A report published June 23 in Cancer Research highlights a new biomarker that may be useful in identifying patients with recurrent glioblastoma who would respond better to anti-vascular endothelial growth factor therapy, specifically cediranib.

A new digital scanning technique, developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), could offer a much better fit for future hearing aids, according to an article in the MIT Technology Review.

Medtronic has received the European CE Mark for its second-generation pacemaker for use with MRI machines, the Advisa DR MRI SureScan pacing system.

Health & Human Services Secretary (HHS) Kathleen Sebelius has reported that $6 billion in new federal funds will be made available to states and U.S. territories for fiscal year 2009 to provide healthcare to millions of children across the United States through their Children's Health Insurance Programs (CHIP).

Cappella has completed a $17.3 million series C investment, led by new investors, Fountain Healthcare Partners and Mitsui Venture Partners. Enterprise Ireland also participated in the round alongside Cappella's existing investors, Polytechnos Partners and ACT Venture Capital.

Fifty-seven members of Congress have written a bipartisan letter to President Barack Obama, heralding the benefits of medical imaging and urging him to "consider the value of these life-saving technologies."

The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, the city of Miami, Microsoft and Resolute Solutions have initiated a diabetes management study.

The Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (DRA), which slashed Medicare reimbursement for diagnostic imaging, has resulted in layoffs and postponed plans for equipment acquisition, according to survey results in the July issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology.