San Diego-based Scripps Health and Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente signed a five-year agreement that extends a 40-year partnership, according to a Nov. 12 news release.
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Duke University Hospital in Durham, N.C., recently completed its 1,500th heart transplant, making it the fifth transplant center in the U.S. to hit this milestone, The News & Observer reported Nov. 11.
These six oncologists joined new practices or received new appointments over the last few months.
Eranga Cardiology, a practice with locations in Milford and Dover, Del., has agreed to pay $500,000 to resolve False Claims Act allegations, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Delaware said Nov. 10.
About 23 percent of veterans who fought in the Gulf War or Iraq and Afghanistan wars experienced a traumatic brain injury, and they face a significantly higher risk for heart attack along with those who have post-traumatic stress disorder, according…
Beating, fighting, losing and surviving: all words that reflect the scene of a war zone, and coverage of Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek's death is a reminder that this language assumes cancer patients have a choice in their outcomes.
Stamford (Conn.) Health and Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center in Boston said they are widening Stamford Health patients' access to DF/BWCC's cancer experts and treatments Nov. 10.
Delray Medical Center in Florida named Mahdi Taha, DO, former lead medical oncologist at Cancer Treatment Centers of America in Newnan, Ga., as the medical director of oncology at the hospital Nov. 9.
Patients living in Medicaid expansion states with newly diagnosed breast, lung or colorectal cancer have a 2 percent hazard of death reduction compared to those living in states without Medicaid expansion, according to a recent study published in JAMA Network…
November is Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month, and amid the news of Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek's death, the lasting legacy he left on pancreatic cancer awareness and the patient community lives on.