The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing to add an exception to informed consent requirements for certain FDA-regulated clinical investigations that present no more than minimal risk to human research participants.

GE Healthcare announced it is recalling its Millennium Nuclear Medicine Systems due to an incident in which the the top detector detached and fell onto the detector below it. No patient injuries have been reported, although there remains a risk of potential life-threatening bodily harm if the detector were to detach and fall during a patient exam. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has identified this as a Class I recall, the most serious type of recall.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released the second edition of the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans at the American Heart Association’s (AHA) 2018 Scientific Sessions, Nov. 10-12 in Chicago. The second edition — announced at AHA by Adm. Brett P. Giroir, M.D., assistant secretary for health — provides evidence-based recommendations for youth ages three through 17 and adults to safely get the physical activity they need to stay healthy.

Black adults experience dangerous spikes in high blood pressure, called a hypertensive crisis, at a rate that is five times the national average, according to a new study. The study was presented at the American Heart Association’s (AHA) Joint Hypertension 2018 Scientific Sessions, an annual conference focused on recent advances in hypertension research, Sept. 6-9 in Chicago.