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South Florida Baptist Hospital in Plant City, Fla., has opened a cancer resource center for cancer patients, survivors and caregivers, according to a Tampa Tribune report.

PET imaging can detect the pathogen that causes acute endocarditis, according to a study published in Nature Medicine.

A group of oncologists has formed a non-profit drug company to fight the U.S. drug shortage, which includes at least 180 medications designed to treat cancer, according to a New York Times report.

Bon Secours Hampton Roads Health System has requested state approval to relocate its cancer radiation therapy services from Maryview Medical Center in Portsmouth, Va., to Harbour View Health Center in Suffolk, Va., according to a Virginian-Pilot report.

Banner Boswell Medical Center in Sun City, Ariz., has gone live with a new central monitor station designed to help hospital technicians more closely monitor cardiac patients, according to an Arizona Republic report.

Gulf Coast Medical Center in Panama City, Fla., has formed an affiliation with the UAB Cancer Care Network in Birmingham, Ala., to improve local access to cancer treatment, according to a News Herald report.

Yakima (Wash.) Regional Medical and Cardiac Center will open its new cardiac floor next week, according to a kapptv.com report.

Newman Regional Health in Emporia, Kan., is planning an all-inclusive Women's Breast Center, according to an Emporia Gazette report.

Florida Hospital in Orlando will open its new $33 million neurosurgery center, which is part of its Neuroscience Institute, next month, according to an Orlando Sentinel report.

Limiting the use of drug-eluting stents for reducing restenosis after percutaneous coronary intervention saves costs without affecting the rate of death within a year, according to a study published in Circulation.