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Within the next year, the U.S. could see bans on menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars, the FDA announced April 29. 

Sumter, S.C.-based Prisma Health Tuomey Hospital is launching a heart valve clinic to treat aortic stenosis, mitral stenosis, mitral regurgitation or tricuspid regurgitation, the health system said April 27. 

Top-viewed YouTube videos on bladder and prostate cancer often present inaccurate or low-quality information, according to two recent studies led by researchers at New York City-based NYU Langone Health.

The FDA is holding a three-day advisory committee meeting to consider whether several early approved cancer drugs should remain on the market. 

The American Heart Association has recognized Stacey Rosen, MD, a practicing cardiologist at New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health, as its 2021 physician of the year. 

Vector has raised $12.5M to advance cardiac care.

Hackensack Meridian Health is now offering telehealth lung cancer screenings, the Edison, N.J.-based health system announced April 26.

WellSpan Health is opening a $33 million heart and vascular center May 3 in York County, Pa.  

A surgical team at Hackensack Meridian Health's Jersey Shore University Medical Center recently performed what is believed to be New Jersey's first transcatheter double heart valve replacement combined with an ablation procedure to improve blood flow in the heart.

South Dakota has the lowest percentage of people who report being recently screened for cholesterol of all states, according to a ranking Kaiser Family Foundation released April 23.