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Where children thrive, according to measures of general health and overall wellbeing

Going by four markers of health risk, four neighboring U.S. states are the best places to raise children with high chances of living long, healthy lives.

The stages of cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome that was included in the new ACC-AHA CKM syndrome guideline.

ACC-AHA release first cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome guidelines

Science shows the deep relationship between cardiac, kidney and metabolism issues that may impact up to 90% of the U.S. population.

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Commercially available AI can spot breast cancer 6 years sooner

“Analyzing the AI scores of screened individuals over time could provide insight into how early detectable changes arise, potentially allowing for earlier intervention," researchers write in Radiology.

BioCardia's CardioAMP heart failure cell therapy.

BioCardia raises $4.4 million in financing for its heart failure cell therapies

Funds with help bring its cellular therapeutics to market in the next year.

ASE guidelines summary of recommended imaging steps for performance of M-TEER.

New guideline standardizes echo guidance for mitral transcatheter edge-to-edge repairs

The new guideline emphasizes the importance of 3D multiplanar reconstruction for M-TEER to increase precision.

cleveland clinic settles for failing to disclose research funding

Federal court vacates $100,000 visa fee opposed by radiologists

Judge Leo T. Sorkin on June 8 declared the charge unlawful, contending it “exceeds the fee-setting authority delegated by Congress.”

The radiologist shortage is real but smaller and more local than believed: Report

Approximately 1,470 of active radiologist openings have been sitting unfilled for over two months or more, concentrated in certain states.

Interventional radiology training programs should return to in-person interviews, association says

“Interventional Radiology training inherently involves specialty-specific characteristics that make in-person interviews particularly valuable,” the APDIR contends.

Medtronic has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for its Evolut FX+ transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) system for the treatment of symptomatic severe aortic stenosis.

Medtronic receives updated FDA approval for redo TAVR

The company also launched a new clinical trial designed to follow redo TAVR patients who present with symptomatic bioprosthetic valve failure for up to five years.

CDC director, chief medical officer ousted as RFK shakes up agency

CDC Director Susan Monarez, PhD, was less than a month into her role, having been confirmed by the U.S. Senate on July 30. Her lawyers said the staffing shakeup was a result of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. “weaponizing public health for political gain.”

Radiology practice sells imaging center to hospital partner while remaining independent

Fayetteville-based Valley Regional Imaging is unloading its facility to Cape Fear Valley Health, a hospital based in the same Sandhills-region community of southeastern North Carolina.

Hospital system’s physician group adds imaging services by acquiring 40-year-old radiology practice

Seton Imaging and its two locations are now part of Trinity Medical WNY, a multispecialty group owned by physicians but controlled by Catholic Health.

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Where children thrive, according to measures of general health and overall wellbeing

Going by four markers of health risk, four neighboring U.S. states are the best places to raise children with high chances of living long, healthy lives.

Cardiovascular Business

ACC-AHA release first cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome guidelines

Science shows the deep relationship between cardiac, kidney and metabolism issues that may impact up to 90% of the U.S. population.

Radiology Business

Commercially available AI can spot breast cancer 6 years sooner