The takeover extends a string of deals that have consolidated the outreach lab services market.
Source: https://www.medtechdive.com/news/Labcorp-deal-Parkview-Health-outreach-lab-assets/805514/
Category: AI
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Vicarious says it will outsource some robot development functions
The initiative is part of a restructuring to preserve cash while the company completes the design of the robotic surgery system it plans to commercialize.
Source: https://www.medtechdive.com/news/Vicarious-Surgical-delayed-robot-Q3-restructuring-outsourcing/805557/
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Cornerstone raises $200M to commercialize surgical robot
The financing comes 11 months after Cornerstone raised $70 million to support the launch of its device in China.
Source: https://www.medtechdive.com/news/cornerstone-robotics-funding-round-sentire/805380/
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Siemens to reduce stake in Siemens Healthineers
Siemens Healthineers CEO Bernd Montag said the decision is a “natural next step in our journey to becoming a fully independent company.”
Source: https://www.medtechdive.com/news/Siemens-Healthineers-transfer-stake-shareholders/805425/
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Historic government shutdown ends, leaving ACA subsidies in limbo
The House passed a stopgap funding bill and President Donald Trump signed it late Wednesday, reopening the government without a clear path forward on preserving enhanced subsidies for ACA plans — Democrats’ chief demand.
Source: https://www.medtechdive.com/news/government-shutdown-ends-aca-subsidies-not-extended/805421/
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At some doctors' offices, AI is listening in the exam room
Bracken Babula starts patient visits these days by closing the exam room door and asking if they mind him recording their conversation. He hits a button on his mobile phone, checks that it is recording, and sits back in his seat to listen.
Source: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-11-doctors-offices-ai-exam-room.html
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Severe nausea during pregnancy and depression: Study reveals bidirectional association
A recent analysis conducted at the University of Turku in Finland showed that hyperemesis gravidarum, a severe form of nausea that occurs during pregnancy, is linked to depression. Women who experienced severe nausea were more likely to have depression both before and after pregnancy and were more likely to receive an earlier diagnosis of depression after pregnancy.
Source: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-11-severe-nausea-pregnancy-depression-reveals.html
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Asbestos has been found in children's colored sand. What's the risk to kids?
Multiple schools and early learning centers in the Australian Capital Territory have shut on Friday after asbestos was found in colored sand used for children’s art and sensory play. At least one school in Brisbane has also closed due to potential exposure.
Source: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-11-asbestos-children-sand-kids.html
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Software optimizes brain simulations, enabling them to complete complex cognitive tasks
A new software enables brain simulations which both imitate the processes in the brain in detail and can solve challenging cognitive tasks. The program was developed by a research team at the Cluster of Excellence “Machine Learning: New Perspectives for Science” at the University of Tübingen. The software thus forms the basis for a new generation of brain simulations which allow deeper insights into the functioning and performance of the brain. The Tübingen researchers’ paper has been published in the journal Nature Methods.
Source: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-11-software-optimizes-brain-simulations-enabling.html
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New genetic test targets elusive cause of rare movement disorder
Scientists at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School have developed a targeted genetic test to improve diagnosis for X-linked dystonia-parkinsonism (XDP), a rare and disabling movement disorder that affects primarily men of Filipino ancestry.
Source: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-11-genetic-elusive-rare-movement-disorder.html