On Dec. 16, 2024, a study published in BMC Cardiovascular Disorders shows that pediatric and young adult COVID-19…
On Nov. 20, 2024, the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) announced that it had approved…
On Oct. 9, 2024, a study led by Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers concluded that commonly used ways of…
On Jun. 28, 2024, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), one of the world’s largest institutions dedicated…
On Jun. 26. 2024, the World Health Organization reported that new data show that nearly one third (31%)…
On Jun. 12, 2024, scientists at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City reported that just a few…
On Mar. 8, 2024, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a new indication for use of Novo…
On Nov. 1, 2022, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced that adults with hypertension saw a small,…
On Apr. 6, 2022, a new study in the Journal of Clinical Oncology showed that women receiving certain…
On Jan. 27, 2021, researchers at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, and Massachusetts General Hospitalï¾’s Center…
On Jan. 4, 2017, Abbott announced it had completed the acquisition of St. Jude Medical, establishing the company…
On Sept. 19, 2012, Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) in Portland announced that it had received a…
On Dec. 3, 2010, Banglore, India-based Opto Circuits announced completion of its merger with Bothell-based Cardiac Science Corp….
On Sept. 16, 2009, Brian J. Druker, M.D.,whose research led to the development of Gleevec, the first targeted…
On Feb. 28, 2005, Quinton Cardiology Systems and Cardiac Science announced the signing of a definitive merger agreement…
In 2005, the Penn Cardiovascular Institute (CVI) was established as a collaborative multi-disciplinary group of basic and translational…
In 2004, Merck announced a voluntary worldwide withdrawal of Vioxx (rofecoxib) because of an increased risk of heart…
On Apr. 15, 2003, the National Heart Lung Blood Institute (NHLB) announced a $37 million trial, coordinated by…
On Oct. 29, 2002, an international research consortium launched a $100 million public-private effort to create the next…
On May 7, 2002, Quinton Cardiology Systems held its Initial Public Offering raising $28 million. The Bothell, Washington…
In 2001, SynCardia Systems, a private company formed to commercialize the Jarvik 7 artificial heart, was founded by…
In 2001, World Heart Day, an annual event which takes place on 29 September every year, was founded….
On Oct. 12, 1998, Louis J. Ignarro of the University of California School of Medicine was awarded the…
In 1996, Kurt Amplatz performed one of the first percutaneous catheterization of the heart. Amplatz, M.D., who was…
In 1995, Kurt Amplatz, M.D. created Goose-Neck Snares which are used to retrieve broken catheters and other items…
On Oct. 26, 1994, a 12-year-old boy from Everett underwent the first heart transplant at Children’s Hospital and…
In 1994, Johnson ï¾ &ï¾ Johnson introduced PALMAZ-SCHATZÂ stent, the first tube-shaped coronary device that was inserted into arteries,…
In 1993, the Baim Institute was first founded as the Cardiovascular Data Analysis Center (CDAC) by Donald S….
In 1993, Stanford Medicine researchers led by William Haskell demonstrated that lifestyle changes and drug therapy decrease heart…
On Mar. 18, 1988, Dr. Charles Esmon, a scientist from the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF) in the…