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An analysis of the American Heart Association's COVID-19 Cardiovascular Disease Registry found 1 in 20 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 developed new-onset Afib.

Canadian researchers discovered multidisciplinary women's heart centers improve diagnosis as well as clinical and psychological outcomes for women with myocardial infarction or myocardial ischemia with no obstructive coronary artery disease.

Salt Lake City-based Huntsman Cancer Institute received $300,000 from the American Cancer Society to expand its patient navigation program to rural cancer patients.

The Timken Family Cancer Center — the latest addition to Aultman Hospital's campus in Canton, Ohio — will accept its first patients Sept. 12, The Repository reported Sept. 7.

New Brunswick, N.J.-based Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey and RWJBarnabas Health named Matthew Matasar, MD, MS, as chief of blood disorders.

Atlanta-based Emory University School of Medicine and Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University named Reshma Jagsi, MD, as chair of the department of radiation oncology, effective Nov. 7.

Richmond, Va.-based VCU Massey Cancer Center and VCU Health appointed Paula Fracasso, MD, PhD, deputy director of the cancer center and senior vice president of the cancer service line at VCU Health.

Researchers at the Boston-based Brigham and Women's Hospital found early-onset cancers diagnosed before age 50 are on the rise.

New York City-based NYU Langone Health named Sunil Rao, MD, director of interventional cardiology and director of the NYU Langone cardiac catheterization laboratory.

Researchers at Los Angeles-based Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai found that, accounting for height, women are 50% more likely to develop Afib.