Latest - Radiology

• Costs of Cervical Radiculopathy Prior to Surgical Treatment A new study examines the costs associated with the diagnostic and nonoperative treatment modalities for cervical radiculopathy prior to surgical intervention.
  Spine, August 2019
• Physician-Assisted Dying: Even When Legal, Difficult to Achieve Nine jurisdictions in the US now allow physician-assisted dying. But an overly complicated process plus lack of physician training poses formidable obstacles to patients who choose this option.
  Medscape Medical News, August 2019
• 'Smoldering' Rimmed Lesions in MS Linked to Worse Outcomes The prospective study, using high-powered MRI, shows multiple chronic active lesions are a "negative prognostic marker" in MS.
  Medscape Medical News, August 2019
• Vaping Harms Vasculature, Even Without Nicotine The impact of vaping on long-term health is unknown, but inhaling aerosols from a nicotine-free e-cigarette produces a transient harmful effect on blood vessels, a study found.
  Medscape Medical News, August 2019
• Gadolinium Exposure Risk Highest in Early Pregnancy Pregnancy screening is key in preventing inadvertent exposure to gadolinium among women who undergo contrast-enhanced imaging procedures, a study found.
  Medscape Medical News, August 2019
• Computed Tomographic Imaging in Connective Tissue Diseases What role could CT imaging have in the management of patients with connective tissue diseases?
  Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, August 2019
• The Future Arrived Yesterday In this commentary, the author outlines how artificial intelligence has already begun transforming the practice of radiology.
  Applied Radiology, August 2019
• Guideline Helps Spot Pulmonary Embolism in Cancer Patients Using the American College of Physicians (ACP) guideline to evaluate cancer patients presenting to the emergency department who may have pulmonary embolism (PE) can help curtail the need for procedures such as CT pulmonary angiography (CTPA), a retrospective study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, August 2019
• Better Detection of Clinically Significant Prostate Cancer With MRI Plus Targeted Biopsy Prebiopsy multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI) combined with targeted biopsy is associated with improved detection of clinically significant prostate cancer compared with transrectal ultrasonography-guided systemic biopsy alone, a systematic review and meta-analysis reveals.
  Reuters Health Information, August 2019
• Alert FDA Expands Approval for TAVR Valves to Low-risk Patients The Sapien 3 and Sapien 3 Ultra and the CoreValve Evolut R and CoreValve Evolut PRO were previously indicated only in patients at intermediate or higher surgical risk.
  FDA Approvals, August 2019
• Lateralizing Asymmetry in Primary Aldosteronism Patients What can CT imaging and adrenal vein sampling tell us about the development and distribution of aldosterone-producing adenomas?
  Journal of the Endocrine Society, August 2019
• Air Pollution Can Damage Even Healthy Lungs The more exposure people have to air pollution, especially ozone, the more lung damage they develop over time, a U.S. study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, August 2019
• Liver Disease Related to Obesity and Diabetes Rising in U.S.
  Reuters Health Information, August 2019
• Alert FDA Approves Another Tumor-Agnostic Cancer Drug Entrectinib is indicated for the treatment of solid tumors expressing NTRK+ in adults and children, and also for the treatment of metastatic, ROS1-positive non-small cell lung cancer
  FDA Approvals, August 2019
• AHA Scientific Statement on Critical Limb Ischemia The American Heart Association reviews strengths and limitations of noninvasive and other imaging techniques used to diagnose critical limb ischemia in a new scientific statement.
  Medscape Medical News, August 2019
• Time to Rethink Treating Brain Metastases in NSCLC? Dr Jack West on how immunotherapy has opened up new potential for intracranial disease control.
  Medscape Oncology, August 2019
• New Storage Systems Could Expand Donor-Organ Availability Two new organ preservation systems could improve the availability of donor hearts and lungs, researchers report.
  Reuters Health Information, August 2019
• Trump Administration Hits Brakes on Law to Curb Unneeded Medicare CT Scans, MRIs Critics worry the delays come at a steep cost: Medicare paying for millions of unnecessary exams and patients subject to radiation for no medical benefit.
  Kaiser Health News, August 2019
• ADHD Drug Changes Kids' Brains, Maybe for the Better   A new study suggests that methylphenidate changes the brains of kids with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Could this be a good thing?
  Medscape, August 2019
• Is It Ethical to Use Medical Data Derived From Evil Sources? Some immoral experiments have produced valuable information.
  Medscape Reader Polls, August 2019