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The COVID-19 pandemic's economic and social toll has exacerbated food insecurity, and those facing this issue may have an increased cardiovascular death risk, according to research published Nov. 9 in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. 

A helicopter ambulance transporting a donated heart with three people on board crashed on top of Keck Hospital in Los Angeles Nov. 6, the Los Angeles Times reports. 

The American Medical Association is donating $100,000 to help healthcare organizations on Chicago's West Side to help patients better manage their blood pressure remotely, the AMA said Nov. 9. 

How does a large-scale medical group continue to provide quality care for patients and physicians — even during a global pandemic?

My family has a history of breast cancer. It affected my mother, grandmother and maternal uncle. I was my mother’s primary caretaker for years before she passed away in my early twenties. This was a painful and traumatic time for…

The antidepressant drug paroxetine led to a significant reduction in childhood sarcoma tumor growth after being used to treat cancer cells in a mouse model study, according to research published Nov. 6 in Cancer Research. 

Survivors of Kawasaki disease, a condition that causes blood vessel inflammation in young children, have a higher risk of developing heart disease for more than 10 years after diagnosis, according to research presented at the American College of Rheumatology's annual…

A number of obstacles can stand in the way of Black women receiving timely breast cancer treatment, including lack of insurance, transportation access and financial strain, reports STAT. 

Early-career cardiac surgeons with less than 10 years of experience had worse patient outcomes for valve procedures than those with more than 10 years of clinical practice, according to a Nov. 3 study published in JAMA Network Open. 

Below are four cardiologists who joined new practices or received new appointments in the last two weeks.