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A local oncology practice has joined the Karmanos Cancer Institute at McLaren Flint (Mich.) hospital. 

The National Institutes of Health has awarded Chicago-based Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine $18.1 million to lead the largest-ever funded study on heart failure with preserved ejection fraction — a condition that affects 2.5 million people in the U.S.

By 2035, 45 percent of the U.S. population will have at least one form of cardiovascular disease (CVD), driving the projected total cost of care to more than $1 trillion, according to research cited by presenters during a featured session…

Hackensack (N.J.) University Medical Center in July became the first in the state to treat a heart attack patient with a new device that makes enlarged, weak hearts smaller. 

The heart transplant team at Dell Children's Medical Center and UT Health Austin in Texas has performed six heart transplants since the program launched in October 2020 — triple the amount it had originally projected, the Austin American Statesman reported…

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

Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale New Haven (Conn.) has selected Lynn Wilson, MD, to serve as deputy chief medical officer for radiation oncology. 

Here are five hospitals, health systems and cancer treatment centers that have expanded their cancer care facilities or shared plans to open new centers since Sept. 13. 

Women Leaders in Oncology honored Pamela Kunz, MD, as 2021 Woman Oncologist of the Year during an Oct. 1 virtual ceremony. 

Police said a certified nursing assistant was shot and killed by a co-worker Oct. 4 at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer.