Health Tech

The latest on how tech giants and startups are trying to disrupt the delivery of health care and the development of drugs.

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Health Tech

Novartis partners with Microsoft to use AI in drug development

By Rebecca Robbins

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Health Tech

FDA clarifies how it will regulate digital health and artificial intelligence

By Casey Ross

India infant mortality
Health Tech

A new global initiative aims to use AI to improve public health in the developing world

By Rebecca Robbins

Protein Folding Pattern
Health Tech

In hunt for new drugs, Amazon and other tech giants are using AI to find protein structures

By Casey Ross

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Health Tech

Mental health apps are scooping up your most sensitive data. Will you benefit?

By Dana G. Smith

Health Tech

Former Athenahealth CEO Jonathan Bush joins health care startup

By Jon Chesto — Boston Globe

Smart phone data security
Health Tech

Health tech companies introduce guidelines to protect consumers’ data privacy

By Rebecca Robbins

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Health Tech

Apple launching studies testing whether Apple Watch can monitor hearing, mobility, and women’s health

By Rebecca Robbins

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Health Tech

Google, Mayo Clinic strike sweeping partnership on patient data

By Casey Ross

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Health Tech

It worked in biotech. But can this trade group turn Boston into a hub for digital health?

By Megan Thielking

3D molecule
Health Tech

AI system can create novel drug candidates in just 46 days, study finds

By Casey Ross

Digital pills
Health Tech

AI startups are racing into drug development. Here’s 5 burning questions about which will survive

By Rebecca Robbins

Reboot
Health Tech

Warning of an AI winter, a skeptic argues deep learning in medicine needs a reboot

By Casey Ross

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Health Tech

With brain trauma, surgeons don’t always know if an operation will help. Could AI change that?

By Jacquelyn Corley

Women supporting women
Health Tech

One health care startup at a time, this venture capitalist wants to harness the investing power of women

By Megan Thielking

Health Tech

With Alzheimer’s research at a crossroads, AI might point the way forward

By Casey Ross

Bakul Patel
Health Tech

Q&A: The FDA’s digital health chief on how to regulate futuristic AI products

By Andrew Joseph

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Health Tech

Health tech companies are swallowing up consumers’ DNA. Can Congress safeguard what they do with it?

By Andrew Joseph

Amgen HQ
Health Tech

Health-tech startups dream of partnering with big drug makers. First comes an intense winnowing process

By Rebecca Robbins

Mental health tech
Health Tech

5 burning questions about mental health technology

By Megan Thielking

Digital kidney
Health Tech

DeepMind AI predicts acute loss of kidney function two days in advance, study shows

By Casey Ross

AI and heart disease
Health Tech

5 ways artificial intelligence is already changing cardiac care

By Casey Ross

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Health Tech

Here come the first true digital health IPOs. We’ve got 5 burning questions — and some answers

By Rebecca Robbins

Health Tech

How an AI expert took on his toughest project ever: writing code to save his son’s life

By Casey Ross

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Health Tech

As pregnancy tech proliferates, women and their doctors wade through what’s helpful — and what’s a headache

By Megan Thielking

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Pharmalot

Was it really a smart move for the FDA to approve a ‘smart pill’ for treating schizophrenia?

By Ed Silverman

Brain zaps
In the Lab

Do Elon Musk’s brain-decoding implants have potential? Experts say they just might

By Sharon Begley and Rebecca Robbins

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Health Tech

An experimental AI system can predict when pancreatic cysts will become cancerous

By Casey Ross

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In the Lab

Elon Musk wants to test brain-reading implants in paralyzed patients next year

By Rebecca Robbins

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