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Reception is where most practices leak revenue. Calls go unanswered at lunch, after hours and during every appointment

Incorporating a free smartphone app featuring AI-driven health coaching, blood pressure monitoring, and behavioral incentives into a hospital's existing clinical workflows helps patients make meaningful reductions in blood pressure, findings that suggest that digital apps may offer an effective means of extending care beyond the clinic when incorporated into treatment plans.

Researchers created a new technique that accurately and rapidly matches X-rays captured during surgery with a patient's preoperative 3D medical scan.

Artificial intelligence (AI) tools can help physicians predict treatment and survival outcomes in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) treated with immunotherapy, according to a new study published in Nature Medicine.

Insilico Medicine, a clinical-stage generative artificial intelligence (AI)-driven drug discovery company, today announced Longevity Vaccines, a research initiative developing treatments that direct a patient's own immune cells to eliminate the earliest cellular drivers of age-related disease.

Internal documents show contractor readiness concerns, decision delays, and high non-affirmation rates, while providers report patients waiting for care and payment problems.

Artificial intelligence (AI) holds profound potential to reshape public health. Although its application accelerates threat detection and targeted interventions, the rapid deployment has outpaced the regulatory, validation, and equity safeguards standard to traditional health interventions.

Healthcare providers are under growing pressure to control operating costs while giving patients timely, high-quality care. Much of

Diabetes is one of the most common chronic diseases, affecting around 66 million adults in Europe - a figure projected to rise to more than 72 million by 2050.

The Rentosertib analysis found a stronger biological-age signal at 30 mg twice daily, while Phase 3 is testing lung function instead

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Without brain surgery guided by live AI assistance, Rhys Hibbert could have lost his sight to a tumour.

For three years, the case for ambient artificial intelligence in healthcare was told through one scene: a physician

In a third of cases, AI chatbots wrongly reassure sleep apnea patients that their symptoms are not serious, discouraging them from seeking a referral to a specialist, according to research presented at the European Respiratory Society (ERS) Congress in Barcelona, Spain.

Flinders University researchers were part of an international team that conducted a scoping review that identified 2,441 records and found just 32 studies examined how cancer patients, survivors and carers feel towards generative AI being used in their care.

Federal and state regulators are drawing new boundaries around medical AI, from how the tools are vetted to who bears responsibility when they fail.

The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools to take notes can change the nature of interactions between patients and clinicians, sometimes missing vital information, according to the results of a new review.

Insilico Medicine, a clinical-stage generative artificial intelligence (AI)-driven drug discovery company, today announced the release of a series of frontier specialist models for chemistry and biology, trained through its MMAI Gym for Science framework.

The recent flood of Artificial Intelligence (AI) models and content has undoubtedly brought along an unwelcome bug from the human-made content it scrapes from: bias. AI has been noted to form, copy, and amplify harmful stereotypes of already marginalized groups.

A federal judge has paused the Trump administration's abstinence-only teen pregnancy programme, citing unreliable AI-generated references. The ruling does not restore the £49.1m in cancelled grants.

AI transcription tools are becoming increasingly common in doctors' offices, but UK health advocates are warning that serious errors in diagnoses, prescriptions, and records could put patients at risk.

Earlier this year, rumors were rampant about a revamped Health app coming to iOS 26.4. Then the project was delayed, and iOS 27 came and went, and the revamp still didn’t arrive. With the new Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 debuting next month, it’s worth asking: will we see the features debut alongside new hardware?

AI receptionists are being introduced to handle GP calls and reduce waiting times, but patient complaints are raising concerns about accessibility, communication and human backup.

‘Confirmation bias on steroids’: Cases of AI psychosis accumulate as we learn what happens when a very convincing computerized companion never disagrees with you.

Researchers found that among 1,357 FDA-cleared or approved AI/ML-enabled medical devices, only 34 were linked to registered clinical trials and just three had been evaluated for patient-centered outcomes. The study highlights major gaps in prospective testing, demographic representation, transparency, and evidence showing whether medical AI meaningfully improves patients’ health.

A free year of Google AI Pro Google is giving eligible college students in the United States a

A new analysis shows that, of 1,357 artificial intelligence (AI)-based medical devices authorized by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in patient care, only three had been tested on whether they actually improve patients' health.

A research team at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has developed a patient-centric "Artificial Intelligence (AI) Virtual Patient Simulation System", overcoming the limitations of conventional static diagnosis.

A novel AI model can use information collected during routine sleep studies to identify patients’ long-term health risks,

WEDNESDAY, Aug. 12, 2026 — Two of the nation’s most powerful health officials predict artificial intelligence will play a key role in solving rural America’s health challenges.Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told a panel of U.S. senators...

Datamaxxing gives AI access to wearable health data so it can explain patterns your smartwatch leaves unexplained. Research suggests the idea has promise, but medical advice remains a dangerous line to cross.

