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Jennifer Forbes, 50, allegedly sent a cryptic, threatening letter to a UnitedHealthcare office along with an unknown substance. She has been charged with two counts of terrorism.

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The 940-page document passed the House of Representatives in a 218 to 214 vote, and now heads to President Donald Trump’s desk. It contains a 20% cut to federal Medicaid funding, something Trump said he opposes. 

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With the buyout, global private equity investor Nordic Capital makes a big bet on healthcare AI. Arcadia said the influx of cash will be used to improve its technology and find new sources for data it can use for quality care initiatives. 

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It may not always be necessary to subject heart transplant patients to one biopsy after another. 

Researchers hope these policies can be standardized in the future to help avoid confusion and improve clinician safety.

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A prominent doctor and multiple family members are dead after an Israeli airstrike. "Thousands of heart patients will suffer as a result of his killing," one colleague said.

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Some AI researchers have taken to calling certain LLMs ‘Shoggoths.’ Be afraid. Be very afraid.

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MGMA and others who are part of the “Regulatory Relief Coalition” are urging Congress to continue pushing forward with the Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act. 

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Assembly Bill 3129 would have given the California Attorney General oversight of all private equity investments or purchases involving a healthcare entity. Gov. Gavin Newsom argued that a similar regulatory framework is already in place. 

Medtronic has launched VitalFlow, a new all-in-one extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) system designed to provide clinicians with a user-friendly experience. According to Medtronic, its goal with the VitalFlow system was to develop a simple, straightforward ECMO device that helps clinicians by making everything as intuitive as possible.

According to Medtronic, its goal was to develop a user-friendly ECMO device that makes patient care as intuitive as possible.

New PET radiotracer for detection of CAD approved by FDA.

Experts are calling the agent “the most exciting development in the field of nuclear cardiology" in several decades.

Endotronix, an Illinois-based healthcare technology company, has gained U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval for its Cordella Pulmonary Artery (PA) Sensor System, which uses PA pressure-guided therapy to manage and treat heart failure patients.

The new Cordella device from Endotronix, now an Edwards Lifesciences company, uses an implantable device to track the patient's pulmonary artery pressure and other helpful health data.

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Jennifer Forbes, 50, allegedly sent a cryptic, threatening letter to a UnitedHealthcare office along with an unknown substance. She has been charged with two counts of terrorism.

The 940-page document passed the House of Representatives in a 218 to 214 vote, and now heads to President Donald Trump’s desk. It contains a 20% cut to federal Medicaid funding, something Trump said he opposes. 

With the buyout, global private equity investor Nordic Capital makes a big bet on healthcare AI. Arcadia said the influx of cash will be used to improve its technology and find new sources for data it can use for quality care initiatives.