“If our finding is confirmed, it would make aspirin the first widely available, over-the-counter medication to reduce mortality in COVID-19 patients," one researcher observed. 

The analysis, published in JAMA Network Open, included data from nearly 1.8 million Medicare patients. 

Catheter ablation was consistently linked to more substantial LVEF improvements than pharmacological therapy.

"We had no issues with any of the patients and no harm to the devices," one researcher reported. The analysis included more than 500 patients. 

If signed into law, the bill would improve coverage for screening for both Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries. 

Hospitals in California, Illinois and New York performed especially well, according to the outcomes-based rankings. 

As recently as eight months ago, cardiologists sitting down to work with medical images at Novant Health had plenty of choices on where and how to go about that part of their jobs.

More data might sound like a good thing but, from a clinician’s point of view, too much of it could defeat the purpose of gathering it.

In some instances, not eating solid foods can actually make patients feel sick, leading to nausea and dehydration, researchers explained recently.

The bytes are accumulating far too fast for any human effort to connect whatever dots might be hiding in the massive muddle. Enter 40 researchers at 11 sites armed with AI and almost $18 million in new NIH funding.