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A preliminary study found mammograms could be a more accurate predictor of a woman's risk for major cardiovascular problems than the current standard tool, according to a Nov. 6 American Heart Association news release.

Dallas-based UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers found measuring blood pressure while patients are standing improves accuracy.

Researchers from Tampa, Fla.-based Moffitt Cancer Center are investigating whether primary or metastatic tumors can be used to produce personalized neoantigen-targeted cancer vaccines.

New York has the highest number of active cardiologists, a KFF report found.

The American Oncology Network has launched a foundation to provide cancer patients with funding for non-medical related expenses, the organization announced Nov. 3. 

Researchers at Boston-based Mass General Brigham have discovered a key mutation that may be a driving factor in resistance to certain drugs used to treat breast cancer patients, according to a Nov. 2 news release. 

Hospitals' unnecessary coronary stent use costs Medicare $800 million a year, according to a new report from the Lown Institute. 

Researchers at the National Cancer Institute may be inching closer to an improved type of T-cell therapy that could "supercharge" their response against solid tumors, according to a Nov. 1 news release.

Fifty hospitals were selected as the top in the nation for cardiac surgery, according to a Healthgrades ranking released Oct. 24.

Advances in technology make it easier to detect and treat cardiovascular diseases, which begs the question: Could medicine reach a point where it could eliminate it?