Ochsner Health, the 41-hospital system serving Louisiana, Mississippi and the Gulf South, is joining the ranks of academic medical institutions committed to paying the tuition of homegrown future physicians.

“This pioneering effort leverages evidence-based guidelines and the consensus of medical experts in a new and powerful way to optimize care for military veterans,” said Theodore L. DeWeese, MD, chair of ASTRO's board.

Results from a high-profile breast cancer screening program in Ireland are adding more ammunition to the argument that radiologists need help. 

Healthgrades says it arrives at its results after analyzing the performance of close to 4,500 hospitals treating patients for such conditions as heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, respiratory failure, sepsis and stroke.

Scores of organs—mostly kidneys—are trashed each year and many more become critically delayed while being shipped on commercial airliners.

Meat lovers beware: a new study gives a forkful of warnings about meat consumption and the associated risks of heart disease and death.

The finding was part of a larger exploration of healthcare waste, published recently by consulting firm Altarum. 

An experimental vaccine to prevent HIV has proven ineffective in preventing the virus, according to a study conducted by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), which is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).