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U.S. healthcare gets plenty of bang for its buck out of community health workers (CHWs), according to a systematic review of the relevant published research. 

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No group fared particularly well in an analysis from Trilliant Health looking at publicly reported data. Most of the new utilization of mental health services was for anxiety, with women seeking care most often.

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When preparing for life as both doctors and parents, new mothers and mothers-to-be suffer significantly less burnout if they’re supported by targeted, well-planned support. 

The company keeps gaining momentum thanks to the success of its AI-powered imaging software. 

President Trump's presidential proclamation Sept. 19 to implement a $100,000 fee for H-1B visa applications had immediate backlash from dozens of medical societies. Groups like the American Medical Association (AMA) and the American College of Cardiology (ACC) said this will cut off the flow of foreign physicians into the U.S. at a time when we cannot graduate enough American physicians to fill positions in a healthcare system that is facing a rapidly growing physician shortage.

SCAI said reversing the processing hold allows physicians to continue serving patients and helps stabilize the workforce.

Physician warning

Stryker Sustainability Solutions is recalling more than 8,000 reprocessed medical devices. This is a Class II recall, according to the FDA, and these devices should no longer be used to treat patients.

Devi Nair, MD, director of electrophysiology and research, St. Bernards Medical Center and Arrhythmia Research Group, spoke with Cardiovascular Business at the Heart Rhythm 2026 meeting in the above video interview. She explained both the explosion of PFA use since the first FDA approvals in 2024, and the recently discovered complications of coronary vessel spasm and hemolysis and how newer PFA technology might address this.

Devi Nair, MD, reviewed some of the rare complications clinicians are seeing with PFA.

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“According to widespread reports from the breast imaging community, these shortages are creating immediate and substantial challenges for breast imaging practices nationwide," ACR warned the FDA in a letter May 11. 

The WhiteSwell eLym catheter-based device for lymphatic drainage in acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) patients.

This new catheter-based device for lymphatic drainage showed early potential to be an effective treatment option for acute decompensated heart failure.

Marty Makary MD

Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary is about to become a former FDA chief. The departure comes as no surprise since President Donald Trump OK’d a plan to fire him last week. 

SCAI is inviting younger female interventional cardiologists and fellows within five years of training to participate in the WONDER (Women Exposed to Occupational Doses of Radiation) study.

Concerns about radiation are believed to be a major reason so few women pursue a career in interventional cardiology. Are they right to be worried? SCAI hopes its new analysis can shed some light on this topic. 

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Experts see enormous potential in the delivery of genicular artery embolization, with millions impacted and growing case numbers given an aging population. 

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U.S. healthcare gets plenty of bang for its buck out of community health workers (CHWs), according to a systematic review of the relevant published research. 

No group fared particularly well in an analysis from Trilliant Health looking at publicly reported data. Most of the new utilization of mental health services was for anxiety, with women seeking care most often.

When preparing for life as both doctors and parents, new mothers and mothers-to-be suffer significantly less burnout if they’re supported by targeted, well-planned support.