New data from the CDC and U.S. Census Bureau show just how bad CVD rates could get in the next few decades. Specialists agree that a lot of work is needed to help keep these estimates from becoming a reality. 

A state attorney general has indicted the physician owner of an imaging center for bribing colleagues to order unnecessary exams before performing the exams—including some with IV contrast—and submitting false claims to CMS.

Of 139,000 individuals enrolled in an online patient portal, just 27% viewed their radiology reports. 

The average American spends more than $12,500 per year on personal healthcare, but what are Americans getting in return for those investments? 

In an initial comparison study involving 10 patients with high-risk prostate cancer, ultrasound tomography (UT) soundly beat 7-Tesla multiparametric MRI on detection sensitivity, 85.7% to 65.3%.

Close to 90% of family-medicine departments at U.S. medical schools employ one or more faculty members trained in point-of-care ultrasound, including 7% that are presently training at least one (or one more).

“Under the ACA, you have the right to free birth control — no matter what state you live in," HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra said.

“Reproductive healthcare decisions are best made between a patient and their healthcare provider. It is critical that women and men have immediate access to contraception," says Tristi Muir, MD, chair of the Obstetrics, Gynecology & Women’s Health Institute at Cleveland Clinic.