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AI supports doctors' hard decisions on cardiac arrest

Medical Xpress

When patients receive care after cardiac arrest, doctors can now—by entering patient data in a web-based app—find out how thousands of similar patients have fared.

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Pediatric heart transplant method developed by U of A doctors allows for more surgeries, better outcomes: Study

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Blood type-incompatible heart transplant surgery for infants under the age of two pioneered in Canada, now used worldwide Credit: Lindsey Kemp A pediatric heart transplant procedure pioneered by Canadian doctors–once deemed impossible–has been shown to be at least as effective as the traditional approach, according to newly published research (..)

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Artificial intelligence could improve heart attack diagnosis to reduce pressure on emergency departments

Medical Xpress

An algorithm developed using artificial intelligence could soon be used by doctors to diagnose heart attacks with better speed and accuracy than ever before, according to new research from the University of Edinburgh published in Nature Medicine.

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Disrupted medical conferences: Lessons learnt

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The shift to virtual alone has already had a profound impact on all conference stakeholders: medical societies themselves, doctors, patients, commercial partners, and professional conference organisers (PCOs). Doctors want a choice. These order of magnitude increases were also reflected at national levels. yes; and 15.7%

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Merck Announces Retirement of Dr. Roy D. Baynes; Dr. Eliav Barr Appointed Head of Global Clinical Development and Chief Medical Officer

The Pharma Data

Baynes, head of Global Clinical Development (GCD) and Chief Medical Officer, Merck Research Laboratories (MRL), will be retiring from Merck in July. He also led the expansion of Merck’s research and development in China and Japan. “It Eliav Barr, senior vice president, Global Clinical Development.

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Velocity Clinical Research Expands to Poland

Velocity Clinical Research

In addition to being one of Poland’s top recruiting sites in cardiology trials, ClinMedica also recruits patients across a broad range of therapeutic areas involving ambulatory medicine. About Grzegorz Kania, MD Grzegorz Kania, MD specializes in cardiology as well as internal and family medicine. and Europe.

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Former FDAer Dr. Ellis F. Unger Joins Hyman, Phelps & McNamara, P.C. as Principal Drug Regulatory Expert

FDA Law Blog

Unger, who is a 1971 recipient of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Mathematics and Science Medal, earned a Bachelor of Science (magna cum laude) in chemistry from Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio, and a Doctor of Medicine from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine in Cincinnati, Ohio.

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