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A team from Charleston, S.C.-based MUSC Health's Heart and Vascular Center became the first in the country to implant the Topaz device, a new transcatheter tricuspid heart valve replacement system. 

The Perlmutter Cancer Center at New York City-based NYU Langone Health recently launched its new Center for Molecular Oncology, naming Shridar Ganesan, MD, PhD, as director. 

Cancer has become the leading cause of death for Latinos in the U.S., with almost 150,000 new diagnoses every year. At the same time, Latinos have lower cancer screening rates and less representation in cancer research and cancer clinical trials…

The latest issue of JCO Oncology Practice, an American Society of Clinical Oncology journal, is entirely devoted to the topic of "financial toxicity." 

Despite guideline recommendation changes, some patients are still taking a daily dose of aspirin for prevention of heart attack or stroke, according to a Jan. 13 The Washington Post report. 

Philips is recalling the software associated with its mobile cardiac outpatient telemetry devices after 109 patient injuries and two patient deaths, a Jan. 13 FDA recall notice said.

MercyOne Siouxland Medical Center in Sioux City, Iowa, has indefinitely paused its open-heart surgery program.

CMS will now offer Medicare and Medicaid coverage of implantable pulmonary artery pressure sensors for the management of heart failure.

The Women's Choice Award released its annual list of best hospitals Dec. 15, recognizing nearly 1,500 facilities nationwide for exceptional women's healthcare. 

The transplant team at Nashville-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center set a world record by performing 174 heart transplants in 2024.