Boston Scientific Corporation announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the PROMUS™ Everolimus-Eluting Coronary Stent System for the treatment of coronary artery disease.

Low-osmolar contrast media, such as GE Healthcare’s Omnipaque (Iohexol), make effective oral contrast agents for abdominal CT scans concluded a technical note written by a team of physicians

IBM, in collaboration with the Nuclear Threat Initiative's Global Health and Security Initiative and the Middle East Consortium on Infectious Disease Surveillance (MECIDS), has created a unique technology that standardizes the method of sharing health information and automates the analysis of infectious disease outbreaks, in order to help contain diseases and minimize their impact.

The healthcare industry finding itself in an unfamiliar position, increasingly using  wireless technology to minimise the cost and disruption associated with the deployment of innovative ehealth and telecare services.

Roche has announced , that its subsidiary Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd received approval from the Japanese Health Authority for the use of Herceptin in the early treatment for women with HER2-positive breast cancer.

Tenet Healthcare Corporation  announced today that its two hospitals in Philadelphia, Hahnemann University Hospital and St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children, have reached agreement in principle on terms of new contracts. Extended their current agreements while they define terms for new multi-year contracts.

UnitedHealth on Wednesday cut its outlook for fiscal 2008 but the health insurance giant also said it was cutting costs, a move that sent shares higher and seemed to give a lift to the rest of the sector.

Symmetry Medical Inc. a leading independent provider of products to the global orthopaedic device industry and other medical markets, announced first quarter 2008 financial results for the period ended March 29, 2008.