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This image gallery shows what the various clinical presentations associated with the COVID-19 and long COVID that have been documented during and after coronavirus pandemic.

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A data-crunching method for staffing a key clinical department has reduced physician overtime by 13 hours a day and downtime by 14 hours at a large urban health system. The researchers who tallied the results estimate daily savings at $8,400 a day. 

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The facility near Asheville, North Carolina, was shut down after floodwater from the 2024 hurricane left its production lines inoperable. It took the company roughly five months to resume normal operations—and now it’s seeing a slowdown in demand in wake of the supply chain disruption. 

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McLaren Health Care fell victim to ransomware crime in 2023 and 2024, with the total number of victims exceeding 3.2 million. Those affected may be eligible for a cash payment. Per the terms of the agreement with lawyers representing victims, the health system does not admit to wrongdoing. 

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Despite the dangers associated with the condition, its presence can often evade detection during pregnancy.

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The tech allegedly completed thousands of exams without the appropriate licensure over a period of three years.

A majority of medical devices involved in Class I recalls were never required by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to undergo premarket or postmarket clinical testing, according to new research published in Annals of Internal Medicine.[1]

Redo TAVR can be challenging, requiring a significant amount of preprocedural CT planning. This proposed framework was designed to simplify that planning and help interventional cardiologists thrive. 

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Experts believe the tool could better inform surveillance strategies in women who have been treated for breast cancer.

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State Attorney General Dana Nessel is suing Express Scripts and Prime Therapeutics, accusing the two PBMs of manipulating rebate pricing, "crippling small, independent pharmacies and restricting access to lifesaving medications in the process."

The study's lead author emphasized that stenting during CTO PCI procedures "should be considered safe and effective in the long term."

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Despite this, consensus is lacking on whether radiologists should be required to report on findings that are not relevant to the exam. 

New data highlight the long-lasting effects of the coronavirus, revealing changes that are not detectable by standard medical assessments. 

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This image gallery shows what the various clinical presentations associated with the COVID-19 and long COVID that have been documented during and after coronavirus pandemic.