An AI foundation model extracted hidden physiological patterns from routine polysomnography and identified five patient groups with distinct long-term risks of mortality, cardiovascular disease, and neurological disorders. The approach outperformed apnea–hypopnea index severity categories for risk stratification and remained informative in an independent sleep cohort.

WEDNESDAY, Aug. 5, 2026 — Vanessa Barahona received a call this past spring from Angelica at Kern Family Health Care in Bakersfield, California, telling her it was time to renew her coverage under Medi-Cal, the state’s version of Medicaid.Angelica...

WEDNESDAY, Aug. 5, 2026 — AI-driven oxygen delivery can help hospitalized patients maintain better blood oxygen levels, potentially speeding their recovery, a new study says.Patients treated with AI-automated oxygen spent 85% of their time in the...

Authors argue that uncritical AI adoption in women’s health may encode reductive views of sex and gender, expand surveillance, and reproduce existing inequities. They call for greater scrutiny across the AI pipeline, community involvement, and structural change alongside carefully selected technologies.

Insilico Medicine ("Insilico"), a clinical-stage generative artificial intelligence (AI)-driven biotechnology company, today announced the publication of a collaborative study in the journal npj Precision Oncology.

Researchers have demonstrated AI tools could play an important part in the development of simpler, lower-cost technologies for monitoring foot health, particularly in settings where access to specialised equipment may be limited.

A novel AI model can use information collected during routine sleep studies to identify patients' long-term health risks, according to a new study published in Nature Communications.

A US health envoy's presentation at the AIDS 2026 conference featured an AI-generated map that mislabelled African countries, highlighting concerns over AI's role.

Researchers from RWJBarnabas Health and Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School found that an artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled early warning system helped identify hospitalized patients at risk of rapid clinical decline sooner, contributing to fewer deaths among high-risk patients.

Fake AI doctors and AI-generated health influencers are flooding social media with false medical claims and dubious supplements, raising urgent concerns over consumer safety and online trust.

Biomedical engineers at Duke University have demonstrated a method for systematically developing novel, complex combinations of probiotics and prebiotics to more effectively maintain gut health and treat various gastrointestinal diseases.

Immune dysregulation may contribute to depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and anxiety through chronic inflammation, altered neuroimmune signaling, genetic susceptibility, and stress-related epigenetic changes. Evidence also suggests that biologically defined patient subgroups may benefit from more precise, immune-informed approaches to diagnosis and treatment.

Samsung’s AI Health Companion Samsung has begun deploying Health Assistant, a chatbot built into Samsung Health that tries

Designing and developing a new medicine is an expensive, failure-prone scientific challenge. A new drug can take many years to develop, at the cost of a significant investment. And even then, most possible candidates never reach the patient. For biologic medicines, therapies made from engineered proteins rather than synthetic chemistry (which are often used to…

A UVA Health emergency medicine doctor and colleague at Clemson University have developed a framework to help hospitals integrate artificial intelligence to not just increase efficiency and cut costs but ensure high-quality patient care remains the top priority.

Samsung Health Assistant digs through data collected across your Galaxy devices and turns scattered sleep, activity, nutrition, and vital signs into conversational wellness guidance.

Artificial intelligence is rapidly improving scientists' ability to detect chemicals in the environment and human body.

Samsung Health's new AI consent feature raises privacy concerns as users decide whether to share their health data for AI training. Learn about potential data implications and user reactions.

Japan Wires AI Into Medicine Japan built the world’s most trusted names in medical hardware and biopharma. This

AI-powered speech-to-text technology is transforming NHS consultations by reducing administrative tasks, cutting backlogs, and improving patient interaction, allowing clinicians to focus more on patient care.

As its new redesign rolls out, Samsung Health is also forcing users into a choice – let their data be used for AI training, or make it effectively unusable in the long term.

Samsung says refusing AI training in Samsung Health will only delete data collected for AI development, leaving existing health records untouched.

The First AI Layoff Lawsuit Twenty-six Meta employees sued the company late Monday in federal court in Oakland,

Samsung is teasing its next Galaxy Watch as an AI-powered health companion ahead of Galaxy Unpacked on July 22.

Twenty-six former Meta employees allege AI tools unfairly targeted disabled workers for layoffs, filing a lawsuit claiming discrimination and seeking to halt the process while arbitration proceeds.

Emergency call takers and dispatchers serve as the invisible frontline of public safety, navigating life-or-death crises over phone lines and radios without ever seeing the outcomes of their efforts.

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A new Samsung Health consent toggle gives users an ultimatum: agree to share sensitive health data for AI training or lose all their synced data permanently.

As its new redesign rolls out, Samsung Health is also forcing users into a choice – let their data be used for AI training, or make it effectively unusable in the long term.

Artificial intelligence has rapidly evolved from an emerging technology into an essential part of everyday life. From business

PsyEval is a new benchmark that tests how large language models perform on mental health knowledge, diagnostic assessment, and emotional support tasks. The study found that leading models can show strong factual recall and fluent responses, but still struggle with empathy, clinical nuance, prompt sensitivity, and safe diagnostic behavior.

