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A simple, potentially cost-effective screening test to detect infant heart defects is rarely used in hospitals today.
Darshak Sanghavi, the chief of pediatric cardiology at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, is calling for a simple pulse oximetry test to screen infants for heart defects.

Those with atrial fibrillation often have to take blood thinners, like warfarin, to reduce the risk of stroke.
The problem is, warfarin requires close monitoring as well as some dietary restrictions to maintain its effectiveness and reduce the very real risk of side effects, like bleeding. It can be a significant disruption in a patient’s [...]