By EMANUEL SARKEES The United States is in the middle of what researchers are calling one of the most significant pharmacological developments in modern medicine. GLP-1 receptor agonists, the drug class behind Ozempic and Wegovy, have become able to reduce obesity, lower cardiovascular risk, control blood sugar, and show signals improving areas like addiction and…
As hospitals increasingly use AI to improve patient care, the same technology is being used by hackers and nation-states to launch faster, more sophisticated attacks. Karen Habercoss, chief information security and privacy officer at the University of Chicago Medicine, explained how her health system is building a governance structure to manage that risk. The post…
A new report from the Peterson Health Technology Institute argues that today’s healthcare payment models are ill-suited for clinical AI and could drive up costs. The post How Should Clinical AI Be Paid For? 3 Takeaways appeared first on MedCity News.
Personalis’s liquid biopsy is part of a growing market for minimal residual disease assays, tests that look for any remaining cancer cells after the initial treatment. Tempus AI has been the commercial partner on this Personalis test since 2023. The post Expecting Massive Test Growth in Cancer & More, Tempus AI Strikes $1.5B Deal to…
These three legal regimes are pulling in different directions, and the developers that navigate them well will be the ones that plan for all three from the start. The post The AI Tension in Healthcare: Patent Strategy, FDA Reality, and HIPAA Constraints appeared first on MedCity News.
Rural Health Transformation Program funding gives states broad flexibility and may help address longstanding access gaps. The post For Millions in Rural America, Medicine Is Still Far Away appeared first on MedCity News.
BELZONI, Miss. — Harmony Ball-Stribling’s path to pregnancy had been turbulent, from an endometriosis diagnosis to an arduous in vitro fertilization process and sky-high blood pressure. But as her due date approached in the summer of 2021, her health improved and those storm clouds seemed to scatter. “It was just too perfect,” said her mother,…
Alice Thornton has spent more than two decades treating people living with HIV in Lexington, Kentucky. Her team tends to “cringe” anytime they hear about patients having to fill out lots of paperwork, like when applying for Social Security Disability payments, because it can be a difficult, burdensome process. Thornton tries to support her patients,…
Sam Ato Timaloa, a paroled sex offender who also served time for attempted murder, had dementia and an acute intolerance of noise — especially from roommates at Sunrise Post Acute, a nursing home in Banning, California. Over four months in 2025, a state investigative report found, Sunrise switched Timaloa’s room eight times, the last into…
A new PwC report says the women’s oncology market could reach $110 billion by 2030, though funding and care gaps remain. The post Women’s Oncology Market Could Reach $110B in 2030, but Gaps Remain appeared first on MedCity News.