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69 titles from 56 authors in the last 30 days, with 67 distinct links and 7 Show HN.

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• Show HN: Proxenos – a local-first agent for getting through the health system · score 6.8

  Proxenos is a local-first, open-source agent that ingests personal health records, messages, and calendar data into a private vault, then uses small AI agents to draft messages, track care progress, and generate appointment briefs. It's notable for its privacy-focused architecture and practical application to navigating the healthcare system, though it's currently early-stage and macOS-only.

• Show HN: Montray – a tray icon for systemd service health · score 6.5

  Montray is a lightweight tray-icon monitoring utility for systemd services and arbitrary command-line checks on local and remote Linux machines. It consists of a Go-based server that collects incidents and a Rust+Slint desktop client that displays status via a tray icon, supporting SSH tunnels, TLS, and snoozing. The project fills a niche gap for simple, non-enterprise service health monitoring with a clear visual indicator.

• Show HN: Monitor Postgres Health · score 5.5

  dbhealth is a Go-based Postgres monitoring agent that runs in a single container, collects health metrics from system catalogs, and exports them to Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, Datadog, or a hosted control plane. It stands out for its careful catalog-based collection, per-table freshness tracking, schema change detection, and a minimal query footprint designed to avoid adding load to the database.

• Show HN: Health Explorer – See how genes shape health, from DNA to treatment · score 4.7

  Health Explorer is a web-based interactive tool for visualizing how genes influence health, using 3D atlases and sequence views powered by Google DeepMind's AlphaGenome. It aims to make genomic data more accessible for educational purposes, but lacks open-source documentation and transparency.

Recent titles

1. Show HN: Proxenos – a local-first agent for getting through the health system
   2026-11-01 · github.com · HN discussion
2. Cold showers benefit the environment and your health
   2026-10-31 · unibas.ch · HN discussion
3. Spinal cord injury can reshape gut microbes that influence whole-body health
   2026-10-30 · medicalxpress.com · HN discussion
4. Show HN: I'm seriously concerned about this commenter's mental health
   2026-10-30 · news.ycombinator.com · HN discussion
5. Epic's iron grip is choking innovation in health technology
   2026-10-29 · statnews.com · HN discussion
6. A Health Update
   2026-10-28 · furbo.org · HN discussion
7. Climate change should be declared health emergency due to health risks
   2026-10-28 · euronews.com · HN discussion
8. 55,181 Commits in 7 Days: Why We Moved Health Checks Out of Git
   2026-10-28 · syntasso.io · HN discussion
9. Study: Schoolwide phone bans show no significant impact on mental health
   2026-10-28 · jamanetwork.com · HN discussion
10. Regional Variations and Productivity Puzzles in Health Care
    2026-10-26 · nber.org · HN discussion
11. The anatomy of a personal health agent
    2026-10-23 · nature.com · HN discussion
12. Quest Diagnostics confirms patients' personal and health data compromised
    2026-10-23 · techcrunch.com · HN discussion
13. Life Too Expensive? Here's How Prices Have Risen for Homes, College, Health Care
    2026-10-22 · nytimes.com · HN discussion
14. Ossdoctor – a health check for open source repos that fixes what's missing
    2026-10-21 · github.com · HN discussion
15. Show HN: Wellbody [Body Health Tamagotchi]
    2026-10-20 · wellbody.me · HN discussion
16. Order signed creating NIH division, task force for women's health
    2026-10-20 · yahoo.com · HN discussion
17. Popular EVs tested for battery health at 50/100/150k kilometers
    2026-10-20 · aviloo.com · HN discussion
18. Ask HN: Is there a credible gut health test out there?
    2026-10-20 · HN discussion
19. Monitoring the Health of Oban Applications
    2026-10-20 · oban.pro · HN discussion
20. HealthBench Base and Prof: Evaluating models in realistic health conversations
    2026-10-20 · artificialanalysis.ai · HN discussion
21. When do people experience mental health conditions for the first time?
    2026-10-20 · ourworldindata.org · HN discussion
22. Sugar exposure in early life and risk of adult mental health disorders
    2026-10-19 · nature.com · HN discussion
23. MyChart health data opt-out journey: notaries, calls, visit to Epic
    2026-10-19 · statnews.com · HN discussion
24. Overlooked Brown fat in our bodies linked to wide range of health benefits
    2026-10-17 · nature.com · HN discussion
25. Consumer Health Check: Gen Z versus Millennials [pdf]
    2026-10-17 · pnc.com · HN discussion
26. Having insurance doesn't mean you can get a mental health appointment
    2026-10-17 · news.osu.edu · HN discussion
27. MyChart and a major hospital said I could opt out of sharing my health data
    2026-10-17 · themarkup.org · HN discussion
28. Social media bans are not the answer to protect young people's mental health
    2026-10-17 · theconversation.com · HN discussion
29. MediFamily – Offline, AES-256 encrypted family health and pill vault
    2026-10-16 · apps.apple.com · HN discussion
30. AgentMon Start 1.3.0: cache costs, background spend, and MCP server health
    2026-10-16 · codenotary.com · HN discussion

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