November 12, 2009 – William Ganz, M.D., an internationally-recognized leader and inventor in heart medicine, died Tuesday night of natural causes at the age of 90.

November 11, 2009 - Non-invasive treatment with the ExAblate Magnetic Resonance-guided Focused Ultrasound (MRgFUS) system by InSightec Ltd. reduces risk in treating symptomatic uterine fibroids, according to a study published in the November issue of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology.

November 11, 2009 - The House of Representatives approved the H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act, by a narrow 220-215 margin, moving to the legislation now to an uncertain outcome in the Senate. The bill includes, in section 552, a 2.5 percent excise tax on medical devices sold for use in the U.S.

November 11, 2009 - With more than a 60 percent share in the U.S. full-field digital mammography (FFDM) market, Hologic said it increased service revenues by 22 percent to $210 million and boosted diagnostic revenues by approximately 13 percent to $548 million during its fiscal year ended September 26, 2009.

November 11, 2009 - The American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) said it was successful, in collaboration with other medical imaging and radiation therapy organizations, in avoiding a proposed 19 percent reduction in Medicare reimbursement for radiation oncology services in 2010.

November 10, 2009 – Covidien said yesterday it will voluntarily contraindicate the use of its Optimark gadoversetamide injection, a gadolinium-based contrast agent (GBCA), in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) procedures involving patients with severe renal impairment.