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The Women’s Center for Radiology, which was acquired by Solis Mammography in January, hired a cybersecurity firm to help investigate the scope of the matter. 

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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. 

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is updating the ACO REACH program—which supports providers caring for rural and low-income populations—to promote patient health as a strategy to reduce costs.

Predictive model helps identify malignancy in thyroid nodules.

Once the model is further validated, it could help guide providers in determining how to manage thyroid nodules. 

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Indian medtech company Meril Life Sciences has been manufacturing its Myval TAVR valves for years, but FDA approval has remained out of reach. These latest data represent a one-year update of the multicenter LANDMARK clinical trial.

Hospital for Special Surgery pediatric MRI

Almost 2,000 children underwent musculoskeletal MRI over an eight-year stretch at the Hospital for Special Surgery, and not a single one of them needed sedation to get through the exam.

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The Women’s Center for Radiology, which was acquired by Solis Mammography in January, hired a cybersecurity firm to help investigate the scope of the matter. 

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.