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Conductor is a platform of AI-enabled agents that can read clinical documents and orders, call patients and orchestrate appointments.

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When the FDA approved elamipretide for the treatment of Barth syndrome, not everyone agreed with the agency's decision. 

Eating unsalted peanuts improves the brain's vascular health

Consistently incorporating unsalted peanuts into a person’s diet enhances cerebral blood flow to multiple brain regions. 

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The Zuckerbergs have many billions to give away. They want to shower a lot of it on researchers using AI to cure diseases.

Carlos Collet, MD, PhD, director, cardiovascular imaging, physiology and translational therapeutics, Cardiovascular Research Foundation, explains how noninvasive coronary CT angiography (CCTA) assessments will play a major role to eliminate invasive diagnostic angiography and to pre-plan percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) procedures.

Noninvasive coronary CT angiography is growing more and more important as time goes on, helping cardiologists make critical treatment decisions. Carlos Collet, MD, PhD, discussed the technique's potential to be a real game-changer for patient care in a new interview. 

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Taking melatonin for a year could increase a person's risk of developing heart failure by 90%. While more research is still needed to confirm these findings, the data suggest patients should think twice about relying on melatonin to sleep. 

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The rise of these medications continues to be one of the biggest stories in healthcare.

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Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly have agreed to sell their popular Wegovy and Zepbound injectables through TrumpRx.gov for a discounted rate, as the White House promises that Medicaid and Medicare plans will begin covering the costs. 

Using advanced artificial intelligence (AI) platforms to assess imaging results and quantify coronary plaque buildup can help clinicians predict adverse events in patients with suspected coronary artery disease (CAD), according to late-breaking data presented at TCT 2024 in Washington, D.C.

AI-enabled coronary plaque assessments deliver significant value, according to late-breaking data presented at TCT. These AI platforms have gained considerable momentum in recent months, receiving expanded Medicare coverage in addition to a new Category I CPT code.

Video with JACC Editor Harlan Krumholtz offering an overview of key tricuspid and TAVR late-breakers at TCT24.

Harlan Krumholz, MD, editor-in-chief of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, said tricuspid valve treatments are a popular topic among cardiologists right now. TAVR research, meanwhile, remains as important as ever.

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Leaders from 31 different radiology societies recently met to discuss the specialty's biggest problems, offering solutions in a newly published analysis. 

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Prompt diagnosis of such pneumothorax is crucial, with delays linked to longer hospital lengths of stay and greater disease progression, experts write in Academic Radiology

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Conductor is a platform of AI-enabled agents that can read clinical documents and orders, call patients and orchestrate appointments.

When the FDA approved elamipretide for the treatment of Barth syndrome, not everyone agreed with the agency's decision. 

Consistently incorporating unsalted peanuts into a person’s diet enhances cerebral blood flow to multiple brain regions.