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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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National Government Services is seeking to limit the use of thermal destruction of the intraosseous basivertebral nerve, aka the Intracept procedure, drawing ire from ACR and SIR. 

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The Los Angeles-based imaging center operator recently reached a deal to acquire AI firm Gleamer for $270 million, on top of spending $74 million to add over a dozen imaging centers. 

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Quantum Surgical, which specializes in minimally invasive, robotic-assisted cancer care, recently reached a deal to acquire NeuWave Medical, previously held by J&J. 

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The coalition of independent imaging groups on March 3 announced the addition Central Kentucky Radiology PLLC and its 14 physicians. 

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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.