Reuters is reporting the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has concerns about the antitrust implications of Aetna’s $34 billion proposed acquisition of Humana, according to an anonymous source within the department.

Google is planning to teach a computer to detect certain kinds of eye diseases, including diabetic retinopathy and macular degeneration. 

Commercial insurance plans dedicated almost four times as much of their prescription drug spending to specialty drugs in 2014 than in 2003, with the number of specialty prescriptions tripling in the same time frame.

After the recommendation of the 90-day reporting period by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), CHIME has offered its support of the decision.

Soon, physicians might be able to help patients “zap the cancer away” with the development of the effect electric fields have on cancer cells.

Researchers from Ludwig have found a way to use biomarkers in blood to determine the rate of reoccurrence for colon cancer and the efficacy of chemotherapy following surgery. 

After a string of losses for the Federal Trade Commission on blocking hospital consolidation, the agency voted to drop its administrative complaint against the proposed merger between two West Virginia hospitals.

RoundTable Healthcare Partners, a healthcare private equity firm based in Lake Forest, Ill., has finalized a deal to acquire Symmetry Surgical, a marketer of surgical instruments and specialty devices based in Nashville.