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New York City-based NYU Langone has expanded cardiology services at the NYU Langone Hospital—Brooklyn. Previously, NYU Langone patients living in Brooklyn were travelling to Manhattan to receive advanced cardiac care. 

Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health's St. Mary's Regional Hospital in Grand Junction, Colo., recently became the first community hospital in the nation to receive vascular verification from the American College of Surgeons and the Society for Vascular Surgery.

Women in academic cardiothoracic surgery earn 80% to 87% of the salary men with equal academic rank earn, according to a study published Dec. 2 in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 

After CMS released its finalized 2025 physician fee schedule, which will reduce reimbursements by 2.83%, some cardiologists are raising concerns over what they call an unstable healthcare system, according to a Dec. 9 TCTMD report. 

Experts agree more care should be given to cardiovascular safety concerns during clinical cancer trials. The Cardiovascular Safety Research Consortium published new recommendations for addressing those concerns Dec. 10 in JACC: CardioOncology. 

The American College of Cardiology has developed an Expert Consensus Decision Pathway for the diagnosis and management of adult patients with acute myocarditis. The pathway was published Dec. 10 in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 

The Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer has released recommendations for providers caring for transgender patients with cancer who may experience unique challenges in healthcare settings. Based on a review of available literature, the recommendations were published Dec. 9…

Boston-based Massachusetts General Hospital has received a $100 million gift from Herb Chambers, a local entrepreneur and philanthropist, to support the construction of a new facility that will house the Mass General Cancer Center upon completion.

Routine cervical cancer screening typically requires patients to receive Pap smears every three years. On Dec. 10, a national task force put forth a new screening recommendation for women 30 and older: HPV testing every five years with the option…

A team from New York City-based NYU Langone Health is among the first to treat a rare radiation treatment complication with a new robotic procedure.