The FDA accepted 137 new drug approvals (NDAs) and biologics license applications (BLAs) in 2018, up 11% from 2017 and 36% from 2012 to 2017, according to a new report.

Minnesota-based Mayo Clinic is the nation’s best hospital for 2019-2020, according to U.S. News & World Report, which ranked hospitals overall and based on specialties.

Earning the American College of Radiology (ACR) Diagnostic Imaging Center of Excellence (DICOE) designation can help imaging providers stand out among the competition—if they’re willing to do what it takes to achieve that goal. 

Allergan, a global pharmaceutical company based in Dublin, has issued a voluntary recall for Biocell textured breast implants and tissue expanders after the action was requested by the FDA. The implants have been linked with several health problems and complications, including a rare form of cancer and death.

According to provisional data from the CDC, overdose deaths from opioid abuse in the U.S. likely fell in 2018, representing the first decline in roughly 30 years.

For people with diabetes, turning 26 is a cliff that can turn deadly. That’s because, at that age, young adults are kicked off their parents’ insurance plans and must find their own coverage and continue taking life-saving medication they simply cannot afford.

British researchers are homing in on just how many medical mistakes occur and how many are preventable.

Contrast-enhanced spectral mammography (CESM) can assist proiders with the postoperative screening of breast cancer patients, according to research published in Clinical Radiology.