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Crystal Phend

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Crystal Phend is a contributing editor with 乌鸦传媒, where she's been covering medical news of all stripes since 2006.

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A healthcare worker holds a box of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine

<乌鸦传媒>AstraZeneca Vaccine Unfairly Under Fire Over Clot Risk?

Statistics, WHO, hematologists argue the risk isn't real

A close up of a surgical assistant handing a clamp to a surgeon in the operating room

<乌鸦传媒>Wait at Least This Long After COVID for Surgery

Large international study defines period of high mortality risk

A prosthetic aortic valve held in tweezers above a person having open heart surgery

<乌鸦传媒>DOAC After Heart Valve Procedure?

Registry defines prevalent use with mechanical and bioprosthetic valves

A close up of a Black male physician with a weary skeptical look on his face

<乌鸦传媒>'No Physician Is Racist'? Twitter Calls Foul on JAMA Podcast

Structural racism podcast episode seen as contributing to the problem

A man with the flu wrapped in a blanket waves at his doctor during a telemedicine call

<乌鸦传媒>What Telehealth Should Mean for Licensure

Is it time for states to step back?

A view of a darkened dialysis machine and bed through a broken piece of ice

<乌鸦传媒>Dialysis Crisis in Texas: 'Catastrophic'

Half of dialysis units across the state still suffering winter storm havoc

FDA APPROVED Sacubitril/valsartan (Entresto) over a photo of a man clutching his chest which is highlighted in red

<乌鸦传媒>First Drug Approved for Some HFpEF

FDA doesn't set hard limits on ejection fraction in expanded indication

An ultrasound image showing stenosis of the carotid artery

<乌鸦传媒>USPSTF: Still a Hard Pass on Carotid Artery Stenosis Screening

Science hasn't improved, task force says

Two bottles of Colchicine tablets over an illustrated background of COVID-19 viruses

<乌鸦传媒>Colchicine for Early COVID-19? Trial May Support Oral Therapy at Home

But some find science-by-press-release troubling

A young Black female doctor holds a stethoscope up

<乌鸦传媒>Recruitment Strategy Increases Cardiology Fellow Diversity

Intervention made women and minorities the majority, with no change in standards

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