The Trump administration has proposed allocating $4.53 billion for the National Cancer Institute in fiscal year 2026, marking a 37.2% decrease from the $7.22 billion the NCI received in fiscal 2025. Cancer research organizations and advocacy groups have expressed concern…
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New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health has expanded outpatient infusion therapy services at the R.J. Zuckerberg Cancer Center in Lake Success, N.Y. The $1.1 million expansion includes eight infusion bays, a separate entrance, waiting area and three nursing stations, according…
Miami Beach, Fla.-based Mount Sinai Medical Center has appointed Eric Weiss, MD, as president of cardiovascular and thoracic surgery. He will also serve as co-director of valve surgery alongside Steve Xydas, MD, according to a Mount Sinai Medical Center news…
The FDA has granted a breakthrough device designation to the BiVACOR Total Artificial Heart. Made of titanium, the device uses a magnetically levitated rotor to pump blood in adult patients with severe heart failure. Though not approved for commercial use,…
Examining blood lipid levels may help physicians predict a patient’s risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, according to a study published May 30 in Neurology. Here are five notes on the study: Read the full study here.
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On May 13, West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health and New Brunswick, N.J.-based Rutgers Cancer Institute opened the Jack & Sheryl Morris Cancer Center — the first freestanding cancer hospital in New Jersey. Located in New Brunswick, the center is one…
A best practice advisory alert placed within patients’ electronic medical records led to a 450% increase in oncofertility care referrals at Philadelphia-based Fox Chase Cancer Center, according to a study released at the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s annual meeting. …
By 2035, the number of cancer survivors living in the U.S. is expected to exceed 22 million, according to a study published May 30 in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians. The American Cancer Society and the National Cancer Institute…
New York City-based NYU Langone Health has submitted plans to expand coronary care at NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn. The expansion is expected to cost almost $22 million, according to a certificate of need filed May 23 with the New York State…
Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival rates have yet to return to pre-pandemic levels, particularly among Black and Hispanic communities, according to a study published March 12 in Resuscitation. Led by researchers from Dallas-based University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, the study…