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The government watchdog analyzed about 153 million radiology claims from a five-year period for its new report to Congress, with lawmakers now advocating for change. 

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Oulu University Hospital lost one of its MRI after relocation and consolidation but was able to maintain output with the help of deep-learning technology. 

The money was meant for Minnesota, where criminals were indicted for abusing the Medicaid system to run bogus daycare centers. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services did not specify how the state can rectify the situation to the Trump administration’s satisfaction. 

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The recall has been designated as the most serious, Class I, but the issue can be remedied with a software update. The affected devices are Ivenix Large Volume Pumps manufactured by Fresenius Kabi.

The treatment addresses cancers that express Nectin-4, a protein found in excess of 80% to 90% of urothelial cancer patients.

New research is sounding the alarm on the amount of radiation patients undergoing cardiac imaging are exposed to, prompting experts to call for updated protocols. 

A majority of medical devices involved in Class I recalls were never required by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to undergo premarket or postmarket clinical testing, according to new research published in Annals of Internal Medicine.[1]

Recurrent strokes and TIAs were rare, though bleeding events among women did stand out as a trend to watch going forward.

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Identifying patients with alcohol use disorder prior to treatment may help care teams plan ahead and anticipate potential complications.

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Parkland Health experts involved in the LLM's development believe that the use of such tools could improve diagnostic accuracy and patient outcomes. 

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Alzheimer’s disease already has the nation in a crisis of care capacity. The pressure to do more in response is mounting. Meanwhile the true total cost is hard to estimate since so many dementia caregivers are unpaid family members and other volunteers. 

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The new research doesn’t solve the mystery of which tends to come first—the mental illness or the drug use. Regardless, the large study serves to underscore the need for proactive and preventive measures. 

The new MRI contrast agent gadopiclenol, sold under the trade names Elucirem and Vueway by Bracco and Guerbet, used 50% less gadolinium that current MRI agents. #RSNA22 #RSNA

Gadopiclenol is a macrocyclic high-relaxivity GBCA that contains less than half the amount of gadolinium that standard agents are formulated with.  

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The government watchdog analyzed about 153 million radiology claims from a five-year period for its new report to Congress, with lawmakers now advocating for change.