was the first new Apple gizmo in the post-Jobs era and as I argued in Optimizer a few weeks ago, it's set the blueprint for modern wearables... Also, Cook himself said health will be Apple's...
Scientists Save Billions; CRISPR Cures Sickle Cell
You live in luxury. Without scientists, 6 billion of us would not be alive & the rest would live in hell. Remember that Great choices @brkthroughprize 🏆 Congrats to my colleague @Harvard, Stu Orkin, who won the prize for helping cure...
WGS Uncovers Clinically Relevant Findings Missed in MDS
Whole genome sequencing [WGS] to identify novel, clinically relevant findings missed by standard of care for Pts w/ myelodysplastic syndrome [MDS] - @AlexBataller etal @garciamanero @UTMDAnderson @TempusAI #ASCO26 abst 6570 Pst 363 https://t.co/t7aNW89eRL #MDSsm #leusm #cagenome
AQUARIUS Registry Uncovers Biomarkers in Blood Cancers
AQUARIUS: A longitudinal multi-center molecular biomarker discovery registry for Pts w/ hematologic malignancies - @mtmdphd et al. @TempusAI & IFLI - Instit Follicular Lymphoma Innovation #ASCO26 abstr TPS7105, Poster 599a https://t.co/70G0v1P968 #NCT07154823 #lymsm #cagenome
Zero‑Cost AI Agents Will Redefine Radiology by 2026
AI agents near zero cost. Direct patient access to imaging. New roles in follow-up care. This panel with @PocketHealthHQ laid out what will quietly transform radiology in the next 2 years. 👇 https://t.co/GTRAx2un8A #Imaging #PatientExperience
From Dorm to $275M: Early Ovarian Cancer Detection Breakthrough
This is my friend Surbhi Sarna. She came to Draper University in 2012. She had painful ovarian cysts as a teenager, but doctors didn’t have tools that could detect cancer without harming the ovaries. She studied molecular biology at UC Berkeley. Then came...
AI-Driven Medicine and Cars to Extend Productive Life
Extending human productive life and restoring lost function should be the ultimate objective of AI-powered discovery medicine. It was a great pleasure to share some the story, current progress and long-term plans at one of the most impactful events of...
Future Leaders Must Master Supply Chains, Healthcare, AI
Supply chain taught me how systems move. Healthcare taught me what’s at stake. AI is changing what those systems can become. The next era will belong to leaders who understand all three. Excited to speak where that future starts to...
AI Misses Primary Diagnosis Over 80% of Time
AI fails at primary patient diagnosis more than 80% of the time, study finds 🔗https://t.co/EauFgd4tJC 🌐 #DHPSP #DigitalHealth https://t.co/VjsiqaFfkS
Robotic Cataract Surgery Opens Path for Millions
this is so exciting to see a robot just performed the first complete cataract surgery on a human patient, with no surgeon's hands on the tools and no general anesthesia cataract surgery is where the eye's clouded lens gets swapped for an...
AI Could Turn $30B Healthcare Data Into Value
We spent $30 billion digitizing American healthcare. It got used for billing. New Lifers episode with @Farzad_MD, physician, former National Coordinator for Health IT, and CEO of @AledadeACO, on what went wrong, and why AI might finally fix the incentives, with...
Regulatory Hurdles, Not Tech, Slow Biotech Breakthroughs
"We need 6 'AlphaFold' moments to compress the drug delivery timeline from 10yrs to a few months" -Demis Yes and the FDA will still take 10yrs to approve it. Safetyism has throttled biotech unnecessarily and the only way to accelerate is to...
MyChart’s 250 Deep Links Reveal Limits of Data‑Only Portals
Everyone has strong opinions about MyChart. I decided to stop speculating and take a look under the hood. The MyChart APK declares roughly 250 deep links covering everything from geofenced appointment check-in to payer-to-payer data exchange to bedside tablet pairing. The...
