A care team in Germany has completed what may be the first structural heart procedure of its kind on a high-risk patient. It started as a straightforward heterotopic caval valve implantation, but then paravalvular leak resulted in a change of plans. 

The FDA has approved 107 AI-equipped medical devices so far this year.

Did you know healthcare is responsible for 4.4% of global greenhouse gas emissions? 

That’s according to a new analysis from Boston-based researchers, published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology. 

There is no application process, eligible physicians are automatically approved. In order to earn “gold card status” a practice must have a prior authorization approval rate of 92% or higher for at least the last two years.

The agency has asked for an additional phase 3 study before it considers another application from manufacturer Lykos.

On average, American women need to travel about 8 miles to reach the closest mammography screening facility or 23 miles for a breast MRI, experts noted. 

The Neffy nasal spray was shown to be as effective as injectables in four studies on 175 adults.