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AI can hurt or help the cause of advancing equality of resources, services and outcomes in healthcare. If it’s to do more helping than hurting, the technology must permeate primary care—and do so with certain goals and guidelines. 

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A new analysis from the National Bureau of Economic Research found that reduced competition among physicians has a similar impact on market dynamics as large-scale health system mergers, despite the former not receiving regulatory attention.

A new poll from YouGov measuring sentiment around President Donald Trump’s policies and the “Big, Beautiful Bill Act” found that the public fears healthcare costs are about to rise.

Medtronic’s MiniMed 780G automated insulin delivery system

The company's automated insulin pump can now be used to treat more patients thanks to an expanded CE mark approval. Could updates from the FDA be next?

Bacteria-based contrast agent lights up tumor margins significantly better than other agents.

Essentially, the agent places a bright neon sign on the entirety of tumors and their borders, and it does so autonomously. 

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The FDA thinks 24/7 fitness trackers from Boston-based Whoop should be regulated like medical devices. Whoop disagrees, however, and neither side appears to be changing its mind. 

Experts suggest abnormal findings on cardiopulmonary PET/MR should be considered a risk factor for long-term complications in COVID patients. 

Toby Rogers, MD, Medstar, discusses a new dedicated device for BASILICA used in TAVR.

Toby Rogers, MD, PhD, noted that BASILICA is a fairly complex procedure. Using this advanced technology, however, could make it easier to perform and improve patient access.

The first institutions are slated to open this year via health system partnerships in Boston, Charlotte, Dallas and Houston. 

Self-expandable TAVR cusp-overlap ICE

Heart teams can limit the risk of conduction disturbances that lead to permanent pacemaker implantation by utilizing both the cusp-overlap method and intracardiac echocardiography.

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Droughts, floods and the spread of disease will require healthcare systems to focus on innovative ways to prepare -- and recover.

Rob deKemp, PhD, FASNC, University of Ottawa, Canada, explains new nuclear cardiac imaging dose lowering techniques for PET and SPECT.

The radiation doses associated with CT have decreased significantly, leaving nuclear cardiology as the modality with the highest doses in all of cardiac imaging. Rob deKemp, PhD, talked to us about some of the many ways imagers can work to address this issue.

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AI can hurt or help the cause of advancing equality of resources, services and outcomes in healthcare. If it’s to do more helping than hurting, the technology must permeate primary care—and do so with certain goals and guidelines. 

A new analysis from the National Bureau of Economic Research found that reduced competition among physicians has a similar impact on market dynamics as large-scale health system mergers, despite the former not receiving regulatory attention.

A new poll from YouGov measuring sentiment around President Donald Trump’s policies and the “Big, Beautiful Bill Act” found that the public fears healthcare costs are about to rise.