Browsing: Health
Where medicine and technology meet, covering devices, records, research findings and the claims that deserve a much closer look before you act.
OpenAI connected ChatGPT for Healthcare to Epic’s 325 million patient records on September 1, 2026. Access is read only, but privacy lawyers warn HIPAA protection does not travel with data patients share directly with the chatbot.
Apple, Samsung, and Omron all promise blood pressure tracking in 2026. Here is what each smartwatch actually measures, what is just an estimate, and what the FDA now says about the whole category.
Surgeons at UCLH removed a pituitary tumour with an AI reading the live endoscope feed and color-coding the structures that must not be touched. The interesting part is not that AI was in the room. It is what it was looking at.
Researchers at Southern Illinois University engineered yeast to turn PET bottles and corn stalks into a protein rich, vanilla scented cookie called µBites. It smells good, it was funded by NASA, and no human has been cleared to taste one.
Wrist sensors are least reliable during hard exercise and most reliable when you are sitting still, which makes resting heart rate the one figure your tracker is genuinely good at. A Harvard physician explains what the number actually indicates.
A new NeuroImage study scanned 56 people while they watched short videos. When a clip landed, two of the brain’s cognitive control hubs went quiet. Here is exactly what that shows, and the four things it does not.
Privacy researchers are urging women in 13 US states to drop cycle tracking apps. The catch is that uninstalling does nothing to the copy on the company servers. Here is what these apps collect, what actually deletes it, and which apps never send it anywhere.
Check battery health on Android without root. See the new Android 16 indicator, Samsung One UI stats, the *#*#4636#*#* code caveat, and AccuBattery.
Apple Watch 11 vs Spade Health Watch 3 in 2026: a $400 flagship against a $70 tracker on health accuracy, battery, support, and who each is for.
Withings BeamO review: the $249.95 FDA-cleared 4-in-1 packs an ECG, oximeter, thermometer, and stethoscope. Our honest 2026 take.