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Posted: 03 october 2026

RNA urine test outperforms standard bladder cancer tests and could help guide treatment

A simple urine test devised by researchers at Stanford Medicine and the VA Palo Alto Health Care System can diagnose bladder cancer more accurately than current standard methods. Read full article here.

UK Commits £80 Million to Accelerate Dementia Diagnosis

The UK's national research agency is backing a plan to speed up dementia testing with ⁠up to £80 million ($105.48 million) in funding, to improve diagnosis rates and cut waiting times that can exceed ⁠a year. Read full article at Medscape…

Whole-body MRI scans help multiple myeloma patients

Researchers at The Royal Marsden NHS Trust have found that routine whole-body MRI scans can reveal far more about multiple myeloma patient health, including likely patient outcomes, than simply showing where their cancer is. Multiple myeloma is an incurable cancer…

Stroke rates are falling overall but rising among adults under 55

A research team led by scientists at the University of Cincinnati, Ohio, recently set out to analyze stroke incidence data to see how trends in these cardiovascular events have evolved over time and published their findings in the journal Neurology. Read…

Tiny Health raises $33M to expand microbiome testing

Tiny Health has raised $33 million in an oversubscribed Series B round led by B Capital, bringing its total funding to $46 million. Read the full article here.

What it will take for AI to deliver better clinical decisions

Electronic health records have transformed how healthcare organizations capture and store patient information. But making sense of that mountain of data remains a challenge for clinicians. AI could help turn EHR data into something more valuable: better-informed decisions at the…

AI in hospital billing added nearly $1B in healthcare costs over 2 years

AI-driven billing for more medically complex inpatient stays has resulted in nearly $1 billion in additional healthcare costs over the last two years, according to new analysis by the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association. More than 60% of hospitals and…

AI complements radiologists to help improve brain aneurysm detection

An artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm increased aneurysm detection, identifying 55 true-positive brain aneurysms that radiologists had missed, representing a 39% relative increase in detection. Read more here.

MGB enlists GE Healthcare to develop genAI for radiation oncology

With its new research collaboration with Mass General Brigham, GE HealthCare aims to tackle how radiation oncology teams can better streamline access and interpretation of patient information spread across clinical notes, images, treatment plans and other systems. Read more here.

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