In August, all 11 hospitals within New York City-based NYC Health + Hospitals were recognized by the American Heart Association for providing quality cardiovascular and stroke care. Of those 11 hospitals, five received the association’s new Commitment to Quality award.…
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HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. named Anthony Letai, MD, PhD, director of the National Cancer Institute. Dr. Letai most recently served as a medical oncologist at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, both…
Researchers at Detroit-based Karmanos Cancer Institute are harnessing robotic technology to accelerate the search for more effective pancreatic cancer treatments for pancreatic cancer, which has one of the highest mortality rates among all cancers. Leading those efforts is Asfar Azmi,…
The National Cancer Institute has proposed an $11.537 billion budget for fiscal 2027, increasing the appropriated budget by $4.313 billion, almost double the proposed increase from fiscal 2026. Here is how the NCI proposal breaks down the budget increase: Read…
Atlanta-based Piedmont Healthcare has tapped Amy Edwards, MSN, as vice president of oncology. Ms. Edwards will step into the role Oct. 6, according to a LinkedIn post from Wally Curran, MD, chief of the Piedmont Oncology Institute. She previously served…
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There will be an expected 18.6 million deaths from cancer globally in 2050, up from 10.4 million cancer deaths in 2023, according to a study published Sept. 24 in The Lancet. For their analysis, researchers used the Global Burden of…
Between August 2021 and August 2023, 63.6% of adults in the U.S. had at least one cardiovascular disease risk factor, according to a data brief published Sept. 16 by the National Center for Health Statistics. The brief defines cardiovascular risk…
The American Heart Association will honor Fátima Rodriguez, MD, section chief of preventive cardiology at Stanford (Calif.) Medicine, with the Joseph A. Vita Award during its 2025 Scientific Sessions meeting in November. Dr. Rodriguez also serves as an associate professor…
Cardiopulmonary point-of-care ultrasound was associated with a reduction of 246 hospital bed-days and $3,055 per bed-day saved among 208 patients experiencing shortness of breath, according to a study published Sept. 5 in JAMA Network Open. Despite the cost savings, only…
Philadelphia-based Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia has named three inaugural directors to its Cardiovascular Institute. Andrew Landstrom, MD, PhD, will serve as the institute’s director of translational research and as a professor of pediatrics at Philadelphia-based University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School…