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An AI model for prostate MRI reached an 89 percent AUC for prostate cancer detection in external validation testing. The result comes from a newly published international multicenter study.
Read the original →Artificial intelligence is starting to reshape how healthcare is delivered. Research over the past decade has largely focused on developing better models.
Read the original →A team of Abhiram Ramachandran, Madiha Ahmed and Polisetti Likhit Sai from IIT Hyderabad won the recently concluded Accenture Innovation Challenge. They developed a gen AI-powered business intelligence solution that analyses business data to identify root causes of declining performance. It helps organisations understand what went wrong and how to address it.
Read the original →South Korean medical AI company Coreline Soft is expanding its emergency imaging portfolio beyond brain hemorrhage to include pulmonary embolism, aortic disease and bone fractures. The company is showcasing four AI-powered imaging solutions at the 2026 Korean Society of Emergency Medicine Fall Conference, held on October 15–16 at the Swiss Grand Hotel in Seoul.
Read the original →The head of the country’s largest Medicaid insurer wants to see AI affect medical access deserts, not just billing.
Read the original →Metalabs is partnering with a Chinese robot firm to promote AI hair transplants in Korea. Metacare will lead the domestic rollout of Hairo, while MetaLabs pursues a global physical AI push.
Read the original →This is the first deployment of the ENAD artificial intelligence endoscopy system across KPJ’s nationwide hospital network. It adds real-time lesion detection and polyp assessment to colonoscopy in Johor Bahru.
Read the original →Insilico has a connected set of capabilities for adapting AI to scientific work.
Read the original →BioAge Labs (BIOA) and Deep Origin have launched a multi-target AI-driven drug discovery collaboration. It aims to speed drug development against novel targets.
Read the original →The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has adopted a multi-year strategy aimed at ensuring continued patient-centered regulation in the era of emerging artificial intelligence (AI) and personalized medicine. The plan outlines commitments and steps the agency should take through 2030 to keep pace with rapid technological and scientific developments and bring safe and effective treatments to patients more quickly.
Read the original →Rocket Doctor AI Inc. (AIDR:CSE; AIRDF:OTCQB; 939:FSE) continues to develop its physician-led healthcare platform. Revised FDA guidance, new state healthcare AI laws and rising U.S. patient volumes are reshaping the regulatory and commercial environment.
Read the original →Postmarketing governance must be evidenced across the full life cycle, covering design, validation and live monitoring. It should not be documented once and assumed to hold.
Read the original →A new Journal of Medical Systems commentary proposes a task-level oversight-margin framework. It aims to quantify when human supervision of cardiovascular artificial intelligence falls behind the pace of the technology.
Read the original →A new PLOS Digital Health study maps international and EU ethical and regulatory requirements for AI-based medical imaging diagnostics into five categories. It warns that security gaps and variable standards remain.
Read the original →NinjaOne of the U.S. announced the AI assistant Katana AI on October 13, 2026 (U.S. time) as a new feature of its NinjaOne Unified IT Operations Platform. It analyzes device operating data and alerts to indicate the cause of faults and how to resolve them. In Japan, Macnica and Sazae Japan sell the company's products.
Read the original →The item concerns the "Controversy" session in the final round of the Resident Championship, a quiz event for resident doctors nationwide. The session presents clinical questions with no settled conclusion that can be answered Yes or No.
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