Technology

A tiny sensor that unfolds within the body could continuously monitor our heart activity and breathing after showing promise in rats Read More.

A Florida pastor is suing OpenAI after ChatGPT allegedly downplayed his symptoms of a life-threatening pulmonary embolism, telling him it was “not something serious” and even invoking his faith to keep him calm. Read More.

A blood test may predict if apparently healthy older adults are likely to develop Alzheimer’s symptoms in the next five or 10 years, researchers reported Wednesday. Read More.

Wearables have been gaining steady traction over the last decade. One of the most prominent starts to this industry was with FitBit, which took the concept of patient health analytics and made it simple by offering a patient-friendly wearable device that is easy to use and low maintenance. Read More.

Researchers from NYU Abu Dhabi, in collaboration with Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, have developed a tiny, injectable medical device that introduces a new approach to treating chronic pain Read More.

One tool that doctors are beginning to use to help predict a person’s Alzheimer’s disease risk in its earliest stages is through biomarker blood tests. Read More.

After 12 years of dating and one year of marriage, high-school sweethearts Samuel and Penelope started trying to conceive. Both grew up in tight-knit families, and had long dreamed of having biological children together. Read More.

Maggots can remove dead flesh from a wound with a degree of precision surgeons can’t achieve. That can make them an asset for certain patients. Read More.

Researchers at Mass General Brigham are using artificial intelligence to estimate a person’s age from a selfie. Read More.

A state-aware medical AI system interpreted images, ECGs, and clinical documents during live diagnostic chats, outperforming primary care physicians in simulated consultations while raising urgent questions about how such tools should be tested before real-world care. Read More.

After being on a list of potential donors for 12 years or so, this past month saw me finally have the opportunity to give away some of my stem cells. Read More.

For decades, psychologists have debated whether the human mind can be explained by one unified theory or must be broken into separate parts like memory and attention. A recent AI model called Centaur seemed to offer a breakthrough, claiming it could mimic human thinking across 160 different cognitive tasks. But new research is challenging that bold claim, suggesting the model isn’t truly “thinking” at all—it’s just memorizing patterns. Read More.

A Mayo Clinic-developed artificial intelligence (AI) model can help specialists detect pancreatic cancer on routine abdominal CT scans up to three years before clinical diagnosis. Read More.

The average person spends 416 days of their life in the bathroom — and the latest trend in digital health wants to make sure that time isn’t going down the drain. Read More.

Neuroscientist Andrew Huberman has been blunt about it: if you are not doing some kind of resistance training, you are signing up for weaker muscles, worse posture, and a slower metabolism as you age. Read More.