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fromFuturism
1 day ago
Healthcare

America's Largest Hospital System Ready to Start Replacing Radiologists With AI, Its CEO Says

fromFortune
1 week ago
Healthcare

Exclusive: Blossom Health raises $20 million to bring an AI 'copilot' to psychiatry | Fortune

Healthcare
fromApp Developer Magazine
1 year ago

AI becomes a go-to health resource as hospital access strains

Americans increasingly use AI for medical advice, especially younger adults and men, to get faster answers and understand medication side effects amid care access gaps.
Healthcare
fromTheregister
2 months ago

Claude joins the ward as Anthropic eyes US healthcare data

Anthropic launched Claude for Healthcare, a HIPAA-compliant AI offering integrations to automate administrative healthcare tasks and expand into life sciences.
Healthcare
fromFuturism
1 day ago

America's Largest Hospital System Ready to Start Replacing Radiologists With AI, Its CEO Says

AI is being considered to replace radiologists in X-ray diagnosis, raising concerns about patient safety and care quality.
Healthcare
fromFortune
1 week ago

Exclusive: Blossom Health raises $20 million to bring an AI 'copilot' to psychiatry | Fortune

Blossom Health raised $20 million to develop an AI copilot for psychiatry, aiming to enhance mental health care accessibility and efficiency.
SF parents
fromLos Angeles Times
1 day ago

California kids are going without vision care, and the problem is getting worse

Vision problems in children are increasing, yet fewer kids on Medi-Cal are receiving necessary eye care.
Cancer
fromwww.nytimes.com
1 day ago

What Is It Like to Get Cancer When You're Young?

Cancer is increasingly affecting individuals under 50, impacting their lives and relationships significantly.
Privacy professionals
fromTechCrunch
3 days ago

Telehealth giant Hims & Hers says its customer support system was hacked | TechCrunch

Hims & Hers confirmed a data breach affecting customer support data, including names and contact information, but not medical records.
Medicine
fromABC7 San Francisco
3 days ago

Teen reunites with UCSF surgeon who saved him as a fetus, 18 years later

Mason Ellinger, once a fetus with a life-threatening condition, reunites with the doctor who saved him 18 years later.
US news
fromwww.npr.org
2 days ago

Dr. Sanjay Gupta explains what we do and still don't know about pain

Understanding pain is complex, with the brain playing a central role in pain experiences and perceptions.
Television
fromVulture
3 days ago

The Pitt Is Discharging One of Its Residents

Ayesha Harris is promoted to series regular, while Supriya Ganesh will leave the show after this season.
Wearables
fromFast Company
3 days ago

Finally, a wearable designed for women approaching menopause

A new wearable device called Peri helps women monitor perimenopause symptoms and lifestyle factors.
fromPsychology Today
4 days ago

People With Bipolar and BPD Struggle in Mental Healthcare

There is a unique kind of pain in losing your mind, not just once, but over and over. Losing your perception of reality, of your emotions, of your closest relationships-both across months and multiple times a day. Knowing deep down that something is wrong but being unable to stop it.
Mental health
SOMA, SF
fromSan Jose Inside
5 days ago

DA Hires Stanford Grad to Run County Crime Lab

Sandra Burnham Sachs is the new chief of the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Crime Lab, succeeding Dr. Ian Fitch.
Education
fromSFGATE
5 days ago

Closure of Zuckerberg-backed Bay Area school triggers enrollment overload

The closure of The Primary School will displace over 400 students, leading to a potential enrollment crisis in the Ravenswood City School District.
Silicon Valley
fromSilicon Canals
6 days ago

Silicon Valley startup backed by Tim Draper pitches growing brainless human clones for organ harvesting and brain transplants - Silicon Canals

A Silicon Valley startup is developing brainless cloned human bodies for organ sourcing and potential brain transplants.
fromKqed
6 days ago

As Kaiser's Presence in Downtown Oakland Dwindles, So Does Foot Traffic | KQED

Kaiser Permanente has been steadily shrinking its local office presence in recent years, contributing to quieter streets and struggling small businesses in the city's core.
East Bay (California)
Data science
fromTechCrunch
6 days ago

Mantis Biotech is making 'digital twins' of humans to help solve medicine's data availability problem | TechCrunch