Wearables May Render Lab HR Max Tests Obsolete
In the age of wearables and digital platforms, are one-off lab test based HR max determinations a thing of the past? https://t.co/1xTqyugldW
Wearable Platform Pioneers Predictive Healthcare Coaching
Setting up the future of predictive healthcare with @indiranegi She is building a wearable platform to set up fitness coaching of the future. Sign up at https://t.co/Rejf83rr0M An interesting hour talking about wearable sensors and more. https://t.co/MlgOrrhZ5L
China Debuts Pharmacy Robot Processing 370 Orders Daily
China Launches First Pharmacy #Robot Handling 370 Orders a Day by @CGTNOfficial #MedTech #HealthTech #Tech #Healthcare https://t.co/DjZ0teE6fF
Data Governance: Fast‑Pass to Faster, Confident Decisions
Data governance sounds like bureaucracy. In reality, it’s a fast-pass to faster, more confident decision-making. Here’s why it matters more than ever 👉 https://t.co/BXkcbZnc00 @DI_tweet #HIMSS26 #HITSM
AI's First Use Turns Skeptical Radiologists Into Advocates
In healthcare, you only understand how game-changing AI is once you use it. What strikes me most is how reliably opinions flip. The skeptic radiologist goes from “I don’t need this” to “I can’t imagine working without it.” Not occasionally. Almost every time.
Oracle Health Joins CMSGov Aligned Networks to Boost Data Access
For decades, the @OracleHealth team has been committed to making sure patients have access to and remain in control of their health data. Our participation in the @CMSGov Aligned Networks underscores this commitment, and will help improve how clinicians and...
Real‑world AI Copilot Will Define the Future
The most important AI copilot is not the one writing emails or code, it is the one operating in real-world environments where mistakes have real consequences. In fields like surgery and manufacturing, AI must see, understand, and act correctly in...
Flexpa Turns NPI Numbers Into Complete Provider Profiles
LAUNCH WEEK AT FLEXPA. DAY 1. check out how @flexpa turns NPI numbers into complete provider profiles with names, specialties, addresses, and contact details. We eat the pain of working with health data so you and your team don’t have to.
Turn Your Wearable Data Into Doctor‑Ready Insights
3-Minute Listen: Got Wearable Data? Here's How to Actually Use It with Your Doctor (NPR) Millions of Americans wear smartwatches and smart rings tracking sleep, heart rate, and body temperature... https://t.co/OvZFatyCXh #DigitalHealth #Wearables https://t.co/HMDzFmT3no
Fitbit Premium May Become Google Health with New Tracker
Fitbit Premium is rumored to be rebranding as 'Google Health' alongside the latest Fitbit tracker release https://t.co/JhgnCGV7OY
From Near-Exit to Times Square AI Healthcare Spotlight
I never thought I’d say this: I almost left medicine. Today my work in AI/Robotics-powered healthcare transformation is being recognised in Times Square, linked to a Health 2.0 award where I spoke on safe AI integration. Airs today (Mon Apr 20,...
Graphene Filter Captures and Electrically Zaps Bacteria
📰 🧪 James Tour Group in the News: Graphene filter grabs bacteria to kill them with a zapAn article features Rice research that developed a technique to turn […] https://t.co/DXX7NML3EQ
AI Scribes Add Modest Revenue, Uncertain Burnout Impact
Studies keep coming out showing how much time AI scribes help save for physicians. But how about return on income? As AI scribes usually lead to modest reductions in EHR time and documentation time, they also come with a small but...
Medicine Is a Flowchart; AI Outperforms Doctors
The dirty secret no doctor wants to admit: Medicine is just a flowchart. Symptom → Rule → Drug → Done. AI doesn't get tired. Doesn't miss patterns. Doesn't have a bad day. So seriously — why do you think your MD...
AI Boosts Radiologist Demand, Not Replacement
AI didn’t replace radiologists. It made them MORE needed. That’s Jevons paradox. #Kaihan #Outthinker #AI #FutureOfWork #Innovation https://t.co/SYDLpp6GmV
Genome Sequencing Drops From Billions to Kitchen‑table Affordability
Human genome sequencing: 2003: $3,000,000,000 global effort years of research 2026: your kitchen table a few hundred $ Hard not to be excited for the future. https://t.co/0U5bXsHwt6 https://t.co/0U5bXsHwt6
AI Obsession Derails Life, Sparks Tech Regret
I got C-holed. Suffered sleep consequences. I busted my screens-off rule. Turned down socializing. Fell behind on work. Kate is now upset. AI is preposterous. As close to magic as I’ve experienced (except a seed becoming a tree and a zygote becoming a baby)....
