Brain spikes track seizures in some epilepsy types
A massive new study reveals that standard brain wave spikes only weakly correlate with actual seizure frequency, challenging how doctors monitor epilepsy.
AI Takes Control of ICU Oxygen Therapy
A massive clinical trial is putting machine learning in charge of life-or-death oxygen decisions for twenty-four thousand critically ill patients.
AI finds hidden lung plugs that predict death
Automating the search for mucus plugs in lung scans reveals a hidden driver of COPD mortality that human eyes routinely miss.
The Anatomical Pathology AI Report — June 2026
Hetairos is a histology-based artificial intelligence model for predicting central nervous system tumor methylation subtypes
Medicare Ties Digital Health to Patient Outcomes
A bold federal experiment is about to force digital health companies to prove their tools actually work or risk losing half their pay.
AI reconstructs brain pressure without skull drilling
By predicting brain pressure from routine heart and blood signals, a new deep learning model challenges the necessity of invasive skull-drilling in intensive care units.
NHS AI X-ray rollout misses the real bottleneck
Throwing millions at AI imaging algorithms will not solve the UK's cancer crisis without the human staff to act on the results.
AI ECG detects aortic stenosis beyond hypertrophy
A new deep learning model proves that artificial intelligence does not just mimic old diagnostic rules to spot deadly heart valve disease—it finds hidden signals doctors have been missing for decades.
AI tracks autism traits through video and audio
A new machine learning tool measures eye gaze and facial expressions during autism evaluations, but its struggle to distinguish autism from other developmental conditions reveals the limits of automated diagnostics.
The Health AI Brief — Week of June 15, 2026
AI Diagnoses Brain Tumors in Twelve Minutes