A higher consumption of processed meat—foods such as bacon, sausage and salami—is associated with a higher risk of breast cancer, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis of research published in the International Journal of Cancer.

Sanjiv Kaul, MD, director of the Knight Cardiovascular Institute at Oregon Health and Science University, announced he’ll be stepping down from his leadership role by the end of this year following the disassembly of the university’s heart transplant team a month ago. Kaul is expected to remain at OHSU, but will focus solely on research. 

CVS Health will keep Aetna’s headquarters in Hartford, Connecticut, for at least 10 years following the completion of its $69 billion merger with Aetna, The Hartford Courant reported.

Sam Sarkis Solakyan, the owner and operator of diagnostic imaging facilities across California, was arrested on Sept. 26 for fraud—including conspiracy to commit honest services mail fraud and health care fraud.

Equal numbers of men and women graduate from medical school, but only a fraction of leaders in the field are female physicians. Women make up 80 percent of the healthcare workforce, but they are vastly underrepresented when it comes to leadership roles, according to an editorial in the Harvard Business Review.

The Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) has successfully slashed readmissions for heart failure, acute MI (AMI) and pneumonia without causing mortality increases, according to an analysis of Medicare data published in JAMA Network Open.

Radiologists are inconsistent with their usage of the American College of Radiology’s Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS) category 3, according to new research published in Academic Radiology.

California Gov. Jerry Brown has vetoed the state’s breast and ovarian cancer screening legislation, AB 2342.