Hologic Incorporated

Shares in Qiagen drop to their lowest in more than five months as the German genetic testing company loses parts of its business with U.S. lab operator Quest Diagnostics to rival Hologic. The shares are down 3.1 percent at 0856 GMT. "The broad brush...

June 6 (Reuters) - Wall Street securities analysts revised their ratings and price targets on several U.S. companies, including Oracle and QIWI, on Thursday. HIGHLIGHTS * Vera Bradley Inc : Piper Jaffray cuts to neutral from overweight * Oracle Corp :...

The Baltimore VA Medical Center said Wednesday it has become the first hospital in Maryland to offer three-dimensional mammograms, a technology it hopes will better detect breast cancer in women. Approved by the Food and Drug Administration last year, 3-...

 October is especially busy for radiologist Sheryl Siegmund-Weekly.  Because it's breast cancer awareness month, more women are getting their mammograms, said Siegmund-Weekly, who works at at Avera St. Luke's Hospital.  The mammogram X-ray produces...

Mary Shallcross is positioned in the 3D digitial mamography machine to have breast tomosynthesis at the Women's Imaging Center at Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood. Photo by Amy Beth Bennett. Bringing life-like detail to a hospital near you: the...

PIX11's Stephanie Tsoflias learns about 3D Mammography (also referred to as breast tomosynthesis), a revolutionary new screening technology that has been referred to as "the future of Breast Cancer detection" and a "breakthrough in Breast Cancer...

It takes seconds for Dr. Laurie Margolies to detect breast cancer. As the chief of imaging at the Dubin Breast Cancer Center at Mt. Sinai Hospital, she analyzes patients mammograms every day. "It's saving lives every single day," said Margolies. What...

SAN DIEGO -- The San Diego-based biotech firm Gen-Probe announced Monday it has agreed to a $3.7 billion buyout by Hologic Inc., a Bedford, Mass., maker of medical devices. Gen-Probe, with 1,400 employees, produces molecular diagnostic products,...

West Virginia University Hospitals-East’s Jefferson Memorial Hospital hosted a community open house for its new Women’s Imaging Center Wednesday. The celebration began with a ribbon-cutting ceremony co-sponsored by the Jefferson County...

Women who are looking for cheap, quick, noninvasive methods of permanent birth control, an option other than hospital-based tubal ligation, are turning to Essure. The nonsurgical method has been around since 2002 and has grown steadily in use as more...

Q: I am concerned about the housing market and my shares of the home builder Toll Brothers Inc. What are the prospects? --C.M., via the Internet A: The nation's largest builder of luxury homes has the best position in a very bad industry situation. It is...

While women over 30 still can't get vaccinated against the human papillomavirus unless their doctor gives it to them off label, they may soon have a test to determine whether they've been infected with a cervical cancer-causing strain. The Food and...