Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) has asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate contracts between hospital systems and health insurers following a report from The Wall Street Journal that these secret contracts prevent savings by limiting competition and even increasing costs to consumers.

The shorter a patient’s hospital stay after elective percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), the better, according to recent research out of the U.K. that linked longer lengths of stay to an increase in unplanned readmissions and healthcare costs.

A new pregnancy trend is having expectant mothers turn their nails into a canvas featuring images of their unborn baby’s sonograms. The results are taking social media by storm, according to a recent report by People.com.

Amar Chotai works in radiology, but he is also gaining widespread attention for his other passion: singing dance music.

The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO), American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and the American Urological Association (AUA) have issued a new guideline for treating men with early-stage prostate cancer. According to the three medical societies, hypofractionated external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) can shorten cancer treatments and provide more convenience to patients.

A polio-like condition called acute flaccid mylelitis (AFM) that causes partial paralysis is showing up in children across the U.S. and can only be detected with MRI and spinal fluid tests, according to a report published Oct. 8 by NBC News.

Prominent medical societies have issued new clinical guidelines, Thursday, Oct. 11, recommending physicians use external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) to treat men with early-stage prostate cancer.

Cystatin C (Cys-C), an alternative to renal markers like creatinine and glomerular filtration rate, can effectively predict a patient’s risk for adverse CVD events after an acute coronary syndrome (ACS), researchers reported Oct. 12 in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

The FDA has approved rivaroxaban to reduce the risk of major cardiovascular events including stroke, myocardial infarction and cardiovascular death for people with chronic peripheral or coronary artery disease (PAD/CAD).

Artificial intelligence (AI) can help radiologists distinguish false-positive mammograms from malignant and negative mammograms, according to new research published in Clinical Cancer Research.