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In hospitals serving mentally unstable patients, it’s no easy job to balance sensitive patient treatment with effective worker safety. One U.S. institution has been finding out just how hard it can be. 

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Primary care providers can significantly improve practice performance as well as patient satisfaction by making one workaday adjustment: leaving some appointment slots open to accommodate walk-ins throughout the day. 

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"Prasugrel provided the optimal balance between efficacy and safety," researchers noted in a new meta-analysis. 

The systems' deaeration hoses in the X-ray tube cooling units may be vulnerable to degrading over time, preventing them from properly cooling and leading to oil leaks. 

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The new AI-enabled resource works like a search engine and delivers answers in seconds.

Insulet Corporation has announced a voluntary recall for specific lots of the pods associated with its Omnipod 5 Automated Insulin Delivery System

A total of 24 adverse safety incidents—including cases of diabetic ketoacidosis—have been linked to this issue.

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However, no significant difference was seen in heart failure hospitalization rates. The study's authors emphasized that more research on this topic is still necessary. 

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Physicians from all specialties, not just cardiology, have been hoping for legislation like this for years.

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How safe is it to perform cardiac surgery on a pregnant patient? When should care teams try to deliver the baby first and then complete the procedure? A team of Mayo Clinic researchers addressed those very questions, and many others, in a new analysis. 

Children show signs of post-COVID lung damage on MRI.

New research findings may help explain why children recovering from COVID-19 continue to struggle with lingering fatigue. 

Aakriti Gupta, MD, Cedars-Sinai, explains use of cerebral embolic protection devices in TAVR

Cardiologist Aakriti Gupta, MD, MSc, spoke to Cardiovascular Business about the latest data and trends associated with using cerebral embolic protection devices during TAVR to lower the risk of stroke.

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The company's AI-powered CCTA assessments have already been used to help manage more than 400,000 heart patients around the world.

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In hospitals serving mentally unstable patients, it’s no easy job to balance sensitive patient treatment with effective worker safety. One U.S. institution has been finding out just how hard it can be. 

Primary care providers can significantly improve practice performance as well as patient satisfaction by making one workaday adjustment: leaving some appointment slots open to accommodate walk-ins throughout the day. 

"Prasugrel provided the optimal balance between efficacy and safety," researchers noted in a new meta-analysis.