Telehealth GLP-1 sales bypass clinical safety
July 8, 2026Getting a prescription for the world's most sought-after weight-loss drugs has devolved into a frictionless, five-minute checkout process.
AI reads rapid tests using synthetic images
July 8, 2026Training diagnostic AI no longer requires massive, expensive libraries of real patient photos.
Non-invasive tests target endometriosis delay
July 7, 2026A decade of silent suffering for endometriosis patients might finally be cut short by a shift toward non-invasive diagnostics.
Wrist trackers predict Parkinson’s disease years early
July 7, 2026A new analysis of wearable data shows that tracking how we move during sleep can flag Parkinson's risk a decade before clinical symptoms appear.
FDA Cuts Red Tape for Health Wearables
July 7, 2026The federal government is loosening its grip on low-risk digital health tools, but developers who mismanage their marketing claims will still face regulatory crackdowns.
AI Predicts Bone Surgery Infection Risk Unevenly
July 7, 2026A new machine learning model can pinpoint which ankle fracture patients are highly likely to develop surgical infections, but its tendency to miss the majority of at-risk cases makes it a dangerous tool if used as a standalone safety net.
FDA clears self-updating radiation planning software
July 6, 2026A new regulatory shortcut could quietly solve the worst bottleneck in cancer treatment.
AI improves heart calcium scoring on basic scans
July 6, 2026A new machine learning method extracts high-quality heart disease risk data from low-dose scans that doctors usually ignore for calcium scoring.
AI Outperforms Doctors on Cancer Reports
July 6, 2026When algorithms read pathology reports better than the oncologists who ordered them, the bottleneck in cancer care shifts from diagnostic accuracy to human administrative capacity.