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One in seven U.S. women will be overdiagnosed with breast cancer during their lifetimes, according to study results presented at San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.

Svelte Medical Systems announced the FDA approved two of its drug-eluting stent systems designed to facilitate transradial PCI.

Adults with Graves’ disease who undergo a total thyroidectomy experience improvements in quality of life and thyroid-specific symptoms both shortly after and longer after surgery, according to findings published in Thyroid.

Compared with inhaled nitric oxide, inhaled epoprostenol was associated with similar risk for primary graft dysfunction and other postoperative outcomes in patients undergoing lung transplant.

Health care professionals experienced fear of infection, short staffing and inadequate protective equipment during the pandemic in 2020, resulting in emotional distress, according to results of a qualitative study published in JAMA Network Open.

Common “red flag” comorbid conditions stored in the electronic health record often preceded the diagnosis of cardiac amyloidosis by years, according to a presentation from the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions.

Results showed African American, Asian and Hispanic patients with hip and knee osteoarthritis had significant disparities in the utilization of imaging, administration of injections and total joint arthroplasty compared with white patients.

Following the 2011 Medicare prospective payment reform for dialysis services, racial disparities have persisted among patients using home dialysis in the U.S., according to a speaker at ASN Kidney Week.

COVID-19 vaccination appeared safe for patients with renal cell carcinoma receiving immune checkpoint inhibitors, according to retrospective study results presented at International Kidney Cancer Symposium.

In a post hoc analysis of the GALACTIC-HF trial, omecamtiv mecarbil reduced the primary endpoint of time to first HF event or CV death among patients with severe HF.