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Transvaginal ultrasound, or TVUS, a screening tool for endometrial cancer, often misses cases among Black women, according to research published July 15 in JAMA Oncology.

Setting the expectations too high for telehealth's expansion in cardiology could have unintended consequences, says Subbarao Myla, MD, director of the cardiovascular catheterization laboratories at Newport Beach, Calif.,-based Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian's Jeffrey M Cantor Heart & Vascular Institute.

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Cleveland Clinic has selected Crystal Gadegbeku, MD, as chair of nephrology at its Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute. 

The surgical team at Durham, N.C.-based Duke University Hospital, part of Duke Health, on July 12 became the first in the U.S. to implant a new-generation artificial heart. The recipient was a 39-year-old patient with heart failure. 

Johnson & Johnson issued a voluntary recall of four Neutrogena and one Aveeno sunscreen products July 14 after internal testing detected low levels of benzene — a substance that could cause cancer with enough exposure. 

Using real-world data can improve the quality care delivery, lower costs, inform policy decisions to help accelerate and improve clinical research. 

Charleston, S.C.-based MUSC Health has created a cardiogenic shock response team to improve outcomes for those who experience the rare but serious condition. 

Members of the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, which operates nine treatment centers in Washington, are eyeing a restructuring plan of their long-standing relationship aimed at accelerating patients' access to new treatments. 

At Charlotte, N.C.-based Levine Cancer Institute, part of Atrium Health, president Derek Raghavan, MD, PhD, works hard to ensure research is paired with action. That helps avoid a problem he labels "analysis paralysis."