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The completion of the first treatment represents a "significant milestone" for patients with liver cancer, the IR who led the procedure says.

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Is the edge with the cybercriminals looking for weak points in firewalls? Or the security professionals trying to stop the bad guys from finding any? 

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services unveiled a new program for alternative payment model participants that would allow clinicians to use products containing CBD as part of patient care plans. In response, the Food and Drug Administration vowed not to further restrict the sale of oral hemp products.

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The Marlborough, Massachusetts-based breast imaging vendor expects its sale to TPG and Blackstone to officially close on April 7. 

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“Radiology practices may wish to consider these findings when presenting patients with an option to pay for AI interpretation,” experts write in JACR

Leaders at the hospital have equipped the radiology department’s MRI scanner with a new AI software that essentially fills in the blanks between image slices with synthetic images.

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CMS officially announced the move on April 6, with it applying to the Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction (WISeR) Model. 

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Therapy-related acute myeloid leukemia is an aggressive form of blood cancer and bone marrow that occurs in the years following radiation and chemotherapy. 

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The confirmation vote mostly fell on party lines. The Emmy-award-winning TV personality will replace Chiquita W. Brooks-LaSure, who has held the position since 2021.

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"I feel very privileged to have led such an experienced and capable board of directors," the Radiology Business Management Association's 2024-2025 leader writes in a Radiology Business guest column. 

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The platform was designed to enhance the early detection of health conditions known to affect women in their 40s and older, including breast cancer, cardiovascular disease and osteoporosis.

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]

Researchers tracked patient outcomes through the use of 15 performance measures related to hypertension, coronary artery disease, heart failure and atrial fibrillation.

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The completion of the first treatment represents a "significant milestone" for patients with liver cancer, the IR who led the procedure says.