In comments in two separate letters to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the American College of Cardiology (ACC) has outlined its concerns and support for recently proposed federal rules that could affect cardiology practices.

An analysis of breast cancer diagnosis data from nearly 6,000 women in Michigan suggested that mammography and self-breast exams remain important tools for detecting breast cancer, even among women ages 40 to 49 for whom routine mammography has been questioned by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), according to the abstract of a study presented at the annual Breast Cancer Symposium held in San Francisco, Sept. 8-10.

To screen for lung cancer, or not to screen? That is the question that referring clinicians across the country face in the wake of the National Lung Screening Trial (NLST). While radiologists may be ideally situated to help physicians wade through the nuances of the question, a group of clinicians debated the question in two articles published online Sept. 5 in Annals of Internal Medicine.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a checklist to help healthcare providers apply Guide to Infection Prevention in Outpatient Settings: Minimum Expectations for Safe Care.

A clause under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) would eliminate the future expansion of physician-owned hospitals, curbing healthy competition and possibly diminishing access to patient care, according to an August policy perspective by the Texas Public Policy Foundation.

Researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland have developed a cryo-imaging technique to view a mouse model of glioblastoma multiforme, according to a study published online Aug. 23 in Cancer Research.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is soliciting proposals for an EHR system from alliant contract holders.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has granted a biomedical engineer $2.5 million to establish how various health factors add up to pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). From this, she and her team will develop a way to separate PAH patients who will be helped by regular exercise from those whom it might harm.