Protein Aggregates Damage Brain Vascular Barrier in Parkinson’s
Organ-on-a-chip technology demonstrates that Parkinson's-associated protein aggregates disrupt the brain's vascular barrier, leading to endothelial dysfunction and impaired blood flow. This insight highlights the vascular component of neurodegenerative disease. neuroscience
Implantable Islet Cells May Eliminate Insulin Injections
Implantable islet cells could control diabetes without insulin injections by Anne Trafton @MIT Learn more: https://t.co/aPCxukXMW1 #MedTech #HealthTech #Tech #TechForGood https://t.co/IwjlYaJitu
OTC Hearing Aids Offer Affordable, Game‑changing Solution
More hearing aids? Yes, because lots of folks have mild hearing loss, and OTC solutions are affordable and, honestly, game changing. This time I'm looking at the new Techmi FacePro OTC Hearing Aids in this demo and review: https://t.co/W0GUOshVxw #hearing...
Fish‑skin Graft with Silicone Accelerates Wound Healing
Kerecis Shield: Fish-Skin Graft with Silicone Layer for Faster Wound Healing by @IntEngineering #MedTech #HealthTech #TechForGood #Tech https://t.co/k1FaNFInaH
AI-Powered Prosthetic Hand Adapts Through Daily Use
A Smarter Prosthetic: Esper Bionics’ #AI Hand Learns from Everyday Use by @EsperBionics #EmergingTech #Technology #Innovation https://t.co/K70lFhcy74
Digital Tools Boost Seniors' Health, Independence, and Home Life
The “ELDERDES” model: how older adults' adoption of digital environment solutions improves residential experiences, health outcomes, and enables independent living https://t.co/jSDPgnP5Ax https://t.co/ZZEfaWZWOF
AI and Cheap Sequencing Will Unlock Health Risk Genomics
Our use of genomic data is woefully minimal for establishing health risks but the low cost of sequencing along with improved AI analytics can get this moving forward. Nice example here
Priority 5G & Satellite Keeps Transplant Teams Connected
Organ recovery can’t wait for congestion to clear. T-Mobile 5G priority access and satellite-enabled connectivity keep transplant coordinators connected. In healthcare and public safety, keeping voice and data connected under load saves lives. @T_Priority Partner https://t.co/ERwgYj7N0x
Share Your Health Data Instantly, No More Paper Forms
pumped for @flexpa. flexpa ensures you never have to fill out another clipboard at a doctor's office again. it's your health data, and now you can share it with any application you want in a few clicks or with just...
Epic's AI Suite Crowds Out Third‑Party Tools in Healthcare
My new Substack: Epic, the leading EHR vendor, has released >100 AI tools. Choosing them over third-party tools has become the safe choice for many health systems. I explore why, and the bigger questions: can – and should – something be done about...
AI Wristband Reads Muscles, Directs Robots Like Hands
MIT engineers built an AI wristband that controls robots by reading your hand muscles. It works by using an ultrasound to capture images of the muscles and tendons in your wrist. An AI algorithm then translates those images into the exact position...
Secure Genuine Champion Buy‑in Before Launching Digital Health
The Digital Health implementation almost blew up in our face as the Department Chief walked out in frustration halfway through our Kick Off meeting. With 20+ stakeholders watching, it couldn't have gone any worse. We had gotten brought into a health...
Human‑scale Data Aims to Close Drug Trial Gap
90% of drugs that enter clinical trials fail. A big part of why: the models they're based on weren't trained on human biology. Mouse data, non-representative cell lines, sparse perturbation coverage. The gap between in silico predictions and what actually happens...
Essential AI Visual Guide for Modern Physicians
A visual guide to machine and deep learning subtypes that is from our npj Digital Medicine paper: A short guide for medical professionals in the era of artificial intelligence. In that, we aimed to create a short, visual and digestible repository...
ApoQlar's MR Tools Revolutionize Surgical Planning
I've come across many mixed reality applications for pre- and post-operative planning, but it seems like this one just levelled up the game. ApoQlar Medical has developed MR applications for surgeons, medical students, and patients alike. Check out how a surgeon can...
PET‑CT Leak Linked to Staff Cancer Cases
The 3D precision of a PET-CT scan is designed to find cancer, but at one government teaching hospital, the machine itself is being blamed for causing it. Seven personnel in a single radiology department have developed cancer or thyroid diseases. You...
AI Creates Orexin Activator to Boost Focus, Reduce Sleep
Two researchers just used AI to design a selective orexin activator. If you care about focus, steady energy, or needing less sleep, this is worth paying attention to. https://t.co/3qbzB6J7X3
Whoop Launches Deep‑Dive Health Panels for Personalized Insights
Introducing Specialized Panels on Whoop 🙌🏼 Now available through @whoop Advanced Labs, powered by Quest. These panels focus on specific areas like metabolic health, heart health, performance, and men’s and women’s health. The goal is simple: go a level deeper than...
