City of Hope, a cancer treatment and research center in Duarte, California, has revealed plans to find a cure for type 1 diabetes in the next six years, according to a new article by Southern California Public Radio.

Adults who are 60 years old or older and have a systolic blood pressure of at least 150 mm Hg should receive treatment to lower their blood pressure and reduce their risk for mortality, stroke and cardiac events, according to new guidelines from the American College of Physicians (ACP) and the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP).

An article in The Seattle Times covers a new technique used at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia to clear blockages in coronary arteries.

From 2006 to 2013, the incidence of hypertensive emergency in U.S. emergency departments more than doubled, according to an epidemiological analysis. However, hypertensive emergency was rare and occurred in 1,670 per million adults emergency department visits in 2013.

Physio-Control announced on Jan. 13 that users of the company’s LIFEPAK 1000 automated external defibrillators (AEDs) should immediately remove and reinstall the battery from their devices.

The Homeland Security Department issued a warning about an implantable heart devices that could become a target for hackers.

Rural areas in the U.S. have higher age-adjusted death rates for heart disease, stroke, cancer, unintentional injury and chronic lower respiratory disease than metropolitan areas, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report.

To detect diabetes earlier and save patients from suffering major health complications and paying for expensive treatment, researchers at the University of Twente (UT) in the Netherlands are working to develop a prototype of a portable device that could detect both type 1 and type 2 diabetes.