August 3, 2007 - HP recently signed on to supply technology to MD Anderson, one of the nation’s leading cancer research and treatment centers, enabling researchers at MD Anderson to investigate new techniques in bioinformatics, epidemiology, radiation treatment modeling, and many other fields, in ways that were previously either not possible or too slow to be effective.

August 3, 2007 - According to a study released in the August 1 edition of the International Journal of Radiation, Oncology, Biology, Physics, the official journal of ASTRO, women with early stage breast cancer who receive a newer type of radiation called intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) develop significantly fewer side effects than women who receive traditional radiation therapy.

August 3, 2007 - OncoLogics Inc., a comprehensive radiosurgical and radiation therapy clinic in southwest Louisiana, announced that it has entered into an agreement to purchase a Clinatron-250 proton beam radiation therapy (PBRT) system, still under development, from Still River Systems, reportedly becoming the only center in Louisiana to commit to this technology.

August 2, 2007 — The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed the Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act (CHAMP Act), which will expand health insurance coverage to more poor children and help preserve Medicare beneficiaries' access to physicians.

The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) urged the U.S. Senate to pass similar legislation this week, saying that improving health insurance coverage for children will help them live healthier, happier lives and help protect access to emergency care for everyone.

August 2, 2007 - Heart Imaging Technologies (HeartIT) recently announced that physicians are able to view medical images on Apple’s new iPhone by clicking on a Web link sent via email and entering a password, allowing for instant viewing of moving images.