OpenAI Unveils GPT‑Rosalind for Pharma Drug Discovery
I truly believe OpenAI is hoping to drive a ton of revenue based on what it can do with health/medical -> OpenAI launches GPT-Rosalind, an AI model for life sciences research, including drug discovery, as a research preview for customers...
Inside Epic's Confidential Vendor Deal Reveals Innovation Barriers
Second Opinion just published its first scoop: And it's a look inside Epic's confidential vendor services agreement. A source shared it with @RuthReader to give us a sense of why it's so hard out there for healthcare innovators. View in...
OpenAI Debuts GPT‑Rosalind, Entering Biopharma After Anthropic
NEW: OpenAI is the latest tech giant to move into biopharma, launching Thursday GPT-Rosalind, a life sciences-tailored version of its LLM Trails behind the very similar launch of Anthropic's Claude for Life Sciences by ~5 months. More here: https://t.co/zkXDwY0BBI
AI Becomes Essential; Non‑Adopters Lose Doctors
Very soon, in radiology and medical centers using AI, you will hear: “Do you remember when we didn’t have it ? How did we manage ?” Institutions without AI won’t just lag, they’ll struggle to attract and retain physicians.
Flexpa Seamlessly Connects Health Data to Any App
underpinning this whole stack is health data flows which is where @flexpa fits. flexpa lets you connect your health data (insurance claims and clinical data) into any application you want. that’s it. that simple.
Third‑generation T‑cell Engagers Advance Cancer Immunotherapy
Cancer immunotherapy keeps revving up. Now onto a 3rd generation of T cell engagers https://t.co/h05f8h3i8L https://t.co/PP5XE8WWDr
Shrimp‑Inspired Camera Enables Real‑Time Cancer Mapping
A new shrimp-inspired camera captures ultraviolet, visible, and near-infrared images on a single chip, enabling real-time identification of lymph nodes and potential cancer spread during surgery for more precise and less invasive procedures. medtech
Two ePA Routes for Same Drug Create Workflow Chaos
A rheumatologist prescribes Humira for a patient with Crohn's. The patient might self-inject at home with a prefilled pen or come into the infusion center for IV administration. Same drug, doctor and patient, so must be straightforward, right? Under CMS-0062, two...
Digital Tech Will Revolutionize Healthcare: 20 Future Trends
Digital technology could help transform unsustainable healthcare systems, provide cheaper, faster, and more effective solutions for diseases – and could lead to healthier individuals living in healthier communities. In this book, we analyze the top 20 trends shaping the future of...
Integrating Real-World Medicine Into Tech Research
Bridging medical realities in the study of #Technology and health by Peter Dizikes @MIT Learn more: https://t.co/qzEpeeKwKP #MedTech #HealthTech #Tech #TechForGood https://t.co/09sslPIJAJ
Patient‑Driven Platform Accelerates Multiple Myeloma Research
.@HealthtreeMM Hub: A Patient-Derived, Patient-Driven Clinical Cancer Information Platform Used to Overcome Hurdles & Accelerate Research in Multiple Myeloma [3/10/22] @NSweeneyPhd @AhlstromJenny @FaithEDavies1 @mtmdphd @JCOCCI_ASCO https://t.co/WOwLb9Eozv @myelomacrowd #mmsm https://t.co/6HieAzjSES
Molift Raiser Pro Delivers High-Capacity Assistance in Confined Spaces
Molift Raiser Pro: High-Capacity Stand-Up Assistance in Tight Spaces by @gigadgets_ #MedTech #Healthcare #HealthTech #Tech #TechForGood https://t.co/vumqKwh3lm
Patients Choose Risky Care When Health Systems Fail
I don’t think patients want ChatGPT or an AI doctor startup to replace their health system - but when you’re desperate, you’ll take what you can get - the safety and efficacy be damned. So if health systems don’t fill...
Free Blood Biomarker Testing Empowers Early Health Intervention
You can now get your blood work at cost. We launched a biomarkers testing platform. I make $0 on it. Blood testing needs to be more accessible. Instead, we wait until we get sick. And in the meantime, companies...
IPSC Tissues Supply Causal Data to Power Simulations
A general-purpose biological simulator, one that can predict how the human body responds to any intervention, isn't blocked by compute. It's blocked by data. Not data in general. Causal, human-relevant data. The kind where molecular interactions actually produce functional outcomes you...
New Market Map Highlights Agentic AI in Ambulatory Sector
Market maps have become a real focus of ours as LLMs are getting company categorization so wrong. Our latest, in partnership with Confido Health & @RMFnyc1, focuses on agentic AI for the ambulatory market. What's being deployed now? Our focus...
