FDA approves Endospan’s aortic stent
Research suggests that over 120,000 patients suffer from aortic arch disease in the US and Europe annually, but only around 25% of patients are diagnosed or treated.
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Route 92 Medical raises $50m to support growth strategy
Route 92 Medical has secured $50m in financing to support the next phase of its growth strategy.
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E2 raises $80m to advance VTE system’s commercialisation
FDA-cleared in December 2025, E2’s Hēlo system is indicated for the non-surgical removal of emboli and thrombi from pulmonary arteries and venous vasculature.
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J&J advances PFA portfolio with Varipulse Pro launch in Europe
J&J has launched Varipulse Pro in Europe after securing CE Mark approval, strengthening its pulsed field ablation (PFA) portfolio.
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ClinicRealm: Re-evaluating large language models with conventional machine learning for non-generative clinical prediction tasks
npj Digital Medicine, Published online: 08 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41746-026-02539-zClinicRealm: Re-evaluating large language models with conventional machine learning for non-generative clinical prediction tasks
Feasibility of social media health education plus exercise in older adults with possible sarcopenia
npj Digital Medicine, Published online: 08 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41746-026-02585-7Feasibility of social media health education plus exercise in older adults with possible sarcopenia
Impact of an AI prognostic tool on clinician performance in colorectal liver metastases
npj Digital Medicine, Published online: 08 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41746-026-02606-5Impact of an AI prognostic tool on clinician performance in colorectal liver metastases
Personalized artificial intelligence based left ventricular ejection fraction and systolic dysfunction assessment
npj Digital Medicine, Published online: 08 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41746-026-02462-3Personalized artificial intelligence based left ventricular ejection fraction and systolic dysfunction assessment
EcoRxAgent: an AI agent for generating economically substitutable prescriptions
npj Digital Medicine, Published online: 08 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41746-026-02612-7EcoRxAgent: an AI agent for generating economically substitutable prescriptions
Towards noninvasive blood count using a deep learning pipeline from bulbar conjunctiva videos
npj Digital Medicine, Published online: 08 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41746-026-02598-2Towards noninvasive blood count using a deep learning pipeline from bulbar conjunctiva videos
TRiCares gains FDA IDE to initiate tricuspid regurgitation treatment pivotal trial
TRiCares' pivotal trial will build on an ongoing early feasibility study of the Topaz TTVR system that began in January 2025.
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Egg Medical unveils new radiation protection system for clinical use
Egg Medical has introduced EggNest Complete Flex, a new radiation protection system designed for use in clinical settings without requiring construction or room modifications.
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Beacon Biosignals raises $97m to advance EEG headband
Beacon’s Waveband monitors EEG signals to evaluate brain health and identify neurobiomarkers to stratify patient populations for neurological clinical trials.
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The hidden bottleneck in digital healthcare: Why hospital wireless networks are under pressure in 2026
As healthcare accelerates toward data intensive innovation, mounting pressure on hospital networks is exposing an uncomfortable truth: many are not ready.
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Stereotaxis launches Synchrony system for cath labs
Stereotaxis has launched the Synchrony system for cath laboratories after receiving 510(k) clearance from the FDA.
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This new chip survives 1300°F (700°C) and could change AI forever
A team of engineers has created a breakthrough memory device that keeps working at temperatures hotter than molten lava, shattering one of electronics’ biggest limits. Built from an unusual stack of ultra-durable materials, the tiny component can store data and perform calculations even at 700°C (1300°F), far beyond what today’s chips can handle. The discovery was partly accidental, but it reveale
Interpretable machine learning models for stroke risk prediction in patients with newly diagnosed atrial fibrillation
npj Digital Medicine, Published online: 07 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41746-026-02470-3Interpretable machine learning models for stroke risk prediction in patients with newly diagnosed atrial fibrillation
Evaluation of artificial intelligence-generated vignettes depicting patient chatbot use in psychiatric contexts
npj Digital Medicine, Published online: 07 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41746-026-02605-6Evaluation of artificial intelligence-generated vignettes depicting patient chatbot use in psychiatric contexts
Lightweight liquid neural networks decipher salivary metabolic fingerprinting for high-risk periodontitis screening in diabetes
npj Digital Medicine, Published online: 07 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41746-026-02593-7Lightweight liquid neural networks decipher salivary metabolic fingerprinting for high-risk periodontitis screening in diabetes
The portability paradox of foundation models for clinical decision support
npj Digital Medicine, Published online: 07 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41746-026-02615-4Yakdan et al. demonstrate that foundation models (FMs) trained to predict cervical spondylotic myelopathy from electronic health record data outperform traditional models on internal datasets but lose their advantage during external validation. This suggests that the feature-dense patterns learned by FMs may reduc