Real-time AI guidance enters live brain tumor surgery
1.University College London (UCL) and University College London Hospitals (UCLH) have performed the first surgery in an ongoing clinical trial...
FDA-cleared AI devices rarely have patient outcome data
1. Among 1,357 FDA-authorized artificial intelligence and machine learning-enabled medical devices, only 34 were linked to registered prospective trials and...
Universal Health Services acquisition of Talkspace connects virtual and inpatient behavioral care
1. Universal Health Services (UHS's) $835 million acquisition of Talkspace combines a national virtual behavioral health platform with a large...
2MM: AI Roundup: FDA clears autonomous blood draw robot, UHS acquires Talkspace, Databricks reaches $190 billion valuation, and AI-designed glioblastoma vaccine advances
FDA clears Aletta, the first autonomous robotic blood draw device Blood draws are among the most common procedures in medicine,...
Aletta brings autonomous robotics into routine blood collection
1. Aletta is the first standalone robotic device authorized by the FDA to draw blood from a patient's arm without...
Higher coffee intake is associated with lower visceral fat despite similar body mass index
1. A Finnish cohort study of 2,264 adults found that higher coffee intake was associated with lower total and visceral...
Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak surpasses 5,700 cases without a validated vaccine
1. The 2026 Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak has reached 5,794 confirmed cases and 2,786 deaths, while the only licensed Ebola vaccine...
Looksmaxxing raises body dysmorphia concerns among adolescent males
1. The maxxing trend is clinically heterogeneous: sleepmaxxing incorporates some established sleep hygiene practices, while looksmaxxing can progress from ordinary...
Fexofenadine and famotidine lack clinical trial evidence for menopausal symptoms
1. The viral combination of fexofenadine and famotidine for menopausal symptoms is built on a plausible histamine hypothesis but has...
The Scan by 2 Minute Medicine®: Viral menopause cocktail lacks evidence, maxxing trends raise dysmorphia concerns, Ebola cases surpass 5,000, and coffee consumption is linked to lower visceral fat
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