Large language models can enhance genomics and clinical practices, but struggle with rare diseases due to data scarcity.
SF parents
fromLos Angeles Times
2 days ago

Southern California sisters face losing mom to brain cancer, father to deportation

A Big Bear handyman faces deportation while his wife battles Stage 4 brain cancer, prompting their daughters to seek legal assistance.
Healthcare
fromABC7 San Francisco
4 days ago

East San Jose's Regional Medical Center marks 1 year since restoring trauma care

East San Jose's Regional Medical Center has successfully restored trauma services, significantly impacting community health and saving lives.
#mental-health
fromAlternative Medicine Magazine
1 week ago
Alternative medicine

Digital Therapeutics Offer Hope to Rural Residents

Rural areas face significant mental health challenges, with limited access to treatment and awareness of alternative therapies.
Healthcare
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Thank God they're still alive': Kaiser therapists claim its new screening system puts patients at higher risk by delaying their care

Changes in patient screening at Kaiser Permanente have led to concerns about delayed care for high-risk mental health patients.
Healthcare
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Thank God they're still alive': Kaiser therapists claim its new screening system puts patients at higher risk by delaying their care

Changes in patient screening at Kaiser Permanente have led to concerns about delayed care for high-risk mental health patients.
Medicine
fromThe Atlantic
5 days ago

What Makes a Doctor Excel at Diagnosis?

Gurpreet Dhaliwal exemplifies diagnostic excellence, emphasizing continuous improvement and the belief that mastery in diagnosis is an ongoing journey.
Apple
fromTechRepublic
1 week ago

Perplexity Health Connects Medical Records and Wearables in New AI Push - TechRepublic

Perplexity Health consolidates health data from various sources into a single dashboard for personalized health insights.
Healthcare
fromTNW | Health-Tech
4 days ago

Corti's new Symphony AI beats OpenAI and Anthropic on medical coding

Corti's Symphony for Medical Coding improves clinical coding accuracy by treating it as a reasoning task rather than a labeling problem.
fromBoston.com
5 days ago

How one family's bipolar disorder experience led to more than $1 billion for the Broad Institute in Cambridge

The Stanley Family Foundation announced another $280 million for the Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research at Broad Institute earlier this month, bringing its total contributions to the Massachusetts-based nonprofit over $1 billion.
Medicine
#healthcare
fromPsychology Today
6 days ago
Healthcare

When Doctors Are Rated Like Uber Drivers

Healthcare should not be reduced to a rating system that overlooks the complexities of medical practice and the challenges faced by physicians.
fromForbes
6 days ago
Healthcare

How Independent Medical Practices Can Scale Through Systems Thinking

Independent medical practices struggle to grow due to structural challenges, not clinical outcomes, in a healthcare economy favoring larger organizations.
Healthcare
fromPsychology Today
6 days ago

When Doctors Are Rated Like Uber Drivers

Healthcare should not be reduced to a rating system that overlooks the complexities of medical practice and the challenges faced by physicians.
Healthcare
fromForbes
6 days ago

How Independent Medical Practices Can Scale Through Systems Thinking

Independent medical practices struggle to grow due to structural challenges, not clinical outcomes, in a healthcare economy favoring larger organizations.
fromwww.bbc.com
6 days ago

New hope for children with severe epilepsy

The condition, called recessive RNU2-2-related neurodevelopmental disorder, is associated with seizures and severe developmental delay in children less than a year-old, in areas such as speech and walking.
Medicine
Brooklyn
fromBrooklyn Paper
3 weeks ago

Op-Ed | The Brooklyn Hospital Center is abandoning nurses and patients * Brooklyn Paper

Nurses at The Brooklyn Hospital Center have lost health coverage for 40 days after management refused to contribute to health funds despite a signed contract, while executive leadership remains unaffected.
Healthcare
fromFortune
6 days ago

AI is reshaping the doctor visit-just not how you think | Fortune

Digital health startups raised $14.2 billion in 2025, with AI companies capturing 54% of that funding and influencing patient-provider dynamics.
Public health
fromSan Jose Spotlight
3 weeks ago

Santa Clara County studies impact of possible rural hospital closure - San Jose Spotlight

Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital closure would significantly strain Santa Clara County's healthcare system, potentially increasing emergency department visits at St. Louise Regional Hospital to 2.4 times the county average.
Healthcare
fromSFGATE
1 week ago

Bay Area hospital shutters critical unit, leaving health care void

Providence Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital closed its pediatric unit due to budget constraints and a decline in patient numbers, impacting local families' access to care.
Medicine
fromSFGATE
2 weeks ago

UC-created algorithm can help treat chronic health condition

A UC-developed hypertension medication algorithm improved blood pressure control in nearly 5,000 California patients and prevented dozens of deaths after implementation in 2023.
fromHarvard Gazette
1 month ago

Hope for hard-to-treat heart disease

Some 1 million patients in the U.S. live with a type of heart disease called heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, or HFpEF, caused by a stiffening of a chamber of the heart that makes it much more challenging to distribute blood throughout the body. The condition has few approved therapies and high mortality rates.
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Medicine
fromwww.bbc.com
2 weeks ago

'I can move on with life'- first robot heart op patient

St George's Hospital successfully performs robotic-assisted heart bypass surgery, reducing recovery time and complications for cardiac patients.
Healthcare
fromMission Local
1 week ago

S.F. public health boss: Hospital staff stopped stabbing, not sheriff

Inadequate protocols contributed to the stabbing of a social worker at San Francisco General Hospital, prompting a call for improved safety measures.
Medicine
fromABC7 San Francisco
2 weeks ago

Cook surviving on artificial heart saved with donor heart in first-ever UCSF transplant

UCSF surgeons successfully implanted an artificial heart in a patient as a bridge to transplant, later replacing it with a donor heart, marking a first for the institution.
Public health
fromThe Atlantic
1 month ago

MAHA, Subdued

Casey Means, nominated for surgeon general, moderated her unconventional health views during Senate testimony, emphasizing her Stanford medical degree while previously promoting psychedelics, raw milk, and skepticism toward vaccines and birth control.
Science
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

New Stanford study points to vaccine that protects against multiple infections

A single vaccine that activates innate immunity provided mice broad protection against respiratory viruses, bacteria, and allergens, representing a new vaccination approach.
fromwww.bbc.com
1 month ago

Surgeon's op on patient 2,400km away a UK first

Leading robotic urological surgeon Professor Prokar Dasgupta said it felt 'almost as if I was there' as he carried out a prostrate removal on Paul Buxton. The cancer patient, 62, said it had been a 'no-brainer' to take part and become 'part of medical history'. It is hoped that remote robotic surgery could spare future patients the 'vast expense and inconvenience' of travelling for treatment, and help deliver better healthcare to people in more remote locations.
Medicine
SF politics
from48 hills
1 month ago

How about 'Pretti Good Hospital?' - 48 hills

Healthcare workers and community leaders symbolically renamed Zuckerberg SF General to 'Pretti Good SF General' to protest Meta's values and pursue a ballot vote.
#healthcare-ai
Healthcare
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

Amazon bets on health care AI with tools for patients, doctors

Amazon Web Services launches Amazon Connect Health, an AI tool that automates medical documentation, billing codes, patient verification, and appointment scheduling to reduce healthcare administrative burden.
Fundraising
fromwww.mercurynews.com
2 months ago

Valley Health Foundation's chief believes health care is public good

Valley Health Foundation raises community funds to support, innovate, and advocate for Santa Clara County’s expanding public health system, funding patient care, technology, and wellness.
Health
fromEngadget
2 months ago

Amazon is adding AI-powered assistant to One Medical

Amazon is adding Health AI to One Medical to provide 24/7 personalized health guidance, medication management, appointment booking, and image analysis while claiming HIPAA-compliant practices.
Real estate
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

Medical campus eyed for San Jose sites once planned for private school

Vacant office buildings in San Jose once owned by Avenues are being marketed as a ready-to-develop medical campus with ample space and parking.
Public health
fromEntrepreneur
1 month ago

How This Startup Is Using AI to Bridge the Health Literacy Gap

AI health products must translate and verify medical information for users, prioritizing governance, compliance, and proactive answer delivery to bridge health literacy gaps.
Healthcare
fromAxios
1 month ago

