The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) has launched a developer challenge aimed at reducing cardiovascular disease. Developers are being asked to build a mobile application that can engage those at risk, direct them to community health centers and motivate them to take action.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced a data initiative that creates the new Office of Information Products and Data Analysis. The office is designed to maximize CMS data for internal and external users.

As controversy continues to divide medical professionals over the benefits of prostate specific antigen (PSA) test screening for prostate cancer (PC), an analysis from researchers at the University of Rochester has demonstrated that eliminating PSA testing would triple the number of men who present with metastatic PC.

Patients with plantar fasciitis experienced significantly less pain and improved quality of life following a standard dose of external beam radiation therapy (RT), according to a study published online July 25 in the International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics.

The Medicines Company has booked a solid 2012 second quarter, which ended June 30, partially augmented by sales of the direct thrombin inhibitor bivalirudin (Angiomax).

RadNet will offer PET/CT imaging with Amyvid (Eli Lilly) to rule out Alzheimer's disease in patients who are being evaluated for cognitive impairment.

In patients who have sustained mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI), differences in working memory functional activity were observed with MRI even though patients performed as well as controls on working memory tests, according to a study published online July 24 in Radiology.

Brachytherapy offers a cost-effective method of treating prostate cancer, and its popularity in the future will likely rely on its financial status, according to a report by GlobalData.