Scientists at Harvard Medical School may be close to perfecting a device that can allow oncologists to diagnose cancer at a patients bedside in less than 60 minutes, according to an article published in Technology Review.

Eighteen new medical innovations were slated to be featured during The Premier healthcare alliances Innovation Celebration on June 14 at the 2011 Premier Annual Breakthroughs Conference and Exhibition in Nashville, Tenn.

The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) has begun marketing a thoracic cancer staging application for mobile devices, including the iPhone, BlackBerry, Android and iPad.

A whistleblower suit filed by a Tennessee cardiologist has alleged that cardiologist Eli Hage Korban, MD, along with two Tennessee hospitals, engaged in fraudulent billing and overuse of medical services, and now the Department of Justice (DoJ) has stepped in. The current case adds to a slew of other cases surrounding the overutilization of stenting.

Among Medicare patients who experienced a heart attack in four California counties, when the nearest nearest emergency department (ED) diverts ambulance traffic for 12 hours or more, it was associated with an increased risk of death for up to one year, according to a study in the June 15 issue of Journal of the American Medical Association, which was released early online to coincide with its presentation at the AcademyHealth annual meeting in Seattle.

Adjuvant radiation therapy administered early after radical prostatectomy is more effective than observation, at a mean additional cost of $6,023, resulting in a 10-year incremental cost-effectiveness ratio of $26,983, according to a study published June 9 in the Annals of Oncology.

The FDA has approved Siemens Biograph mMR system, the first device to simultaneously perform PET/MR imaging.

Dilon Diagnostics has launched its FDA-cleared Dilon 6800 Acella Gamma Camera system.