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Patients with a history of heart disease or high blood pressure hospitalized with COVID-19 who were taking statins — cholesterol-lowering drugs — faced a lower death risk than those who were not taking such medications, according to recent findings published…

Here five are hospitals, health systems or cancer institutes that have expanded their facilities or shared plans to open new centers since July 13. 

Here are six updates on health insurance giant UnitedHealthcare reported by Becker's Hospital Review in July:

Recent oncology studies have focused on the effect of misinformation in cancer treatment articles on social media, the benefits of smoking cessation after a lung cancer diagnosis and more. 

Gregory Mishkel, MD, division head of cardiology, co-director of the cardiovascular institute and vice president of cardiology operations at Evanston, Ill.-based NorthShore University HealthSystem, discussed the cardiology workforce, where cardiovascular surgery is headed and more during a recent episode of…

Lung cancer patients who quit smoking after diagnosis lived nearly 22 months longer than patients who continued smoking, according to research published July 27 in Annals of Internal Medicine.

A round-up of U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals for Cardiology & Heart Surgery for 2021-22 was Becker's most-read cardiology story in July. 

Johnson & Johnson's voluntary recall of five sunscreen products after internal testing detected low levels of benzene was Becker's most-read oncology story in July.

St. Louis-based Siteman Cancer Center, part of Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine, plans to open a 659,000-square-foot outpatient cancer center in summer 2024. 

The American Heart Association has awarded $20 million in grants to research teams at Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing and four other institutions to lead projects focused on preventing hypertension in communities of color.