Most of healthcare is built to respond after something's already gone wrong. This week's stories point to a different model. Dr. Daniel Kraft opens with a vision of the "check engine light" for health, catching risk before someone, in his words, blows a gasket. The three stories that follow are already living that idea. Alvee surfaces the hidden social drivers – such as food insecurity, loneliness, isolation – that quietly turn into ED visits long before anyone flags them. Irth captures the early signals of bias and dismissiveness in maternal care before they become a preventable tragedy. And Thrive Genetics identifies addiction risk before a single pain prescription is ever written.

Different domains, same instinct: catch the signal early, act before the crisis, not after.

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This week's roundup stretches from San Francisco to São Paulo, Cairo to Cambridge – AI-driven tools, cardiovascular and stroke innovation, and youth mental health models are featured in a global slate of deals topped by Candid Health's $120M raise. Read on for the full breakdown. 
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What It Takes to Trust Health Innovation: A Conversation with JAMA Network Editor in Chief Dr. Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo
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What the “Second Patient” Needs: Katie Brandt on Caregiving, Alzheimer’s, and What Founders Need to Know
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Every Second Matters: How Access Telecare Brings the Specialist to the Patient
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Focus, Validation, and the Future of Women's Health: A Conversation with Jill Angelo of Oura
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Use AI. Don’t Let It Use You: Esther Dyson on Human Limits in an Age of Artificial Scale
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Noninvasive Wearable Study from General Prognostics Published in JACC: Heart Failure
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Ontario Brain Institute and Mobio Interactive Launch the 5-Day Brain Health Challenge on World Brain Day to Help Canadians Understand Their Stress
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REGEnLIFE Appoints Volker Herrmann, MD, as Chief Executive Officer
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Unpluq vs. Cold Turkey: The Business Model Behind Apps That Block Apps
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Us2.ai Is One of the Biotech Firms Redrawing Southeast Asia’s Innovation Map
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Mindoula Expands Whole Person Care Enablement Platform Through Strategic Acquisition of Valera Health
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Virta Health Dramatically Reduces Risk of Advanced Kidney Disease by 62% in Landmark, Real-World Study
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