Diagnostics & devices

Wearables, tests, imaging and the tools turning personal health into data.

Devices

An adult checking a health-trend display on a black smartwatch after waking

Diagnostics & devicesGlobal22 Jul 20262 min

Samsung wants one score to explain your night

Galaxy Watch9 and Ultra2 fold five overnight measurements into a daily baseline. The sensors matter less than what Samsung does with the interpretation.

A person using a conversational health dashboard on a phone after a morning workout

CompaniesUnited States21 Jul 20262 min

Samsung puts an AI health assistant inside its app

The US beta connects wearable data, Energy Score and conversational answers. It is a glimpse of where every health dashboard is heading.

A black smart ring beside a phone showing abstract health trends at dawn

Diagnostics & devicesSelected global markets28 May 20263 min

Oura is moving beyond sleep scores

Health Radar watches for longer-term changes while lab uploads put blood results beside ring data. That brings a different kind of responsibility.

A practitioner using a modern electrical skin-stimulation device along a woman’s cheek

Treatments & aestheticsUnited States8 May 20261 min

DeepSkin has US clearance. Here’s what that actually means.

The FDA database lists the DEP100 as an aesthetic electrical stimulator. Clearance is specific; it is not a blank cheque for every beauty claim around it.

Two specialists reviewing an unbranded medical-device prototype in a European laboratory

Diagnostics & devicesEuropean Union28 Apr 20262 min

Europe is opening an earlier route for breakthrough medical devices

A new pilot lets selected high-risk devices get expert scientific input earlier. The wider programme is expected to expand in 2027.

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