Hybrid novice-AI system achieves expert-level performance in intraoperative ischemia detection
Pairing untrained staff with artificial intelligence could solve the specialist shortage in operating rooms.
The Dermatology AI Report — August 2026
Dermoscopy-Based AI Risk Scoring Enhanced Experienced Dermatologists’ Decision-Making: a Large Retrospective Reader Study
Pathos AI Bets Big on Clinical Rescue
A young startup is spending hundreds of millions to prove that artificial intelligence can salvage stalled drug pipelines.
AI tracks diseases using under-pillow sleep sensors
A new foundation model proves that simple heart and breathing signals recorded during sleep can predict complex brain and heart diseases.
Medicare Ends Easy Money for Breakthrough Devices
Federal regulators are closing the fast track to extra Medicare funding, forcing medical device makers to prove real clinical value rather than relying on a prestigious FDA label.
Smart rings and LLMs predict depression symptoms
Giving consumer smart ring data to a raw language model to spot depression fails completely, unless you teach it how to think first.
Hackers breach Amgen third-party cloud data
A major security breach at Amgen exposes the dangerous vulnerability of relying on third-party cloud providers to store sensitive patient data.
AI catches clinical trial reporting errors cheaply
A new automated tool exposes how easily human editors miss shifted endpoints in published medical research.
The Health AI Brief — Week of August 3, 2026
Predicting Diabetes a Decade Before Diagnosis
Medicare’s New Chronic Care Model Cuts Payouts
Digital health companies are rushing toward a new Medicare experiment that pays them pennies compared to commercial insurance.