Medical AI Flaws Exposed: Bad Chatbot Answers, Unreliable Data
Issues recognized with medical AI models —Problematic responses to 5 chatbots https://t.co/V6IZHOhAm4 —Prediction based on unreliable, open-access datasets https://t.co/PnJ0TrtXK2 https://t.co/Bp8ztckFgV
Six Tailored Keynote Narratives Shaping Healthcare's Future
This conference season, I work with six keynote narratives. I still customize each for every single event and audience, but the narratives (that I work on with a dedicated team for months) help tell a powerful story. Here they are: 01...
AI Agents and Next‑Gen Alzheimer’s Drugs Beyond CRISPR
Endpoints' Drug Discovery Day is today — our own @RLCscienceboss will be talking about beyond CRISPR & future of Alzheimer's drugs I'm excited to talk with Stanford's @james_y_zou on his escalating research in building AI agents into co-scientists, labs, and now biotechs...
MRNA Nanoparticles Teach Beta Cells to Prevent Type 1 Diabetes
As a medical school professor, I can tell you: what we've been doing for type 1 diabetes is managing, not curing. University of Chicago scientists just changed the game. They developed mRNA-loaded nanoparticles that deliver genetic instructions directly to insulin-producing beta cells,...
Robotic Phlebotomy Achieves 94% Success, Low Complications
I've been following Vitestro for years. They have been developing robotic devices to collect patients' blood samples. They have big news now as the results of a multicenter ADOPT clinical trial have been published in Clinical Chemistry. That is the...
Preparing Trust for Hospital Telemedicine Robots Amid Physician Shortages
Imagine being a physician sitting in front of a laptop webcam while roaming around in a hospital as a telemedicine robot. What a cultural shock it would be! But now North Carolina hospitals are deploying the OhmniCare Telehealth Robot to facilitate...
24/7 Zipline‑
We need 24/7 zipline style drone shipping cross US yesterday especially for medical sample shipping.
One Injection Restores Hearing via OTOF Gene Therapy
A single injection uses an engineered AAV virus to deliver a healthy OTOF gene into cochlear cells, enabling them to produce otoferlin and restore the ear’s ability to convert sound vibrations into signals the brain can interpret. https://t.co/Lk34jpnRBe
Bionic Eye Mimics Animal Pupils for Sharper Focus
A recent Science #Robotics study describes a #bionic eye that can simulate irregular pupils such as a cat’s vertical pupil for precise focus while hunting and a toad's heart-shaped pupil for improved depth perception. https://t.co/p1uZy6rbky https://t.co/D13AFi1g5T
Whoop Joins Medicare via CMS ACCESS Program
WHOOP 🤝 MEDICARE This week marks a defining moment for @whoop - and a major leap forward for Medicare with eligible individuals now able to receive Whoop as part of their care. Our affiliated healthcare provider, Whoop Physician Services, PC, has been...
Nvidia's Nurabot Deploys in Hospitals to Aid Staff
Nvidia’s Nurabot Rolls Into Hospitals to Assist #Healthcare Workers by @CyberRobooo #MedTech #HealthTech #TechForGood #Tech https://t.co/DFb98tjoM4
Shared Visibility, Not Contracts, Aligns Care Ecosystem
Alignment doesn’t come from contracts. It comes from shared visibility. Why smart-care platforms are becoming the bridge between payers, providers, and post-acute care.👇 https://t.co/cq0WY5tihP @PointClickCare #postacutecare #HITSM
Novo Partners OpenAI as Ideaya's Eye Data Disappoints
Novo teams with OpenAI; Ideaya gets muted response to eye drug data https://t.co/U6sDZlMxyQ $NVO $IDYA $REGN $GSK
SMART Permission Tickets Enable Seamless Patient and Proxy Access
How might SMART Permission Tickets help with patient self-access, proxy access, public health, and more? Overview / explainer / live demo here: https://t.co/AHJ8s5oBuA
Comprehensive Genomic Panel Broadens Oncology Treatment Options
Unique Features of a Comprehensive Genomic Profiling Panel: Expanding Treatment Options in a Value-Based Community Oncology Network [Mar 9, 2026] La Porte et al. @DrEzraCohen @JCOPO_ASCO https://t.co/tDi3kbxdvX #PrecisionMedicine #hemeonc @TempusAI https://t.co/zgEw8hfFia
PurIST Classifier Validated for Pancreatic Cancer Therapy
Real-World Validation of the Purity Independent Subtyping of Tumors Classifier for Informing Therapy Selection [PurIST @TempusAI] in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma [Sep 4, 2025] @stephwen et al. @JCOPO_ASCO https://t.co/R24DErvaB4 #pancsm #PrecisionMedicine https://t.co/40LqNDQJHo