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One in seven people are using AI chatbots for health advice instead of seeing their GP, a UK poll has found. Doctors said the findings were “highly concerning” and warned that patients could be put at risk if they rely on chatbots rather than trained professionals. The study analysed responses from more than [...]
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (WWL) and Altera Digital Health have unveiled the results of a digital transformation that has optimised the Acute Abdomen Pathway. By embedding National Emergency Laparotomy Audit (NELA) guidance into WWL's Altera Sunrise Electronic Patient Record (EPR) platform, the trust has achieved significant improvements in patient outcomes, [...]
A new blood test aims to improve depression treatment by matching patients to antidepressants more likely to work. The test can evaluate how a patient’s brain will respond to different antidepressants without the patient having to take them first. Depression treatment still often relies on trial and error, with patients trying several medicines [...]
A living 'tumour-on-chip' is being developed to study glioblastoma and how drugs might best reach the aggressive brain cancer. The system is designed to mimic key features of the human brain inside a small laboratory device. Researchers hope it could offer fresh insight into how glioblastoma tumours grow and provide a more human-relevant way to [...]
Forus has raised more than US$160m to expand its AI platform linking doctors, payers, pharmacies and biopharma companies. The company, formerly known as Tandem, says its system is designed to help more patients access prescribed treatments after a clinical decision has been made. Sahir Jaggi, chief executive and founder of Forus, said: “Drug [...]
A daily pill could help people keep weight off after stopping weight-loss jabs, according to new research. Trials found that patients given the tablet, called orforglipron, every day for a year avoided regaining much of the weight they had lost after coming off GLP-1 injections. The drug is already available in the US and could [...]
Infinitopes, a biotechnology company developing novel and precision immunotherapy, has announced the appointment of Jo Brewer, PhD, as chief scientific officer and interim chief operating officer. Dr Brewer, a pioneer and recognised industry leader in cancer immunotherapy and cell therapies, has served as a non-executive director (NED) of the company since March 2025, now joining [...]
Isomorphic Labs has raised US$2.1bn to scale its AI drug discovery engine, expand globally and progress its drug candidate pipeline towards the clinic. Isomorphic Labs said the new capital will be used to continue developing and deploying its AI drug design engine, known as IsoDDE. The company says the platform is designed to [...]
Ditto has raised €7.6m to expand across Europe with its free app that translates complex medical information into plain language. The Rotterdam-based health tech startup has developed an app designed to help patients and their families make sense of what was said in a medical consultation. Ditto was founded in 2024 by Tobias [...]
MPs have warned the NHS decision to widen Palantir data access is dangerous and could deepen public fears that patient privacy is not being prioritised. NHS England has allowed staff from the US technology firm and other contractors to access patient data before it has been pseudonymised, despite internal fears of a “risk of loss [...]
