The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued a final report setting forth best practices for businesses to protect the privacy of U.S. consumers and give them greater control over the collection and use of their personal data.

Percutaneous cryoablation could potentially be used as a last line of defense to halt individual spots of remaining metastatic disease by freezing and destroying tumors, according to a study presented March 28 at the Society of Interventional Radiology's (SIR) 37th annual scientific meeting in San Francisco.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a fact sheet on Version 5010 transaction standards to assist with a smooth transition.

Overweight and obese women face greater risks of breast cancer recurrence or related death than women at normal weight, even after chemotherapy dose adjustment for weight, according to a study presented March 23 at the 8th European Breast Cancer Conference in Vienna.

Nearly three years after the HITECH Act was passed, the Office for Civil Rights has sent the final HIPAA Omnibus Rule to the Office of Management and Budget for review, one of the last steps rqeuired before it can be published in the Federal Register.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has outlined formal procedures for evaluating the usability of EHRs.

Lung cancers diagnosed in annual repeat rounds of CT screening are similarin volume doubling time and cell-type distributionto those detected in the absence of screening, according to a study published online March 27 in Radiology.

Democratic Congressman Edward J. Markey of Massachusetts is pounding the drum on the SOUND Devices Act, which he and three fellow House Democrats introduced Jan. 31 to tighten the FDAs 510(k) approval process.