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A $1.5 Billion Week: Health-Tech Startups Close September With a Funding Frenzy
From Ortet's $500 million launch to Precision Neuroscience's $250 million brain-computer interface round, investors poured capital into health AI with real clinical grounding.
EliseAI Raises $350 Million at a $4 Billion Valuation as Vertical AI Hits Its Stride
The New York startup's latest round — led by Andreessen Horowitz and Bessemer — nearly doubles its valuation in a year and crowns vertical AI as the venture market's clearest thesis.
Salt Stepping: The TikTok Sleep Ritual Experts Say to Take “With a Grain of Salt”
Millions are standing barefoot on piles of salt before bed, convinced it resets the nervous system. Here’s what the trend promises — and what the science actually says.
Loneliness and Isolation May Cost You Up to Six Years of Healthy Life, Landmark Study Finds
A Nature Communications study of 277,489 UK Biobank adults found loneliness and social isolation linked to fewer disease-free years — with the largest gaps in mental health, and healthy habits unable to fully offset loneliness.
Ozempic vs. Mounjaro: New Heart Data From Europe's Biggest Diabetes Meeting Reignites the Rivalry
At EASD 2026 in Milan, Novo Nordisk presented real-world data from 636,525 adults linking escalated Ozempic 2 mg to 6% lower major cardiovascular event risk than switching to Mounjaro.
Strokes Are Nearly Doubling Among Young Adults — and Experts Say It's a Wake-Up Call
A landmark Neurology study finds first-ever strokes among adults ages 20–54 rose from 33.9 to 62.2 per 100,000 over three decades — and while survival improved, more young adults are living with long-term disability.
Your Smartwatch Is Probably Overcounting Your Calories — Here's Why
New research finds wrist-worn devices overestimate calorie burn by 15–25% — and the error grows with body fat percentage.
Huawei Watch GT 7 Wants to Read Your Diabetes Risk From Your Wrist
Launched September 29 from RM1,199, the Watch GT 7 pairs a Universiti Malaya-led diabetes risk study and a new Physical Readiness Score with 21-day battery life.
Chaiders, Fibermaxxing and Black Currant: The Flavours Defining Autumn 2026
From chai-cider mashups to gut-health grazing, this season's menus trade simple comfort for layered complexity — and put value back at the centre of the plate.
AirPods Pro 3 vs Sony WF-1000XM6 vs Galaxy Buds4 Pro: The 2026 Earbuds Crown
Hearing health vs live translation vs platform-agnostic sound: the three flagship earbuds of 2026 no longer compete on audio alone. We break down which pair deserves your ears — and when to save money instead.
Europe Starts Enforcing the AI Act — and Italy Makes Safety Failures a Crime
The EU AI Office's first coordinated inspection wave is demanding engineering evidence from hiring, credit and healthcare AI — while Italy's new Article 437-bis puts AI governance failures in the criminal code.
The Science of Sleep: Why Your Brain Needs Seven to Nine Hours
Sleep is not downtime. It is when your brain files memories, clears waste and resets for the day ahead — and most adults are not getting enough of it.