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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. 

Didier Tchetche, MD, an interventional cardiologist and head of the structural heart disease program at Clinique Pasteur in Toulouse, France, and colleagues combined data from the RHEIA and PARTNER 3 trials into a single comparison of TAVR outcomes in female patients.

New research presented at TCT combined data from the RHEIA and PARTNER 3 trials. “TAVR is a good option, and probably the best one, for an elderly woman," cardiologist Anna Sonia Petronio, MD, explained during the conference. 

Rads' lumbar MRI reads more accurate when they have access to patients' self-reported symptoms

This is especially true for lumbar MRIs, as these exams often show abnormalities without correlating symptoms, making it difficult to distinguish between incidental findings and the actual source of patients’ issues.

Cardiologist Sanjit Jolly, MD, MSc, at TCT 2024

Treating AMI patients with colchicine is not associated with better cardiovascular outcomes, according to new data presented at TCT. The drug did help with inflammation, but that was the only benefit researchers could identify.

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Data migration is an opportunity to enhance data quality, a critical priority for radiology. Effective migration ensures correct, complete and consistent data, streamlining workflows and improving user satisfaction. Prioritizing data quality can transform routine processes into strategic advantages. 

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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.