The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) and Siemens Healthineers have announced a new strategic partnership focused on improving healthcare throughout South Carolina. The collaboration will aim to innovate in target areas such as radiology, pediatric care, cardiovascular care and neurosciences.

American Heart Association (AHA) president Ivor J. Benjamin, MD, is standing behind last week’s passage of Senate funding bill HR6157, calling the move “a tremendous triumph for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and for every patient who will benefit from its research.”

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report last week that claimed actions by the Trump administration negatively impacted enrollment in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace during the 2017 sign-up period.

Several assistive surgical devices took home top prizes during this year’s Design by Biomedical Undergraduate Teams (DEBUT) challenge, arranged by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) and VentureWell.

When the New York University School of Medicine announced on Aug. 16 it would cover the full cost of tuition for all medical students, school officials lauded the move as a way to end debts exceeding $200,000 for graduating students and attract applicants from various socioeconomic backgrounds.

Radiologists can rignificant reduce radiation dose by using patient-specific body weight-based protocols during whole-body 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) PET/CT without compromising image quality, according to new research published in Academic Radiology.

The former director of the CDC Thomas Frieden, MD, has been arrested for forcibly touching a woman and sexual abuse and harassment, multiple news outlets reported.

Mammography screening is down among younger women since the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) updated its breast cancer screening guidelines in November 2009, according to a recent study published in JAMA Surgery. This includes women with a history of breast cancer.