September 28, 2009 - The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality plans to provide $100 million in stimulus funding in the coming fiscal year to support studies of the effectiveness of treatments and diagnostics, including personalized healthcare approaches, such as pharmacogenetics, clinical diagnostics, and bio-imaging studies.

September 25, 2009 - Cancer physicians and cancer care advocates applauded a bipartisan letter led by Senators Richard Burr (R-NC) and Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) sent to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius yesterday urging that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) spare life-saving radiation oncology services from a major Medicare funding cut proposed for diagnostic i

September 25, 2009 - The Society of Interventional Radiology Foundation recently received a $1 million planned-gift donation to create a future scholarship fund for interventional radiology fellows to pursue this medical profession.

September 23, 2009 – Virtual Radiologic Corp., a leading global provider of teleradiology services, will exhibit at the National Rural Health Association (NRHA) Critical Access Hospital Conference to be held October 7-9, 2009 in Portland, Ore.

September 23, 2009 - At the 2009 World Molecular Imaging Congress (WMIC) in Montreal, Royal Philips Electronics and Bruker BioSpin, a division of Bruker Corp., today announced that they have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for the development of magnetic particle imaging (MPI) scanners, a new imaging technology, for the preclinical market.