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Most medical societies urge their clinical-guidance developers to include cost data alongside care recommendations. Yet less than a quarter of published advisements—22.5%—contain evidence-based discussions on economic considerations or resource consumption. 

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The health network, which operates 37 hospitals in California, drastically reduced scheduling delays after integrating an FDA-cleared algorithm designed to speed up imaging acquisition times.  

Heatwave forces MRI scanners offline

High temperatures in the U.K. are putting pressure on an already strained healthcare system, with imaging equipment on the fritz due to overheating.

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As of the end of June, U.S. nurses have staged at least eight strikes in 2026. Six or so more are planned, and one continues unsettled from 2025.

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Fears about the risk of sudden cardiac arrest are being used to order unnecessary electrocardiogram and echocardiograms for young athletes, according to a new warning from multiple federal agencies. 

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The young boy was allegedly living on a diet of potato chips and other unhealthy snacks. One prosecutor described the case as "extraordinary, terrible neglect."  

Artivion, an Atlanta-based medical device company, has received a Humanitarian Device Exemption (HDE) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its AMDS Hybrid Prosthesis designed to treat DeBakey Type 1 dissections when malperfusion occurs. This HDE ensures select patients can be treated with the device before the FDA makes its final approval decision.

The AMDS Hybrid Prosthesis was designed to help clinicians treat DeBakey Type 1 dissections complicated by malperfusion. It works as a complement to hemiarch replacement, preserving the native arch and making reinterventions possible if needed. 

The recall includes a total of nearly 45,000 devices that should be returned to the manufacturer.

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In an email, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention asked workers to consider supporting screenings of at-risk individuals arriving stateside. The move follows a formal recognition of the ongoing Ebola outbreak in Africa as a Level 2 emergency, meaning the U.S. will have to take certain precautions to keep the virus from entering the country.

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The funds will fuel a four-year project to develop ultrasound technology that could improve the visualization of blood vessels deep in the body.

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Teladoc, the popular telehealth platform, will provide urgent care, dermatology and nutrition support through Walmart’s existing virtual patient care platform. The companies made the announcement Thursday.

Currently, the organization relies on a mobile PET unit that parks once every week. However, demand has grown for PET/CT in the area, rising by around 60% over the last three years alone. 

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Most medical societies urge their clinical-guidance developers to include cost data alongside care recommendations. Yet less than a quarter of published advisements—22.5%—contain evidence-based discussions on economic considerations or resource consumption. 

The health network, which operates 37 hospitals in California, drastically reduced scheduling delays after integrating an FDA-cleared algorithm designed to speed up imaging acquisition times.  

High temperatures in the U.K. are putting pressure on an already strained healthcare system, with imaging equipment on the fritz due to overheating.