China's version of the FDA unveiled the new headquarters for medical device standards review.
Researchers have built a portable machine that uses microwaves to non-invasively read glucose levels.
Bill to extend Medicare pay cut delay, jobless benefits, moves closer to its hour of judgment.
The only 200-plus-year-old statistical equation with a cult following could revolutionize medical device clinical trials. And Cambridge Consultants wants to help.
At the recent ECR conference in Vienna, Hologic showcased their latest products for the European market, including a cutting-edge 3D mammography unit and an advanced bone density scanner. Watch a video double feature.
Genes linked to brain cell death and the body's daily rhythms chemically jumbled in patients with autism spectrum disorders.
Vaccine cures type 1 diabetes in mice.
A urine test developed by Washington University in St. Louis researchers could help patients find a "silent killer" before it's too late.
Women's imaging specialists to supply the military with up to $15 million in digital X-ray equipment and components.
A hybrid scanner marries three-dimensional structural and functional imaging to get results possibly several times more accurate than traditional mammography.
A Minnesota judge is in the process of considering Boston Scientific subsidiary Guidant's guilty plea to two misdemeanors for failing to properly notify the U.S. Food and Drug Administration about short-circuiting problems in its defibrillators.
A successor to a popular but troubled medical device sterilizer received U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance Tuesday, the agency announced.
Doctors who own their own outpatient surgery centers perform nearly twice as many surgeries as those who don't, according to a study published this week in Health Affairs.
Researchers repair a defect caused by mutant BRCA1 genes in mice, raising hopes for help in humans.
Nycomed's absorbable dressing for heart surgery makes it to American shores.
Expensive imaging equipment might actually save hospitals money.
The NEMA group representing manufacturers of imaging equipment cautions that new U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance delays could slow outfitting devices with features to reduce radiation dose to patients.
In a blow to the biotech industry, a New York judge overturns patents on breast cancer genes. Read an analysis of the implications.
Sexually transmitted bug might be causing a 22 percent increase in head and neck cancers in the U.S.
The EU mulls a new directive that some think might save tens of thousands of lives.
American College of Radiology says "political elements" crept into FDA meeting to discuss ways to protect patients and practitioners from the dangers of medical radiation.
Almost a third of general surgeons say they will opt out of participating in Medicare for the legally required two years, according to a new survey, as a 21 percent cut in Medicare reimbursements is set to go into effect April 1.
In a provocative new study, a Danish team found little benefit in breast cancer mortality from mass screening mammography. The results appeared in the prestigious British Medical Journal.
DOTmed News highlights this year's AORN products showcase.
The House cleared the reconciliation package for the health reform bill a second time Thursday night, bringing months of legislative wrangling to an end and finalizing the largest expansion of government since Medicaid and Medicare.
New strategic review suggests efficiency, cost savings, will ensure the market for products that check up on patients at home will become a $3.6 billion industry by 2012.
Confirming the suspicions of many observers, the National Research Universal Reactor's re-start date has been pushed back until the end of July.
The 46-year-old imaging company sets up its first plant dedicated to the increasingly popular ultrasound modality.
In the final installment of DOTmed News' exclusive four-part video interview with HIMSS president H. Stephen Lieber at HIMSS 2010, we discuss why internal breaches of security are a hospital's biggest concern, and what's in store for HIMSS 2011.
DOTmed News speaks with the Society of Nuclear Medicine to find out more about what they're calling "one of the most significant disruptions ever" in the molybdenum-99 supply.
At ECR 2010 in Vienna, Austria, DOTmed News took a tour of Sectra's mammography trailer, which helps increase women's access to low-dose mammography in Denmark.
Indoor tanning parlors brace for a 10 percent tax from health reform bill as well as the possibility of tougher new restrictions from the FDA.
In the third installment of DOTmed News' exclusive four-part video interview with HIMSS President H. Stephen Lieber at HIMSS 2010, we discuss what it'll take to achieve true nationwide interoperability and whether America will ever get a Universal Healthcare Identifier.
Historic $875 billion health reform legislation that could expand health insurance to almost 32 million Americans passes House, as reconciliation package heads to a bitter fight in the Senate.
CT Xray began distributing a skin dosimeter that measures radiation dose from CT and fluoro in real-time and alerts radiologic technicians whenever the dose gets too high.
In the second installment of DOTmed News' exclusive four-part video interview with HIMSS President H. Stephen Lieber at HIMSS 2010, we discuss how health IT will be an "extremely strong" employment sector in health care.
Olga Deshchenko and Heather Mayer brief viewers on this year's AORN conference, which just wrapped up on Thursday.
According to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the nearly quarter million dollar fine is one of the largest ever proposed by the organization for a medical error.
Doctor claims brachytherapy, a technique that involves injecting radioactive seeds into the prostate to kill cancer, is "inadequate" more than half of the time.
DOTmed News met up with Agfa at ECR 2010 in Vienna to look at two new mammography-focused applications. Watch our video double feature.
DOTmed News stopped by Barco's booth to check out their upcoming medical tablets (developed by FIMI, Barco's recent acquisition) and their latest clinical displays that bring DICOM-compliant viewing outside of the radiologist's office.
DOTmed News met up with Carestream in Atlanta at HIMSS 2010 to take a look at their latest vendor-neutral clinical data archive software.
AT HIMSS 2010, DOTmed News sat down with HIMSS President H. Stephen Lieber for a wide-ranging discussion on the state of health IT, security of electronic health records and the future of HIMSS. Watch the first installment of our exclusive four-part interview.
Lessons from Kaiser Permanente's quest to bring the nation's largest health delivery system into the digital age.
DOTmed News met up with ContextVision at ECR 2010 in Vienna to discuss advances in software that reduce radiation dose for X-ray and CT scans.
Freshmedx hopes its scan that measures electrical resistance of tissue will attract international partners.
The Vscan makes a field debut at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
After three years, makers of LIFEPAK external defibrillators can sell in the U.S. again.
Health care spending in China could reach G-7 proportions in five years.
On Friday morning, the Petten, Netherlands-based research reactor went offline till August.
