Welcome to Movers & Shakers, a roundup of the latest executive movements in the healthcare industry, featuring new from CVS Health and Intricon.

The use of e-cigarettes has increased significantly in recent years, mostly due to the fact that many consumers believe them to be a safer option than traditional cigarettes.

Researchers explored updated data from the AHA, noting that the number of CVD-related deaths increased from more than 874,000 in 2019 to more than 928,000 in 2020.

The increase has been especially evident in single-encounter chest/abdominopelvic scans, not least those performed for minor injuries.

Fuster, one of the world’s most prominent cardiologists, said the award was a "great honor," especially since he was born in Barcelona. 

“Air pollution is now recognized as the largest environmental threat to human health and we are increasingly seeing the impacts across all major organ systems," experts explained recently in Environmental Health.

“There has never been a more exciting time to be a cardiothoracic surgeon,” the veteran surgeon said in a statement. 

More than half of Americans (57%) believe healthcare should be ensured by the federal government, according to a recent poll from Gallup.

Experts involved in the new research indicate that PET/MRI could have an increasingly prevalent role in lung cancer staging and restaging.

John Gaede, director of information systems, Sky Lakes Medical Center, Oregon, discusses how hospitals should prepare for possible cyberattacks.