The insurance giant said it will link executive compensation to provider and patient satisfaction, in addition to releasing an annual transparency report on claims reimbursement and denials.

The difference in atrial fibrillation risk was unexpected, surprising researchers.

According to multiple reports citing officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the terms “non-binary,” “nonbinary,” “assigned male at birth,” “assigned female at birth,” “biologically male,” and “biologically female” are also no longer acceptable.  

“It has the added advantage of avoiding oral anticoagulation drugs and the risks associated with lifelong anticoagulation," one researcher explained. "In fact, most of our patients are not on any cardiac medications following one year after surgery.”

Cardiologists have warned for years that healthy adults with no family history of CVD should not be taking low-dose aspirin every day—but as the saying goes, old habits die hard. 

Two lines of Medtronic Neurosurgery EDMS kits are at risk of developing cracks that could expose patients to pathogens or cause cerebrospinal fluid to leak. 

The so-called "weekend effect" seen with other cardiovascular diseases appears to exist for patients with severe aortic stenosis as well. 

The checklist was created to walk researchers through every operational step of using portable MRI, from creating protocols to prepping patients, ensuring patient safety, handling incidental findings, data privacy and more.