The Supreme Court is expected to rule as early as June 25 in the King v. Burwell case. Regardless of the verdict, the Washington Post writes Congress will continue to debate the the decision and remain divided over the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

James B. Lee Jr., an executive at J.P. Morgan, died last week after exercising. But, as the Wall Street Journal notes, doctors say the benefits of regular exercise far outweigh the risks.

A retrospective analysis of data on older patients who underwent surgery at 180 hospitals in the U.S. found that patients treated at hospitals with higher patient satisfaction scores had lower 30-day mortality rates and fewer minor complications. However, there was no association between patient satisfaction and readmissions or major complications.

Clinicians can now use their phones to aid them in treating patients who experience muscle symptoms while taking statins. On June 24, the American College of Cardiology (ACC) released a statin intolerance app for mobile phones and on its website. The app helps clinicians determine if a patient is intolerant to statins and provides them with steps to follow if patients have muscle symptoms when on statins.

A hospital in France cut the time spent on remote monitoring alerts from implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) by more than half after developing and instituting decision trees. The management tool allowed cardiologists and nurses to focus their attention on arrhythmias and other pressing issues.

More than 58 million people in the U.S. take blood pressure medications, but the New York Times notes that the ideal blood pressure measurement remains unknown.

As of 2012, the most recent data available, 39.96 percent of men were overweight and 35.04 percent of men were obese. Meanwhile, 29.74 percent of women were overweight and 36.84 percent of women were obese.

Competing takes effort. When hospitals compete for market share, it also takes an investment that may or may not produce profits in the long run. In the past, that business model has served the victors well. It isn’t the only option, though.