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Memo to health execs: If your hospital hasn’t had a C. auris scare yet, odds are quite high that it soon will. 

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When should heart patients be taking daily aspirin? That's just one of the many questions explored in a new scientific statement.

The Class II recall includes nearly 935,000 bottles of a medication that has been on the market for years. 

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A new role at the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center is improving the diagnostic process for both patients and providers. 

Terumo OpusWave

The OpusWave Dual Sensor Imaging System captures both IVUS and OFDI, providing users with two complementary views of the coronaries at the same time.

An example of the Novasight Hybrid System, showing its co-registered IVUS (left) and OCT intravascular imaging inside a coronary stent.

This new funding should help the company commercialize its hybrid imaging system throughout the United States.

 Robert Harris, PhD, a machine learning engineer at Virtual Radiologic (vRad), outlined his team's work developing and evaluating a generative chest X-ray machine learning model for use within one of the nation's largest teleradiology practices.

While the technology remains investigational in many practices, researchers say it has the potential to improve diagnostic accuracy, streamline AI development and strengthen radiology quality assurance.

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Radiologist Henry C. Lusane, MD, with Acumen Medical Imaging, interpreted the scans, reporting the mass as benign, a mistake later leading to a terminal cancer diagnosis. 

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KFF Health News interviewed multiple independent pharmacies for a new report, detailing their basements full of generic and specialty drugs as a hedge against supply shocks. 

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The company told Cardiovascular Business it respectfully disagrees with the jury's decision and is evaluating all possible legal options going forward. The Association of Medical Device Reprocessors, meanwhile, celebrated the news.

MRI death scene in Final Destination Bloodlines is technically impossible.

After watching the scene, many movie fanatics took to social media platforms to express their newfound fears related to MRI scanners. 

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Even seeing a cardiologist once per year can help these patients elevate their long-term survival. Many stay home, however, missing out on potentially life-saving guidance and/or treatment.

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Memo to health execs: If your hospital hasn’t had a C. auris scare yet, odds are quite high that it soon will. 

When should heart patients be taking daily aspirin? That's just one of the many questions explored in a new scientific statement.

The Class II recall includes nearly 935,000 bottles of a medication that has been on the market for years.