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Morristown, N.J.-based Atlantic Health System announced Nov. 18 the opening of a new aortic center.

These five oncologists joined new practices or received new appointments over the last few weeks.

Atlantic Health System’s Morristown (N.J.) Medical Center announced Nov. 16 the enrollment of the first patient into the Progress clinical trial, which may change the standard of care for aortic stenosis. 

Children’s Hospital of Richmond (Va.) at VCU and UVA Children’s in Charlottesville, Va., announced Nov. 17 a regional collaboration to ensure convenient access to pediatric heart surgery. 

New York-based Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and HTG Molecular Diagnostics announced Nov. 17 they have entered into a new research collaboration as part of HTG’s Transcriptome Panel Early Adopter Program. 

Death from a heart attack or stroke may be the first cardiovascular disease event in some people who smoke cigarettes, a study published Nov. 17 in the Journal of the American Heart Association found. 

Researchers at Yale Cancer Center believe most advances in pancreatic cancer will be made through improving early detection, according to a Nov. 16 release.

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic Cancer Center has created a consumer blog for people with cancer and their families to improve patients' quality of life, the health system said Nov. 15. 

A Cleveland Clinic-developed protocol significantly improved the chances of in-hospital survival among patients who experience the most severe type of heart attack, regardless of socioeconomic factors, according to a Nov. 15 Cleveland Clinic press release. 

Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai Medical Center received a $5 million gift from the Jack and Gitta Nagel Foundation to establish a new program aiming to advance clinical cardiac training and research endeavors, according to a Nov. 15 news release.