A photo of Mitch McConnell in hospital has sparked controversy, with accusations of AI manipulation and concerns over his health's political implications.

Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania, New York University and Penn's Linguistic Data Consortium have received a two-year, $4 million grant from the Wellcome Trust to develop a scalable, AI-powered platform for training mental health clinicians.

AI tools are proliferating across pulmonary medicine and critical care, with promising early results in diagnostics and prediction, but significant gaps between development and deployment.

Patients increasingly come to visits with AI-generated ideas and online research, forcing doctors to balance information, uncertainty, and reassurance in real time.

The update will be available to all users in England by April 2028, the health service says.

Dr. Alex Aliper, Co-founder and President of Insilico Medicine, will attend the AI for Good Global Summit 2026 in Geneva, Switzerland, on July 7.

Insilico Medicine, a leader in clinical-stage generative AI for drug discovery, today announced a strategic collaboration agreement with Takeda to use its proprietary end-to-end platform, Pharma.AI, to advance drug candidates across the company's therapeutic areas.

People commonly disclose all kinds of personal data to AI chatbots, including the highly inadvisable practice of asking them for health advice. In addition to the grave medical dangers of obtaining inaccurate advice, users are also running significant privacy risks. Most AI chatbots have terms and conditions that allow any of your conversations with them to be used as training data, and often app terms that allow data to be collated and sold. Democrats now propose to update a privacy law to prevent the sale of health data …

Patients are also three times more likely to trust AI in their doctor's secure portal than a public chatbot.

New commentary published in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine warns that current risk-based regulatory approaches to Artificial Intelligence (AI) in healthcare fall short in protecting patients, potentially leading to over- and undertreatment as well as discrimination against patient groups.

Simulation, virtual reality, and AI are reshaping medical education, allowing learners to build skills, personalize training, and prepare for complex clinical scenarios.

As new clinical AI tools proliferate, students are growing worried about the burden of keeping up. Are medical schools doing enough to train them?

WEDNESDAY, June 24, 2026 — Bill Curry, 65, raises cattle on the same land in rural Oklahoma once owned by his father and generations before him. Each quarter, for several years, he has made the 2½-hour drive to Oklahoma City for an epidural in his...

Patients, doctors, and other healthcare professionals who spoke with KFF Health News say the effort has created confusion, errors, long wait times, and stress.

AI's integration in medical education presents challenges and opportunities, with findings advocating for curricula that promote active engagement and literacy.

Ambient intelligent scribes are gaining momentum in clinics, but lack of regulation and inaccuracies raise concerns.

MIRA, an autonomous AI agent tested in a sandboxed electronic health record, diagnosed 574 real emergency department cases with 88.9% accuracy and outperformed physicians in a matched 311-case comparison. The system ordered tests, generated medication plans, and made admission decisions in simulation, but the authors stress that prospective validation, governance, and physician oversight are still essential.

Panelists at HLTH Europe 2026 warned that clinicians and patients are increasingly deferring to algorithmic outputs over independent judgment.

From cardiac misdiagnosis to an 8-year wait for endometriosis, experts at HLTH Europe lay out how AI and multimodal data can start closing the gender health gap.

Insilico Medicine will attend the BIO 2026 International Convention, held from June 22 to 25 at the San Diego Convention Center.

People are increasingly turning to AI for mental health support—but its design is “antithetical” to mental health care, experts say

A common misperception exists that electrocardiograms (ECGs) simply contain data about heart activity.

JMIR Publications released two feature stories in its News and Perspectives section. Shalini Kathuria Narang's "Can Humanlike Reasoning Be Replicated in Large Language Models for Clinical Decision-Making?" and Sara Novak's "How Health Care Workers Can Manage Digital Fatigue" offer complementary looks into the capabilities of artificial intelligence in diagnostics, and the real-world exhaustion faced by medical professionals managing digital systems.

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) has been used for more than three decades to treat motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease.

A new Penn-led randomized controlled trial has found that AI-powered chatbots can make vaccine-hesitant parents more likely to say they will immunize their children against human papillomavirus (HPV), but no more than standard written public health materials.

World Cup crowds spark outbreak tracking as AI tensions rise and ancient Rome’s roads get a stunning reboot

Apple's partnership with Google could supercharge its own health suite and wearable. Here's how.

Samsung is expected to launch its new Galaxy Watch 9 next month and, ahead of that, the Samsung Health app is getting a big redesign with lots of AI. more…

THURSDAY, June 4, 2026 — Nearly 1 in 5 young people in America turn to AI chatbots for mental health advice — and most aren't telling anyone.A new nationwide study finds 19.2% of adolescents ages 12 to 21 have used AI chatbots like ChatGPT, Gemini...

The global health care sector is under increasing strain.  Decades of chronic underinvestment and constraints in recruitment have coincided with a surge in demand for services for aging populations. Gaps in provision are already taking a toll, with fragmented access to care and high rates of stress and burnout among staff. And it’s getting worse.…