The FDA has created a searchable database where users can research the enforcement activities of the agency, including inspection records, as part of its ongoing efforts to increase transparency.

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) has established a new initiative, the NCCN Specialized Imaging Research Consortium, designed to advance the treatment of patients with cancer through the clinical application of specialized imaging technologies.

As many in the political and public arenas argue that the costs of healthcare are on an unsustainable trajectory, physicians may be reaching their limits as well: the costs of care for oncology are unsustainable and require far-reaching changes in treatment and attitudes, among oncologists as well as patients, wrote the authors of a May 25 article in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM).

Nearly half (44 percent) of almost 1,800 emergency physicians reported that the biggest challenge to cutting costs in the emergency department is the fear of lawsuits, according to a poll conducted by the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP). In addition, 53 percent of respondents said the main reason they conduct the number of tests they do is the fear of being sued.

Following the revocation of his medical license for errors in image interpretation, radiologist Darius Tsatsi has hired political activist and free speech lawyer Douglas Christie and filed suit against the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan, the provinces Minister of Health and Sunrise Health Region for defamation.

A minimally invasive technique using cells from the interior of the nose could help clinicians detect lung cancer in its earliest stages, according to a study presented May 15 at the American Thoracic Society International Conference in Denver.

The health insurance (HI) trust fund may not be adequately funded and may run out of funds in 2024, five years earlier than expected, according to an annual report composed by the board of Medicare trustees.

Twenty-seven percent of rural hospital emergency departments closed between 1990 and 2009, and reasons for these closures were linked to market competition, safety-net status and a low profit margin, among other factors, according to the results of a study published in the May 18 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.