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The latest federal jobs report brings good news to healthcare and social assistance, bad news to most other sectors.  

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Silintan is a dietary supplement marketed as a treatment for joint and body aches. According to a recent analysis by the FDA, however, all lots contained undeclared meloxicam, creating an increased risk of adverse events.

Nirat Beohar, MD, director, cardiac catheterization laboratory, medical director of the structural heart disease program, Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach, Florida, and a professor at the Columbia University Division of Cardiology, explains the financial landscape of the cath lab, what is ahead, and why cardiologists need to become more business savvy. #TCT

Financial literacy is no longer optional for physicians. “If you're not financially viable, you can't function,” explained Nirat Beohar, MD. “The business education is probably just as important as learning a new procedure.”

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These patients are typically treated with surgery, but those procedures carry their own risks that clinicians would prefer to avoid.

leg veins chronic venous disease PAD peripheral artery disease

The ACC and AHA have published updated performance and quality measures focused on the diagnosis and management of peripheral artery disease. Several other specialty societies, including SCAI and SIR, also participated in the development of this new document.

RSNA is looking for a replacement for Suhny Abbara, MD, who is now the editor-in-chief of its flagship journal.

Blue Cross Blue Shield Association BCBS

The new policy applies to all health plans across Pennsylvania, New York, West Virginia and Delaware, “removing financial barriers for essential breast cancer diagnostics.”

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Under terms of the deal, Carestream is unloading its international operations to Midea Group, a Chinese electrical appliance manufacturer. 

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Oncologists using or considering AI tools tend to agree among themselves on three points of ethics—and to recognize the same number of ways AI could help advance the state of patient care. 

Pulse Biosciences nanosecond PFA pulsed field ablation system

The new-look PFA system from Pulse Biosciences was designed to treat AFib with a single application that lasts less than two seconds.

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There has long been speculation suggesting that chronic benzo consumption could be a precursor to conditions that deteriorate neurological function.

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Electrophysiology specialist Vivek Reddy, MD, and colleagues reviewed data from more than 17,000 patients, presenting their findings in Nature Medicine.

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The latest federal jobs report brings good news to healthcare and social assistance, bad news to most other sectors.