Global Kinetics, uMotif partner to find Parkinson’s disease treatments
To advance the treatment and understanding of Parkinson’s disease, Global Kinetics, a digital health company in Australia, and uMotif, an English tech company, have entered a partnership to offer a...
View ArticleKaiser Permanente opens three new locations
Kaiser Permanente has started off 2017 with a fresh start, as they opened up three new medical offices to offer services including general radiology, mammography and mental health.
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Radiology residents vs. final-year students: What a difference a year of...
Irish researchers have found that on-the-job training quickly hoists new radiologists’ know-how, at least as regards appropriateness of imaging ordering, well above their competence levels heading...
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What happens when radiologists hedge even when certain
Associate professor of radiology at Duke University School of Medicine, Jenny Hoang, MBBS, published an article in the Journal of the American College of Radiology, outlining reasons why radiologists...
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Overall cancer mortality decreases, but regional disparities persist
Good news for the FDA and HHS marketing departments: The PSAs are working. Overall cancer mortality in the United States decreased by about 20 percent from 1980 to 2014, but it varied widely at the...
View ArticleDBT can reduce mammography recall rates, costs for state Medicaid programs
The clinical benefits of adding digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) to the standard mammography workup are well documented, but is it cost-effective? Researchers from a variety of New England...
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Non-radiologist reads can increase resource utilization
The growing trend of emergency physicians interpreting ultrasound exams can lead to increased imaging utilization downstream, according to an article published in the Journal of the American College of...
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Researchers find sharp rise in of colon cancer in young adults
Researchers from the American Cancer Society found a significant uptick in the number of young and middle-aged Americans diagnosed with colorectal cancer, attributed to lifestyle factors such as...
View ArticleSIR17: Interventional radiology offers minimally invasive relief from...
Patients may soon be getting quality-of-life enhancements with interventional radiology techniques designed to alleviate excessive sweating and pain caused by herniated discs. A session at the Society...
View ArticleResearchers working to develop MRI-powered mini robots to deliver treatment
Researchers from the University of Houston and Houston Methodist Hospital are working to develop and deploy MRI-powered mini robots to travel the body’s venous system delivering drugs or a...
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Imaging providers need to do a better job of reaching disabled adults,...
Adults with disabilities undergo colon cancer screening at a lower rate when compared to the general population, according to a study published in the American Journal of Preventative Medicine....
View ArticleAetna begins offering virtual colonoscopy
Aetna is now offering CT colonography without patient copay, part of the provision for low-cost preventative screening in the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Aetna was the last of the top five insurers in...
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Breast and Lung Cancer Screening: The Push for Patient Engagement
Shortly before her 40th birthday, a woman visits her primary care physician and is advised she should schedule her first mammogram. The patient is puzzled and says she “read somewhere” that she can...
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‘Baking soda buffer’ reduces pain in breast procedures
Lidocaine buffered with sodium bicarbonate is significantly more comfortable than plain lidocaine when administered for pain control to women undergoing ultrasound-guided core-needle breast biopsies.
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Do the FDA’s gadolinium findings change everything—or nothing?
Is it safe to dive headfirst into the roiling, gadolinium-spiked waters of MR imaging? At the moment, it would seem so.
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JACR study shows moderate agreement on PI-RADS classification, highlights...
A diverse mix of trainees and physicians demonstrated moderate interobserver agreement when sorting prostate cancer cases into categories laid out by the Prostate Imaging Reporting and Data System...
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Reflections on My Career as a Radiologic Technologist in the NFL
I have experienced medical imaging from a perspective that is a bit out of the ordinary, spending my Sundays working on NFL sidelines. The fast-paced, physical world of professional football has taught...
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Asian women in US face longer mammography follow-up times
Asian women experience delays in mammography follow-up across all ethnic sub-groups, but certain groups have much worse follow-up times than others, indicating a need for more granular tailoring of...
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How imaging is critical in diagnosing male infertility
Imaging has a central role in diagnosing male infertility, according to a review published in RadioGraphics. Scrotal ultrasound and MRI have emerged as the preferred modalities while invasive...
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Zika-caused microcephaly takes many weeks to show up in prenatal neuroimaging
It takes at least 15 weeks for fetuses to develop signs of microcephaly or other problems observable on prenatal imaging after Mom is bitten by a Zika virus-carrying mosquito during her first...
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