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HEALTH & WELLNESS · 11 Jul 2026 —

Medtronic Is Notifying 3.8 Million People of a Data Breach — Here's What It Means for Patients

Medtronic, the world's largest medical device maker, is notifying 3,834,294 people that a data breach of its corporate I...

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Amelia Wong

11 Jul

Health & Wellness 9 min

HEALTH & WELLNESS · 9 Jul 2026 —

The FDA Is Reviewing 7 Peptides on 23–24 July — Here's What That Does and Doesn't Mean

The FDA's Pharmacy Compounding Advisory Committee will review seven peptides — BPC-157, KPV, TB-500, MOTS-c, Emideltide...

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Amelia Wong

9 Jul

Health & Wellness 8 min

HEALTH & WELLNESS · 2 Jul 2026 —

Researchers Push Back on the FDA's 2026 Wellness-Device Guidance — What It Means for Wearable Owners

A Nature Biomedical Engineering Comment published on 23 June 2026 argues that the FDA's 2026 General Wellness guidance l...

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Amelia Wong

2 Jul

Health & Wellness 6 min

HEALTH & WELLNESS · 11 Jun 2026 —

Harvard Just Waded Into the Longevity Hype — and Its Main Message Is 'Do the Boring Stuff First

Harvard Health Publishing released its first-ever report dedicated to longevity science. For consumers facing a crowded...

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Amelia Wong

11 Jun

Health & Wellness 7 min

HEALTH & WELLNESS · 11 Jun 2026 —

Your Fitness Tracker Wants to Be a 'Health Platform' Now — What That Means for Your Wallet and Your Data

Oura, Whoop, Garmin and others are turning rings and watches into subscription 'health platforms' built around sleep, st...

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Amelia Wong

11 Jun

Health & Wellness 6 min

HEALTH & WELLNESS · 11 Jun 2026 —

Singapore's Healthy 365 App Gets a 'Wayfinding' Feature From June 2026 — Nudging You to the Park Down the Street

From June 2026, Singapore's Health Promotion Board is adding a 'wayfinding' feature to its free Healthy 365 app to point...

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Amelia Wong

11 Jun

Health & Wellness 2 min

HEALTH & WELLNESS · 1 Jun 2026 —

The FDA wants clinical trials to report in real time, with AI doing the watching

The US Food and Drug Administration has started two pilot trials that send their results to the agency as the data comes...

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Amelia Wong

1 Jun

Health & Wellness 5 min

HEALTH & WELLNESS · 1 Jun 2026 —

Bayesian Health Wins First FDA Clearance for Continuous AI Sepsis Monitor, Study Shows 18% Mortality Drop

Bayesian Health's TREWS system became the first AI device cleared by the FDA to continuously monitor all hospitalised pa...

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Amelia Wong

1 Jun

Health & Wellness 5 min

HEALTH & WELLNESS · 1 Jun 2026 —

Commure Raises US$70M at US$7B Valuation to Deploy AI Agents Across Hospital Administration

On 19 May 2026, Commure closed a US$70 million round at a US$7 billion post-money valuation, led by General Catalyst. It...

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Amelia Wong

1 Jun

Health & Wellness 6 min

HEALTH & WELLNESS · 1 Jun 2026 —

FDA Approves First Inhaled Insulin for Children: Afrezza Clears Paediatric Label After a Century of Injections

On 29 May 2026, the FDA cleared Afrezza inhaled insulin for children and adolescents aged 6 and older — the first inhale...

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Amelia Wong

1 Jun

Health & Wellness 5 min

HEALTH & WELLNESS · 1 Jun 2026 —

German Quantum Health Startup NVision Raises US$55M to Combine Quantum MRI and Drug Discovery in One Pipeline

Abbott led a US$55 million Series B into NVision Quantum Technologies, a German startup using quantum physics to run can...

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Amelia Wong

1 Jun

Health & Wellness 5 min

HEALTH & WELLNESS · 1 Jun 2026 —

FDA Clears ArteraAI Breast: The First AI Digital Pathology Tool to Guide Breast Cancer Chemotherapy Decisions

On 6 May 2026, Artera's ArteraAI Breast became the first FDA-cleared digital pathology AI tool to stratify early-stage b...

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Amelia Wong

1 Jun