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Palantir NHS objections pass 44,000 as AI coding inflates US hospital bills

Palantir NHS objections pass 44,000 as AI coding inflates US hospital bills

More than 44,000 people have filed legal objections demanding NHS England block the Palantir-powered Federated Data Platform from handling their medical records, The Guardian reported on 1 October, the same week US insurers put a near $1bn price tag on AI-assisted hospital coding.

Health2 October 20267 min readSources 12
Wearables and AI dominate a busy week in digital health research

Wearables and AI dominate a busy week in digital health research

On 1 October STAT reported that the journal Science devoted a special issue to women's health, arguing that sex-dependent differences in disease are still poorly understood, while a separate study found AI-assisted hospital coding added $942 million in costs.

Health2 October 20265 min readSources 15
RFK Jr wants US health data pooled and searched by AI

RFK Jr wants US health data pooled and searched by AI

Robert F Kennedy Jr used a Maha Institute event on Monday to call for medical and lifestyle data to be connected and shared with government and independent researchers, so that AI could search it for links between vaccines and conditions including autism and mortality.

Health30 September 20266 min readSources 5

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RFK Jr wants AI to mine American health records, including vaccines

RFK Jr wants AI to mine American health records, including vaccines

Robert F Kennedy Jr used a livestreamed event with the Maha Institute on Monday to call for linking medical and lifestyle data, including vaccine records, and searching it with AI, according to The Guardian.

Health30 September 20267 min read
RFK Jr Wants US Health Data Pooled for AI as Screen Time and Uber Studies Land

RFK Jr Wants US Health Data Pooled for AI as Screen Time and Uber Studies Land

Robert F Kennedy Jr used a Maha Institute event on Monday to call for medical and lifestyle data to be pooled and searched with AI, the Guardian reported on 30 September, the same day three separate studies put new numbers on screens, plastic chemicals and Uber.

Health30 September 20265 min read
RFK Jr wants US health data linked and searched by AI, as new studies land on screens and plastics

RFK Jr wants US health data linked and searched by AI, as new studies land on screens and plastics

Robert F Kennedy Jr used a Maha Institute event on Monday to call for American medical and lifestyle data to be connected, shared with government and outside researchers, and searched by AI, including for possible links between vaccines and outcomes such as autism and mortality.

Health30 September 20266 min read
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Kennedy pushes linked US health records and AI analysis at Maha Institute event

Robert F Kennedy Jr used a Monday event hosted by the Maha Institute to call for US medical and lifestyle data to be linked, shared with government and outside researchers, and searched by AI, including for possible vaccine links to autism and mortality, according to The Guardian.

Health30 September 20265 min read
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Cancer infections, breath, AI shame: three September studies on health and the body

A study published on 29 September finds that one in eight cancers worldwide is caused by infections, with 2.3 million new cases in 2024. Separately, a Northwestern experiment published the same day measured a 41-millisecond response-speed gap between exhaling and inhaling.

Health29 September 20268 min read
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Infection study and breathing research sharpen the wearable health case

A paper published on 29 September in The Lancet Oncology attributes 2.3 million new cancer cases in 2024, 12 per cent of the global total, to infections. A Northwestern University study published the same day found response times are 41 milliseconds faster on an exhalation than on an inhalation.

Health29 September 20264 min read
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Meta Hires MongoDB CEO to Lead New Enterprise Platform, Health Tech Stays Off the Brief

Meta launched the Meta Enterprise Platform on 28 September and named outgoing MongoDB CEO Chirantan Desai to run it, the company's biggest push yet to sell its AI stack to businesses. Health insurers are not named in the announcement.

Health29 September 20264 min read
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Infection study reframes cancer risk as wearable makers chase digital health funding

Infections caused an estimated 2.3 million new cancer cases worldwide in 2024, 12 per cent of the global total, according to a study published Monday in The Lancet Oncology by researchers at the International Agency for Research on Cancer.

Health29 September 20264 min read
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Infection-linked cancers hit 2.3 million cases as wearable research reframes health data

Infections caused an estimated 2.3 million new cancer cases worldwide in 2024, about one in eight of all new diagnoses, according to a study published on 29 September in The Lancet Oncology by researchers at the World Health Organization's cancer agency.

Health29 September 20267 min read
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