The era of Doctor AI is already here

Millions use ChatGPT for health advice daily despite clinical deployment debates, creating a reality where AI is already widely used for direct-to-consumer medical guidance outside formal healthcare systems.
fromwww.mercurynews.com
2 months ago

Stanford's noninvasive brain treatment for depression proves helpful

Summer passed Valerie Zeko by when she was 27, as she vegged out on the couch watching TV instead of seeing friends or exploring the overcast beach near her house. She later learned that period was her first episode of depression. I felt like the fog was in my head as well as outside, said Zeko, now 57, describing the mood disorder that would squelch her happiness, motivation and self-esteem for 28 years until she finally found effective treatment.
Mental health
Medicine
fromwww.npr.org
1 month ago

My doctor keeps focusing on my weight. What other health metrics matter more?

BMI is an inadequate health metric; doctors should assess patients using evidence-based measures like blood pressure, glucose tolerance, mobility, and mood instead of focusing on weight.
Television
fromThe New Yorker
2 months ago

Why Doctors Love "The Pitt"

The Pitt realistically captures modern medical practice, emphasizing systemic pressures and moments of humanity that motivate clinicians.
#cardiology
fromSan Jose Spotlight
1 month ago

San Jose Islamic center a hub for free medical and dental care - San Jose Spotlight

A big part of our faith is charity. The center donates annually to numerous causes such as natural disaster aid, libraries, teacher organizations and Second Harvest of Silicon Valley food bank, demonstrating commitment to broader community support beyond immediate congregational needs.
Healthcare
fromMission Local
1 month ago

S.F. healthcare workers say safety issues continue at city's clinics

But as the city's Department of Public Health follows Mayor Daniel Lurie's directions to make cuts, they wanted to make one thing clear: safety in the city's medical facilities requires more than just the presence of security personnel. It requires widespread training in de-escalation, working with patients with complex needs, and crisis response, they said. These programs are on the chopping block.
Public health
fromNews Center
1 month ago

Advancing Preventive Care and Cardiovascular Risk Prediction Through Online Tools - News Center

As the Magerstadt Professor of Cardiovascular Epidemiology, Khan studies the epidemiology of risk for heart failure. Using population-based cohorts and large electronic health record data analyses, she performs mechanistic studies that may enhance risk prediction and identify novel therapeutic agents for the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease. Khan and her team have developed a tool to predict risk and prevent cardiovascular disease such as heart failure, stroke, arrhythmia, coronary artery disease and many other conditions.
Public health
Public health
fromSan Jose Spotlight
2 months ago

Santa Clara County nurse navigators triage non-emergency calls - San Jose Spotlight

A nurse navigator program triages non-emergency 911 calls to a nurse call center, reducing emergency strain and saving costs while expanding countywide access.
Medicine
fromSan Jose Spotlight
2 months ago

Stanford researchers use AI to monitor rare cancer - San Jose Spotlight

An AI model can identify skull base osteoradionecrosis with roughly 85% accuracy, matching clinicians, but shows moderate accuracy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma recurrence.
Public health
fromSan Jose Spotlight
2 months ago

Santa Clara County buys site of future health clinic - San Jose Spotlight

Santa Clara County bought the Bascom Avenue site for $340 million to build a 10-story Valley Health Center, saving $112 million over 30 years.
Public health
fromwww.npr.org
2 months ago

Your next primary care doctor could be online only, accessed through an AI tool

Massachusetts faces an acute primary care shortage, prompting health systems like Mass General Brigham to deploy AI-supported telehealth to connect patients faster.
fromHarvard Gazette
2 months ago

Real-world answers for patients running out of time - Harvard Gazette

But these studies typically require large numbers of patients, huge amounts of data, and thorough follow-ups, none of which comes easy or free. The upshot is fewer investigations into scenarios that are clinically important but unlikely to yield a profit for the firms funding them. Accordingly, researchers have been developing an option that uses real-world data from insurers to save patients from falling through the cracks.
Medicine
fromwww.mercurynews.com
2 months ago

Can AI help make homeless Bay Area residents healthier?

