A study out of Emory University has revealed a link between education levels and the odds of developing or dying from CVD, with anything under a graduate degree representing a higher risk of heart disease. 

New gene therapies are carrying price tags in the millions, leaving insurers scrambling to figure out how to cover them and offer the treatments to enrollees, according to The Wall Street Journal.

The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) has updated its recommendations for using radiation therapy to treat patients with diagnosed pancreatic cancer.

The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) has created new guidelines on the use of radiation therapy to treat pancreatic cancer patients.

Research presented at the ESC Congress in Paris Sept. 2 suggests malaria could be linked to as much as a 30% increased risk of heart failure.

A second death, this time in Oregon, has been linked e-cigarette use after a patient was diagnosed with a severe respiratory illness.

Using contrast-enhanced digital mammography (CEDM) to evaluate low to moderately suspicious breast lesions can greatly reduce biopsies in patients with benign lesions, according to a study published Sept. 5 in Academic Radiology.

Continuous at-home monitoring with smart device-based photoplethysmography technology could be a viable strategy for AFib screening and early detection, according to a population-level study out of China.

Sleep apnea can be diagnosed with good accuracy by AI analysis of spectrograms—sounds rendered as images—after recording patients’ breathing patterns as they sleep. And the finding may lead to improvements in at-home apnea test devices.

Being exposed to low-dose ionizing radiation is associated with an increase in pediatric patients' risk of developing cancer, according to a new study published in JAMA Network Open.