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Crystal Phend

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Crystal Phend

Crystal Phend is a contributing editor with 番茄社区, where she's been covering medical news of all stripes since 2006.

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LBB Pacing Linked to Better Outcomes in Comparative Study

Observational findings were promising

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Cardiac Patch Monitors Don't Match Up on Detection

In simultaneous-use comparison, one device came out on top

HRS over a photo of a pacemaker laying on an electrocardiogram.

DOAC Reduces Stroke Risk After Ventricular Ablation

Study treatment superior to aspirin, STROKE-VT trial shows

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Just How Much PCI Has Shifted to Outpatient Settings?

States' data show huge shift

FDA ADCOMM Transmedics OCS Liver over a photo of the device.

FDA Panel Nearly Unanimous on Liver Transplant Perfusion Device

Thumbs up on safety and efficacy

A little girl wearing an oxygen mask and an IV in her arm sits up in a hospital bed.

Best MIS-C Treatment? Murky Picture Emerges

Large U.S. and international surveillance data series come to conflicting conclusions

A computer rendering of a cluster of red blood cells traveling through an artery.

Brain Vein Clots Less Likely With Vaccine Than With Severe COVID

Study provides a better basis for weighing the relative risks

A blue rubber-gloved hand holding a test tube of blood labeled Troponin I and a Troponin I rapid test cassette.

Troponin Testing Presents Problems in Kidney-Impaired People

High-sensitivity assays work but may flag many patients unnecessarily

A doctor adjusts the oxygen mask on a hospitalized teen girl

CDC: Worrisome Spike in Younger Teens' COVID Hospitalizations

Data through April add urgency to calls for adolescent vaccination

FDA ADCOMM Teplizumab over a computer rendering of antibodies

Drug to Delay T1D Gets Tepid Endorsement by FDA Advisors

Feelings mixed on safety and efficacy evidence for novel biologic

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