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Cardiology

Health

Newer method of open-heart surgery carries more risks, study finds

By Catherine Caruso

In the Lab

This team is on the verge of creating a beating Band-Aid for the heart. Just don’t call it goopy

By Ike Swetlitz

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Pharmalot

Dozens of hospitals slashed use of two key heart drugs after price hikes

By Ed Silverman

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Biotech

MyoKardia drug improves blood flow in patients with serious, inherited form of heart disease

By Adam Feuerstein

Health

The places in America where seniors are most — and least — likely to take their blood pressure meds

By Rebecca Robbins

In the Lab

U.S. scientists edit genome of human embryo, but cast doubt on possibility of ‘designer babies’

By Sharon Begley

In the Lab

How a teen’s skin cells, transformed into a beating model of a heart, have spurred research

By Rebecca Robbins

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Pharma

What are you taking? Most-prescribed drugs across the nation last year

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First Opinion

Underuse of appropriate health care is harmful — and costly

By Haider Warraich

Business

With ads, rare for a medical device maker, Boston Scientific shifts gears

By Robert Weisman

Health

4 health wearables trying to break through hospital walls

Business

After obesity drug flops, Arena Pharma plans a comeback. Will it work? Look to this study for a key clue

By Adam Feuerstein

Biotech

‘A huge win for biology’: Trial shows anti-inflammatory drugs may reduce heart disease

By Meghana Keshavan

Gut Check

Does breastfeeding prevent moms’ heart disease and strokes?

By Sharon Begley

In the Lab

Bacteria harnessed to provide oxygen to the heart during a heart attack

By Catherine Caruso

First Opinion

Risk scores for preventing heart disease and stroke must take the long view

By Kunal N. Karmali and Mark Huffman

First Opinion

Why cities may hold the key to living longer, healthier lives

By Tom Frieden

Biotech

Why nabbing former FDA commissioner Robert Califf would be a win for Verily

By Charles Piller

Health

Science Says: Kimmel baby’s heart defect is common, fixable

By Associated Press

Hospitals

How is artificial intelligence like a self-driving car? Cardiologists ponder the future

By Ike Swetlitz

Health

Virtual reality takes doctors on a ‘fantastic voyage’ inside hearts

By Charles Piller

Health

Banning trans fats in New York prevented thousands of heart attacks, study finds

Biotech

As blockbuster drugs fizzle, biotech looks warily to the next big thing

By Damian Garde

Pharma

The $22.5 billion question: Since 2010, who paid the biggest fines in health care?

By Natalia Bronshtein

Health

Does good food count as health care? New research aims to find out

By Megan Thielking

Biotech

Why Esperion is happy about Amgen’s ‘Goldilocks’ PCSK9 data

By Damian Garde

Health

Insurers weigh a simpler, cheaper treatment for artery disease: supervised workouts

By Eric Boodman

Biotech

Amgen’s aftershocks rattle the PCSK9 parade

By Damian Garde

Health

Capybara and eight-hour hunts: Why Bolivian hunter-gatherers have the healthiest arteries

By Eric Boodman

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