Akido Labs, a Los Angeles-based health care technology company that runs clinics and street medicine teams in California, plans to start using its AI model on homeless and housing insecure patients in the Bay Area next month. The program generates questions for outreach workers to ask patients and then suggests diagnoses, medical tests and even medication, which a human doctor then signs off on remotely.
Public health
fromScienceDaily
2 months ago

Stanford scientists found a way to regrow cartilage and stop arthritis

A study led by Stanford Medicine researchers has found that an injection blocking a protein linked to aging can reverse the natural loss of knee cartilage in older mice. The same treatment also stopped arthritis from developing after knee injuries that resemble ACL tears, which are common among athletes and recreational exercisers. Researchers note that an oral version of the treatment is already being tested in clinical trials aimed at treating age-related muscle weakness.
Medicine
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Google AI Overviews cite YouTube more than any medical site for health queries, study suggests

Google's search feature AI Overviews cites YouTube more than any medical website when answering queries about health conditions, according to research that raises fresh questions about a tool seen by 2 billion people each month. The company has said its AI summaries, which appear at the top of search results and use generative AI to answer questions from users, are reliable and cite reputable medical sources such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Mayo Clinic.
Public health
Medicine
fromBusiness Insider
2 months ago

I'm a med student at Stanford who has learned multiple languages. The skill will make me a better doctor.

Speaking multiple languages builds trust and deeper connections between doctors and patients, transforming clinical encounters beyond diagnoses.
from48 hills
2 months ago

The US fails again to fix the real causes underlying poor health - 48 hills

If you're smoking three packs of cigarettes a day, should you expect society to pay when you get sick?" He added that while Americans would always have the right to "eat donuts all day," nevertheless, "should you then expect society to care for you when you predictably get very sick at the same level as somebody who was born with a congenital illness?
Public health
Medicine
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

Navigating Medical Care in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Generative AI has become an influential third party in the doctor-patient relationship, altering information-seeking, trust, and emotional responses to medical care.
Public health
fromSan Jose Spotlight
1 month ago

Iton: Santa Clara County voters wanted Measure A to fund health care - San Jose Spotlight

Measure A was adopted to offset federal budget cuts that would slash Santa Clara County health services, preventing hospital closures and protecting vulnerable residents.
#resilience
Healthcare
fromBloomberglaw
2 months ago

Telehealth Enforcement Is on the Rise. Transparency Will Help

Telehealth faces intensified government enforcement across civil and criminal fronts targeting advertising, privacy, billing, prescribing, Medicare enrollment, and related arrangements.
fromBusiness Matters
2 months ago

Ha T. Hatley, MD: Building a Modern Practice Around Care

"I grew up in a family that valued hard work and education," she says. "Starting over in a new country reinforced that nothing comes easily, but progress is always possible."
Medicine
Healthcare
fromComputerworld
2 months ago

OpenAI acquires Torch Health to boost its healthcare offerings

OpenAI acquired Torch Health to strengthen and accelerate ChatGPT Health by integrating technology that connects and interprets users' medical records and wellness data.
Medicine
fromThe Verge
2 months ago

Google pulls AI overviews for some medical searches

Google gave dangerous medical misinformation: advising pancreatic cancer patients to avoid high-fat foods and providing false liver function test information that could harm patients.
Medicine
fromThe Mercury News
2 months ago

Thomas Fogarty dies; innovative Stanford surgeon, Peninsula winemaker

Thomas J. Fogarty invented the balloon catheter, enabling minimally invasive clot removal that revolutionized vascular surgery and saved millions of lives.
Healthcare
fromwww.sandiegouniontribune.com
2 months ago

Does AI belong in the exam room? Lawsuit alleges California health care group violated patient privacy.

Sharp HealthCare is alleged to have recorded doctor-patient conversations without written consent and used an AI transcription program to document visits.
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

My Dad Got Sick-Doctors Dodged, AI Didn't

My dad was in the emergency room, short of breath, chest tight, upper back aching. He looked pale and confused. An ultrasound showed excess fluid between his lung and chest wall. "We'll drain it," a resident said, as if he were unclogging a sink. For the next five days, thick, red-tinged fluid filled a plastic container beside my dad's hospital bed. Doctors sent his cells for "staining," a way to identify cancer. But no one used that word.
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