MRI technique enhances valve disease evaluation

A new cardiac magnetic resonance imaging-based measurement may improve how physicians assess a common heart valve condition, ...
Canadian Medical Association Journal

Platypnea–orthodeoxia syndrome in an 86-year-old woman with a patent foramen ovale

Platypnea–orthodeoxia syndrome is diagnosed when a patient endorses positional dyspnea and there is evidence of arterial ...
Charlotte Observer

Several thousand Atrium patients in Charlotte area were hit by data breach

Editor’s note: This story was updated on May 8, 2026, with information from the N.C. Attorney General’s office. Atrium Health has begun notifying several thousand patients in the Charlotte region ...
Becker's Hospital Review

Atrium Health affected by Oracle Health breach

Atrium Health, part of Charlotte, N.C.-based Advocate Health, said a data security incident involving EHR vendor Oracle Health may have exposed patient information tied to legacy systems used before ...
Becker's Hospital Review

Atrium Health, WakeMed plan merger, face delay: 6 things to know

Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health and Raleigh, N.C.-based WakeMed Health & Hospitals announced on May 1 plans to combine into a single health system, which the organizations said involves a $2 ...
WUNC

Atrium poised to take over WakeMed in Triangle healthcare shakeup

The Wake County Board of Commissioners plans to vote Monday to alter WakeMed's articles of incorporation and a land deal between the county and hospital system to pave the way for a merger with ...
WRAL

Atrium to take control of WakeMed in deal that could bring $2B investment to Wake

Atrium Health plans to take control of WakeMed in a deal that could bring at least $2 billion in new investment to Wake County, documents filed with Wake County indicate. It also lets Atrium grow its ...
Frontiers

Case Report: Analysis of the missed diagnosis of atrial septal defect with partial pulmonary vein dual drainage

This study aimed to investigate the reasons for the misdiagnosis of a case of atrial septal defect (ASD) complicated by partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection (PAPVC) to improve clinical ...
Game Rant

Slay the Spire 2: Best Defect Cards & Builds

Matt is a sicko for retro FPS games, fighting games, Metroidvanias, roguelikes, and RPGs. Some of his current favorite games include the Final Fantasy series, Street Fighter 6, Slay the Spire, Path of ...
New York Post

The rare birth defect that made Hailey Bieber’s pregnancy a ‘surprise’

Hailey Bieber has really opened up — and luckily, so did her uterus. On an episode of the podcast “She MD” this week, the beauty entrepreneur sat down with co-hosts Mary Alice Haney and Dr. Thaïs ...
E!

Hailey Bieber Shares Pregnancy With Son Jack Was a Surprise Due to Septum in Her Uterus

Never say never to Hailey Bieber. The model revealed that her first pregnancy with son Jack Blues—whom she shares with husband Justin Bieber—was completely unexpected after doctors had previously ...