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The new recall impacts more than 85,000 devices. If users update their iPhone app as recommended, however, they can continue using the insulin pump as directed. 

doctor fruits vegetables vegetarian diet. Embracing a plant-based diet can improve a person’s cardiovascular health, according to a new commentary published in the American Journal of Cardiology.[1] The article, titled “Are We What We Eat? The Moral Imperative of the Medical Profession to Promote Plant-Based Nutrition,” also highlights multiple reasons that choosing plant-based nutrition over animal-based food can be viewed as being better for society as a whole.

Healthy diets that prioritize plant-based foods were associated with reductions in both all-cause mortality or CVD mortality. Diets do not have to be strictly vegan or vegetarian to make that impact, researchers noted. 

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The agency is urging healthcare providers to transition away from these devices and seek out alternatives. It is even working with other manufacturers to try and get similar products on the market as quickly as possible. 

The Carto 3 System Version 8, includes new modules designed to improve efficiency in addition to advanced artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms. The new modules included in this update are CartoSound FAM, which automatically generates a model of patient’s left atrial anatomy before users insert a catheter into their left atrium, and Carto Elevate, which helps electrophysiologists by making the activation maps more accurate and tracking atrial fibrillation (AFib) burden before and after ablation.

The update includes multiple new algorithms designed to improve efficiency during cardiac ablation procedures.

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