Eliza Brader worries she soon will need to prove she's working to continue receiving Medicaid health coverage. She doesn't think she should have to.
Dec 4, 2025
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From pacemakers to patient portals, modern health care systems are increasingly reliant on connected technologies. However, innovation can make health care systems vulnerable to sophisticated cyberattacks, threatening not ...
Nov 24, 2025
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Research has found that handheld electro-shockers commonly used for self-defense can potentially interact with cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) such as pacemakers, putting individuals at risk.
Apr 9, 2025
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UC Davis Director of Pediatric Electrophysiology Dan Cortez has set another world record: He is the first to implant a dual chamber leadless pacemaker in a child. His case report was published this week in the journal Pacing ...
Dec 20, 2024
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Don't let your surgeon toss your old heart pacemaker out with the trash. Used pacemakers can be refurbished, researchers report, providing the potential for more people overseas to get the lifesaving devices.
Nov 28, 2024
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Irregular heartbeats can raise a person's risk of death even when they go unnoticed by traditional heart monitoring, according to a Northwestern Medicine study published in Circulation.
Aug 13, 2024
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Artificial intelligence experts at Cedars-Sinai and the Smidt Heart Institute created a dataset with more than 1 million echocardiograms, or cardiac ultrasound videos, and their corresponding clinical interpretations. Using ...
May 1, 2024
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Joint replacements, pacemakers, surgical instruments, and sutures; medical devices are a staple of health care. New research published in the journal Health Policy and Technology reveals that UK hospitals, universities, and ...
Apr 18, 2024
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Telemedicine has come to play an important role in patient care, but without prompt congressional action, it may no longer be an option for millions of Americans.
Apr 18, 2024
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A 57-year-old woman from Wisconsin recently sustained a rather unfortunate injury to her buttock. She had attended the hospital for an MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scan and had entered the machine with a concealed firearm. ...
Dec 28, 2023
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