Cuomo sends letters to schools warning of inferior policies.

A hybrid scanner marries three-dimensional structural and functional imaging to get results possibly several times more accurate than traditional mammography.

Vaccine cures type 1 diabetes in mice.

Agency issues letter to manufacturers limiting a previously utilized expedited review process.

The closure comes after months of meetings and proposals to salvage the 160-year old medical center.

Dan Michelson, Allscripts CEO, introduces the company's new iPhone application and patient kiosk.

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.

HHS Secretary announces time lines, warns of scams; update on pro-reform AGs.

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.

The new frontier of health care information technology: PACS, RIS and HIS.

A successor to a popular but troubled medical device sterilizer received U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance Tuesday, the agency announced.

Nearly 1,000 patients' data allegedly taken from PACS.

Civil settlement also reached in case of Texas corporation Cathedral Rock.

These findings may lead scientists closer to a cure for diabetes.

If you have a small business, read information on eligibility, benefits.

CEO Ravi Chopra discusses the health care industry with DOTmed's Robert Garment.

State will probe insurance denials.

Governor supports commissioner's actions on base rate increases.

The reverse tradeshow and conference will be held April 12 - 14 at the San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina in California.

Consolidated cases challenged the damages limitation.

Researchers repair a defect caused by mutant BRCA1 genes in mice, raising hopes for help in humans.

Mike Dana of Wacom Technology Corporation introduces a new interactive pen display.

Baucus and other Senators point out inequities that need to be addressed.

Greg Thurau introduces Allscripts' electronic check-in system.

Before Louis Pasteur attached his name to milk cartons across the world, he was a chemist with an impeccable ability to conduct research.

Some states begin implementing reform measures as others call for litigation.

Researchers at Michigan State University say the bacterium has potential to stop the spread of dengue in mosquitoes.

States can opt-in on health reform measure for uninsured.

Children are not deterred by a small sales tax on soda; an excise tax is needed.

In a blow to the biotech industry, a New York judge overturns patents on breast cancer genes. Read an analysis of the implications.

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.

Under the 2007 legislation, companies are obliged to provide pediatric sub-population information in application.

Sexually transmitted bug might be causing a 22 percent increase in head and neck cancers in the U.S.

Deep divide over the new law as more states join a legal challenge to reform.

Quality, regulatory, and clinical issues are the focus of the event, May 5-7.

District Court denies HHS motion to dismiss.