A blood test that scours the blood for DNA fragments shed by dying cells could help doctors check how well cancers are responding to treatment and even whether cattle are afflicted by mad cow disease.
Repairs of one of the world's biggest producers of medical isotopes are almost finished, according to Atomic Energy Canada Limited.
St. Jude Medical Inc. and two hospitals have to pay up almost $4 million after a whistleblower alert to an alleged kickback scheme.
Researchers use a new test to measure previously undetectable traces of PSA in the bloodstream, an indicator of cancer.
A blood test could detect about half of lung cancers up to five years before other tests, according to a team of British scientists.
New technologies offer access to important community information.
A new device combines high-resolution PET with SPECT scanners to allow scientists working on cancer and brain research with small animals to see functional details down to a half millimeter in size.
Public health and health care professionals may benefit from provisions.
Administrative penalties given for noncompliance leading to safety problems.
Medexpo Kenya and Medexpo East Africa promise to build business relationships and produce successful business transactions.
The American College of Radiology is pushing Congress to get Medicare to pay for virtual colonoscopies.
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Workshop, June 24, to focus on devices to help public health needs.
The recommendations focus on respecting one another and emphasizing the value on-site radiologists bring to health care facilities.
Measures will help attract capital for key industries.
A pair of Minnesota politicians asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration not to make the fast-track approval process for medical devices any tougher than it is.
Bill would provide for review of federal and state evaluation methods.
Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield found two of five ER visits are "unnecessary" - findings cause outcry among ER physicians.
Wrapping a up a week Democrats spent wrangling with the budget hawks in their own party, the House of Representatives voted Friday to freeze looming Medicare physician payment cuts until 2011 as part of a two-piece benefits package.
Enforcement on hold as Congress considers limiting scope.
The rate of deadly bloodstream infections associated with central line catheters dropped around 18 percent nationwide, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' first state-by-state report on hospital-acquired infections.
Salaries are not keeping pace with costs of living for most RTs.
After months reviewing safety reports, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration added warnings to labels of popular weight-loss drugs Alli and Xenical advising of an extremely rare risk of serious, even life-threatening, liver injury.
Federal attorneys issued a 39-page brief in an effort to dismiss the state's lawsuit, declaring the court would have to step out of its "proper role" to face the challenge.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is offering an additional $30.3 million in stimulus awards to beef up community health IT infrastructure.
Proposed rule would ease burden on privileging requirements.
Institutional cleaning products and chemical agents are the focus of this DOTmed Business News report.
Study may be foundation for another cancer-fighting drug.
Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine discover that bone marrow cells are specifically programmed to fight respiratory infections in the lung.
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A UK study supports electronic records with impressive findings.
Penalties and limited deductions will be imposed on hospitals, health insurers.
Oft-prescribed acid reflux disease drugs present a fracture risk, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned Tuesday evening.
A computerized ordering system that prevents office staff from ordering advanced imaging studies with little likely benefit could cut imaging costs and protect patients from exposure to unnecessary medical radiation, a new study finds.
Patient risk management is responsible practice ethically and financially.
Disagreements spawn lawsuits over contracts and employee recruitment.
Agencies will run program offering credit or grant for competitive research.
