Women represent 41% of participants in clinical trials investigating cardiovascular health and disease, according to a study published Aug. 31 in JAMA Network Open. Led by researchers from Los Angeles-based Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai, the study analyzed participant data…
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Out of U.S. News & World Report’s top 50 heart hospitals, Phoenix-based Mayo Clinic Arizona and Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic had the highest total performance scores in CMS’ Hospital Value-Based Purchasing program for fiscal 2025, at 51.5 and 51.08, respectively. …
Marietta, Okla.-based Mercy Health Love County Hospital opened a temporary emergency department a year after being hit by a tornado. The modular building is staffed 24 hours a day for walk-in and ambulance emergencies, according to a Sept. 2 hospital…
Despite breakthroughs in drug therapies and diagnostic technologies, prostate cancer incidence in the U.S. has increased 3.0% per year. At the same time, prostate cancer mortality is declining at a slower rate than the previous two decades. As chief clinical…
A urine-based biomarker panel detected prostate cancer in 91% of specimens with a diagnostic accuracy of 78.6% to 85.7%, according to a study published Sept. 2 in eBioMedicine. Led by a team from Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and…
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Columbus-based Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center-Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute has launched a fully remote clinical trial for pancreatic cancer patients across the U.S. Led by Sameek Roychowdhury, MD, PhD, an oncologist at…
Michigan lawmakers released a budget proposal that would cut $3.7 billion in healthcare funding, according to a 9&10 News report. Four things to know:
Beta blockers may provide no clinical benefit to patients who maintain normal heart function following a heart attack, according to a study published Aug. 30 in The New England Journal of Medicine. The study’s findings are based on data from…
Little Rock-based Arkansas Heart Hospital has laid off 40 staff positions or about 4% of its workforce, according to a Sept. 1 Arkansas Business report. Jacob Robinson, Arkansas Heart Hospital’s chief strategy and operations officer, attributed the layoffs to increased…
Following almost a decade of decline, prostate cancer incidence in the U.S. increased 3.0% per year between 2014 through 2021, according to a report published Sept. 2 in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians. Incidence of advanced-stage prostate cancer at…