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Like a mirror image on a USA map folded in half vertically, the four best states for nurses are two nextdoor neighbors in the upper Northeast and two in the Pacific Northwest. 

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As this midterm-election year barrels toward decision day, health insurers continue taking punches from both political parties. The piling-on might be as unfair as it is understandable.  

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Two separate studies explored the value of treating heart patients with tirzepatide. 

Emily Lau, MD, MPH, Director, Women's Heart Health Program, Brigham and Women's Hospital, presented new data at ACC 2026 showing only 8% of high-risk pregnant patients receive guideline-recommended low-dose aspirin to prevent preeclampsia.

The percentage of pregnant patients taking low-dose aspirin as recommended is slowly rising—but there is still a long way to go.

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Colleagues from all over the world have shared loving tributes to Braunwald. ESC President Thomas F. Lüscher, MD, called him "the pioneering cardiologist of his time."

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The two agencies on April 23 announced the rollout of the Regulatory Alignment for Predictable and Immediate Device, or RAPID, coverage pathway. 

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ACR, ASNR and over 40 other organizations shared their support for the Healthcare Workforce Act in a letter to lawmakers written April 15. 

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“Ignoring the economic drivers of automation will not prevent workforce transformation; it will only reduce our ability to shape it."

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Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Michigan Medicine saw its peak processing of breast images climb to 198 hours or about 8.25 days, necessitating changes. 

Following a high-fat diet impacted one middle-aged man’s cardiovascular health so much that cholesterol appeared to start leaking out of his hands.

The patient, who was primarily eating meat, cheese and entire sticks of butter, said the yellow nodules did not hurt in any way. His cholesterol level exceeded 1000 mg/dL at the time of treatment.

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In addition, researchers noted, five-year mortality was inferior for patients on Medicaid when compared to patients with any other type of insurance. 

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Anders Gilberg, Senior Vice of Government Affairs at Medical Group Management Association, explains the issues that will complicate moving Medicare from fee-for-service to value-based care models in five years. 

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Like a mirror image on a USA map folded in half vertically, the four best states for nurses are two nextdoor neighbors in the upper Northeast and two in the Pacific Northwest.