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Like a mirror image on a USA map folded in half vertically, the four best states for nurses are two nextdoor neighbors in the upper Northeast and two in the Pacific Northwest. 

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As this midterm-election year barrels toward decision day, health insurers continue taking punches from both political parties. The piling-on might be as unfair as it is understandable.  

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Two separate studies explored the value of treating heart patients with tirzepatide. 

Emily Lau, MD, MPH, Director, Women's Heart Health Program, Brigham and Women's Hospital, presented new data at ACC 2026 showing only 8% of high-risk pregnant patients receive guideline-recommended low-dose aspirin to prevent preeclampsia.

The percentage of pregnant patients taking low-dose aspirin as recommended is slowly rising—but there is still a long way to go.

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Colleagues from all over the world have shared loving tributes to Braunwald. ESC President Thomas F. Lüscher, MD, called him "the pioneering cardiologist of his time."

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The two agencies on April 23 announced the rollout of the Regulatory Alignment for Predictable and Immediate Device, or RAPID, coverage pathway. 

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ACR, ASNR and over 40 other organizations shared their support for the Healthcare Workforce Act in a letter to lawmakers written April 15. 

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“Ignoring the economic drivers of automation will not prevent workforce transformation; it will only reduce our ability to shape it."

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Boarding is hospital-speak for when patients get left in the emergency department, typically on gurneys or in wheelchairs, for many hours—sometimes days—because no inpatient beds are available. 

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Developer Anthropic released the tool to a small number of organizations in hopes they can find security vulnerabilities. Now comes a report revealing that a group of people on the popular Discord chat app have gained access. Mythos could be used as a powerful cybersecurity weapon.

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Prior to the new “RAPID” program announced on Thursday, it could take a year or more for Breakthrough-designated medical devices to earn approval for Medicare coverage. Now regulators say that timeline could be reduced to as little as two months.

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The 22-week-old patient was successfully treated by a traveling cardiologist—all without being transported to the cath lab.

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Like a mirror image on a USA map folded in half vertically, the four best states for nurses are two nextdoor neighbors in the upper Northeast and two in the Pacific Northwest.