Author: Mariah Taylor

College Park-based University of Maryland researchers were the first to discover a protein that plays a significant role in the development of the heart, Science Daily reported Dec. 15.

Los Angeles-based Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai expanded its Virtual Second Opinion Program to women with heart disease.

Fountain Valley, Calif.-based MemorialCare appointed David Shavelle, MD, chief of cardiology of the system.

Researchers at Albuquerque-based University of New Mexico School of Medicine have created a new LDL cholesterol vaccine.

Some physicians may be overusing an invasive vascular procedure for patients with mild disease — making millions in the process, a ProPublica investigation into CMS data found.

Adolph "Dolph" Hutter Jr., MD, a globally renowned cardiologist and former director of Massachusetts General Hospital Heart Center's cardiac performance program, died Dec. 5 at 86 of natural causes.

First lady Jill Biden, EdD, will be visiting Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai Medical Center on Dec. 8, KNX News reported.

A Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian study found removing race information from cardiovascular risk calculators did not affect patients' risk scores.

New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System named Raymond Benza, MD, director of pulmonary hypertension.

New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System named Raymond Benza, MD, director of pulmonary hypertension.