Tiny BCI Chip Delivers High‑Bandwidth Wireless Neural Links
Ultra-Compact Brain–Computer Interface Chip Enables High-Bandwidth Wireless Neural Communication by @CUSEAS #MedTech #Healthcare #HealthTech #Tech #Technology https://t.co/ogVf9xUrki
Wearable Rings Bring Blood Testing to Consumers
Your next “annual physical” might come from your ring + an app. Companies like @ouraring & @function are turning blood testing into a consumer product. Empowerment… or overdiagnosis? The line between wellness and medicine is disappearing fast. https://t.co/OuHXu0NW38
Hacked My Fitness Tracker Into a 100x Better Tool
What a time to be alive. My wife got me a Calibrex to track my workouts. Unfortunately the telemetry is terrible and so is the app UX. Instead of returning it, Claude and I hacked the device, rewrote the tracking...
Early Tester Robert Woo Shapes Accessible Exoskeletons
Robert Woo has been testing exoskeletons for over 15 years, giving feedback that has directly changed how engineers design their creations. By being an early user and tester, Woo has paved the way for thousands of people with paralysis to...
AI's 15‑Year Journey and Future Unveiled
If you're interested in how AI grew up over the past 15 years, and where it's headed, this new book tells the story in a riveting, page-turner way. In the new Ground Truths with @scmallaby https://t.co/B7ElqyDBPM
AI Discovery and Privacy Computing Shift to Operational Investment
AI-driven discovery and privacy-preserving computation are moving from research programs toward operational agendas. Investment choices begin to shift across health systems and digital infrastructure as laboratories connect directly with policy decisions. Microblog @antgrasso https://t.co/UYPQtlJ5Ko
Early Detection Tools Exist—Yet Prostate Cancer Screening Lags
Prostate cancer: a PSA on PSA We have the tools to catch prostate cancer early—why aren’t we using them? https://t.co/w8lN6rfNmO https://t.co/dapKLiI4aX
AI Medical Advice Booming, yet Effectiveness Remains Untested
This paper shows people are asking a lot of medical questions of AI already, but we have little evidence of how good or bad this is. Most of the published research uses old models & compares to doctors. How do new...
Chinese Biotech's Global Surge May Hinge on AI
China’s drug makers are speeding up – will AI be their secret weapon? Chinese biotech firms are striking big global deals as drug makers, but could artificial intelligence take them to the next level? No "overcapacity" here.... https://t.co/sktFORaVey via @scmpnews
Custom 3D‑Printed Hydrogel Electrodes Boost Neural Signal Quality
3D-printed hydrogel electrodes tailored to individual brain structures offer improved fit and signal quality for neural monitoring, potentially advancing personalized approaches to neurodegenerative disease management. neurotechnology
AI Maps Tumors in 3D Single‑cell Detail for Early Detection
For anyone w/ access to #AACR26 recordings and interested in early cancer detection, @deniswirtz gave a beautiful talk yesterday on AI-driven mapping of tumours in 3D and at single-cell resolution. Two examples from the pancreas and fallopian tubes: https://t.co/sLXh5FX6du
AI Chats Ease Dementia Self-Consciousness, Act as Brain Therapy
For Frank Poulsen, who has dementia, daily chats with Sunny help him feel less self-conscious. Sunny’s an AI. Frank’s OK with that. Learn more about this new “physical therapy for the brain.” https://t.co/j51qtEgU1a via @WSJ
Payers Need Decision Tools, Not Just Dashboards
Payers do not have a claims data problem. They have a decision problem. For years, dashboards showed what happened. They did not answer: What changed? Why does it matter? What should we do now? What could make...
Tech Ready, But Capitalism Blocks Healthcare Adoption
The challenge with deploying this service in the West has nothing to do with the technology. The tech is already as strong as top quartile medical specialists at the tasks it’s being deployed for. The reason we can’t have nice...
Claude Opus 4.7 Autonomously Validates COVID‑19 Drug Claims
This seemed like a fun task for Claude Opus 4.7! https://t.co/Z5qJwBNYwi has an example run on the claim "Hydroxychloroquine improves clinical outcomes in patients with COVID-19." https://t.co/kn0aWevNVv describes the pipeline. I spent 3-4h on this with Claude Code managing 10...
Autonomous AI Prescriptions Raise FDA Safety Concerns
What about "Autonomous AI Managing Patient Care," as seen with the ongoing Utah @Doctronic program for prescription renewals? https://t.co/KSeSD7dn7z @NEJM "The FDA may decide to look the other way and allow this experiment to continue, leaving clinicians and patients without safety...
Microfluidic Lens Rivals Electronics for Glaucoma Monitoring
Can a microfluidic contact lens match electronic systems for glaucoma care while staying comfortable enough for daily wear? https://spectrum.ieee.org/smart-contact-lens-glaucoma-microfluidics?share_id=9388906