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This channel newsfeed includes clinical content on treating patients or the clinical implications in a variety of cardiac subspecialties and disease states. The channel includes news on cardiac surgery, interventional cardiology, heart failure, electrophysiology, hypertension, structural heart disease, use of pharmaceuticals, and COVID-19.   

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More Americans are putting off care than ever before

The percentage of Americans who are postponing medical care has reached a new high, according to a recent Gallup poll.

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Healthcare bankruptcies jumped 84% in 2022

Large bankruptcies in the healthcare industry rose sharply from 2021 to 2022, according to a new report from healthcare restructuring firm Gibbons Advisors.

Cleveland Clinic CEO warns of $200M loss in 2022

Cleveland Clinic CEO and President Tom Mihaljevic, MD, gave the healthcare organization’s State of the Clinic speech on Jan. 18, sharing optimism for the company’s future despite a $200 million loss in 2022.

The FDA tracks mammography systems and the number of exams performed in the U.S. through its Mammography Quality Standards Act (MQSA) program. This is an example of the GE Senobright HD imaging system.

Cancer deaths have dropped dramatically

Cancer mortality rates have plunged, dropping one-third, since the 1990s, according to a recent report from the American Cancer Society.

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Cardiologists push for a more diverse, inclusive healthcare workforce

A recent roundtable discussion focused on how today's healthcare leaders can "begin to dismantle the systems that perpetuate inequities in medicine and build new systems that promote diversity, equity and inclusive excellence."

Bernie Sanders slams Moderna for planned COVID-19 vaccine price hike

After Moderna leadership revealed plans to potentially quadruple the price of its COVID-19 vaccine, Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-VT) and others criticized the move.

Christine Seidman, MD, director of the cardiovascular genetics program, cardiovascular medicine specialist, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, discusses the use of genetics to crack the code of cardiovascular diseases to enable earlier prevention and interventions. She was named the winner of the American Heart Association (AHA) 2022 Research Achievement Award, AHA's highest honor.

VIDEO: Using genetics in cardiology to enable earlier interventions

Christine Seidman, MD, director of the cardiovascular genetics program at Brigham & Women’s Hospital, spoke to us about using genetics to crack the code of cardiovascular disease. 

NIH launches at-home COVID-19 test and virtual treatment program

A new at-home testing and treatment program for COVID-19 is on its way to selected communities.

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Cath lab techs and nurses see new normal with post-COVID pay

In the post-COVID era, wages for permanent RNs are rising, and wages for travelers are decreasing. A new report tracked these trends and more. 

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Merit Medical to purchase Cook Medical’s lead management portfolio for $210M

Two medical device companies have announced a transaction that could shake up the U.S. electrophysiology market. 

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Abiomed, Biosense Webster, Cerenovus now all known as Johnson & Johnson MedTech

These companies were already part of the Johnson & Johnson family, but they had still retained their previous brand names. Now, each one is officially going by Johnson & Johnson MedTech. 

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