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New AI Tool may Help Personalize Ovarian Cancer Treatment from Day One

Researchers from the University of Minnesota Medical School, in collaboration with Emory University and the Georgia Institute of Technology, have developed a new artificial intelligence (AI) biomarker tool that may help predict how ovarian cancer patients will respond to treatment at the time of diagnosis. The findings were published in the British Journal of Cancer ReportsExternal link that opens in the same window.

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AI Model can Read and Diagnose a Brain MRI in Seconds

An AI-powered model developed at University of Michigan can read a brain MRI and diagnose a person in seconds, a study suggests.

The model detected neurological conditions with up to 97.5% accuracy and predicted how urgently a patient required treatment.

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DMEA 2026: Digitalisation in the Political Spotlight

21 - 23 April 2026, Berlin, Germany.
The digital transformation of healthcare has long been a central topic in health policy: DMEA 2026 will once again put it at the centre of the health policy discussion in Berlin. Numerous high-ranking political representatives have announced their participation in Europe's leading event for digital health.

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Powerful AI can Help Diagnose Substance Use Disorder

Diagnosing substance-use disorder can be difficult because of patient denial related to the stigma attached to addiction.

But a new study by the University of Cincinnati uses a novel artificial intelligence to predict substance use defining behaviors with up to 83% accuracy and 84% accuracy to predict the severity of the addiction. Researchers say this could allow clinicians to provide treatment faster to patients who need it.

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AI Tool Predicts Brain Age, Cancer Survival, and other Disease Signals from Unlabeled Brain MRIs

Mass General Brigham investigators have developed a robust new artificial intelligence (AI) foundation model that is capable of analyzing brain MRI datasets to perform numerous medical tasks, including identifying brain age, predicting dementia risk, detecting brain tumor mutations and predicting brain cancer survival. The tool. known as BrainIAC, outperformed other, more task-specific AI models and was especially efficient when limited training data were available.

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PreciseOnco Research Consortium Awarded EUR 14.9 Million IHI Grant to Drive Breakthroughs in Precision Cancer Treatment

Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, announced that the PreciseOnco consortium, coordinated by Philips, has been awarded funding from the EU’s Innovative Health Initiative (IHI) to advance precision cancer treatment through the integration of advanced medical imaging, robotic assistance, and minimally invasive therapies.

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Smart Health Europe: Messe Berlin and Bitkom Launch International Congress and Trade Show on the Digitalisation of Healthcare

13 - 15 April 2027, Berlin, Germany.
Smart Health Europe will take place for the first time at the Berlin Exhibition Grounds from 13 to 15 April 2027. With a mix of trade fair, congress and networking, it brings together decision-makers from business, healthcare, science and research, and politics.

Messe Berlin and the digital association Bitkom are launching Smart Health Europe, a new international event format for digital health.

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Sword Intelligence Launches in the UK, Bringing Proven National-Scale AI Care Operations Set to Transform Healthcare in Greece

Following the announcement of a national collaboration with the Greek government, Sword Intelligence is bringing AI-led triage, care coordination and access operations to help the UK tackle waiting lists and access pressure.

Sword Intelligence has launched in the UK and Europe to bring AI-led care operations designed to help healthcare providers improve access, manage demand and reduce delays across care pathways,

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NHS Patients to Benefit from New Bedside 'Digital Gateway' through James Paget Partnership with Airwave Healthcare

Patients at James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are set to benefit from a new digital bedside service following a partnership with Airwave Healthcare, introducing integrated technology that supports entertainment, communication, and access to hospital services.

The new bedside terminals are being introduced on the trust’s innovative and award-winning Concept Ward as part of the Future Paget Programme.

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MEDICA and COMPAMED launch exhibitor registration for 2026 with new theme structure

16 - 19 November 2026, Düsseldorf, Germany.
The kick-off for exhibitor registration for MEDICA 2026 and COMPAMED 2026 in Düsseldorf has taken place, and the booking phase for the leading international trade fairs for the medical technology industry and its supplier sector has begun. This is based on a completely revised thematic structure for the exhibition areas. The aim is to provide even clearer technical orientation and to cluster exhibitor offerings in line with demand and trends. The allocation of registered exhibitors and thematic exhibition areas to halls will take place at the start of the approval process at the end of June 2026.

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