Thyroid Ultrasounds: How Often Unnecessary? Study compares use by specialists vs primary care docs Aug 12, 2020
New Insights Into Radiation-Induced Hair Loss Total dose and fraction size matter, minoxidil may spur regrowth Aug 05, 2020
ACC: Recovered LVEF Is Not Out of the HF Woods Guidance on treatment after "remission" from heart failure Aug 03, 2020
CT Useless for COVID-19 Diagnosis, Study Affirms Even AI couldn't tell flu pneumonia from COVID in chest scans Jul 12, 2020
Alzheimer's May Develop Differently in Women Brain changes appear years earlier in women than in men, imaging shows Jun 24, 2020
TEE-Related GI Injuries Commonplace During Structural Cardiac Interventions Even the most complex complications could be managed conservatively, however Jun 22, 2020
CT Angiography Helpful in Suspected Stable Angina, but Not Needed for All CTA better at detecting CAD than exercise stress tests, analysis suggests Jun 03, 2020
Add-On Tucatinib Ups Survival in Breast Cancer With Brain Mets TKI plus trastuzumab-capecitabine reduced risk of death by nearly half Jun 01, 2020
Hazy on Ground-Glass Opacities? Here's What They Are Frequent finding in COVID-19, but how disease-specific is it? May 29, 2020
Alzheimer’s Tau Tracer Wins Landmark Approval "Major advance" toward diagnosing Alzheimer's with brain imaging May 29, 2020
Asymptomatic Intracranial Stenosis: No Cause for Alarm Common finding on imaging not associated with worse prognosis May 26, 2020
Residual Shunt Size Matters After PFO Closure Incomplete seal was not uncommon in a cohort study May 11, 2020
Almost 60% of Chest X-Rays 'Normal' in COVID-19 Imaging study may be inadequate to diagnose COVID-19 in an ambulatory care setting, research suggests Apr 15, 2020
No DNA Damage Seen With Single Low-Dose CT Scan Some reassurance for annual lung cancer screening safety Mar 10, 2020
Out of the Basement: Early Results Promising for Portable MRI Feasibility study indicates no interference in ICU, no metal issues Feb 20, 2020
Bell Ringing Not So Joyous for Cancer Patients? Greater treatment-related distress for those who rang bell at end of treatment Feb 10, 2020
No Difference in Outcomes With Ultrasound-Guided Trial of Labor French researchers find no significant improvement in maternal-fetal mortality Feb 09, 2020
Surgeon Sues Orlando Health Over 'Forced' Referrals Says he was terminated for refusing to practice exclusively in-network Jan 27, 2020
Bad News for Tau PET Tracer in CTE Only modest correlation between imaging result and actual pathology in ex-football player Jan 07, 2020
Are Low-Density Incidental Renal Masses Being Misdiagnosed? New study raises concerns about criteria for benign cysts vs aggressive renal cancer Dec 23, 2019
MRI-Guided Ultrasound Zaps Low-Risk Prostate Cancer TULSA devices achieves prostate volume reduction Dec 04, 2019
Study Suggests Viable Alternative to Mastectomy After In-Breast Recurrence Mastectomy rates low, good cancer control in selected patients Nov 21, 2019
Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma: Watch for Brain Mets Present in roughly 5% of patients, survival worse in patients with larger or more lesions Nov 18, 2019
Watchman: Sicker Patients, More Deaths Than in Trials Medicare data paint a different picture of the LAA occluder Oct 31, 2019
Easy Stroke Scoring Tool Helps EMS Get Patients the Right Care Los Angeles Motor Scale deemed "powerful out-of-hospital tool" for prediction of intervention, outcomes Oct 29, 2019
Sex Assault at Mt. Sinai; Pharma's MD Millionaires; Mammography Marketing Machine This past week in healthcare investigations Oct 23, 2019
Joint Injections: Are They Worth the Risk? Adverse outcomes hastening joint replacement have raised concerns Oct 15, 2019
How Common Are Inaccurate Coronary Artery Calcium Scans? The Skeptical Cardiologist finds reason to suspect the MAC Oct 04, 2019
OCT Vs FFR: Which Is the Better Guide for Revascularization? Optical coherence tomography goes up against physiological guidance in angiographically intermediate coronary lesions Sep 30, 2019
Wires or RFID Tags in Breast Cancer Excision? Women like the less obtrusive method, but small study doesn't quite settle question of whether there's a tradeoff Sep 24, 2019
ASTRO Unveils First RT Guideline for Pancreatic Cancer Radiation's role in pancreatic cancer is "controversial," says guideline author Sep 23, 2019
True Ischemia or Mimic? MRI changes final diagnosis in 30% of TIA and minor stroke cases Sep 23, 2019
Tx Deintensification Wins in Head and Neck Cancer, But ... Only against another less-intensive approach in HPV-positive disease Sep 18, 2019
Post-Immunotherapy SBRT Boosts Outcomes in Advanced NSCLC Increased systemic response rate, disease control rate, and PFS in phase II trial Sep 17, 2019
Consider PSA Before Adding ADT to Salvage Radiation Men with levels below 0.6 ng/mL show no benefit, at risk of other-cause mortality Sep 16, 2019
COMPLETE Revascularization Gets Its Win for Hard Outcomes Investigators obtain missing piece of the puzzle Sep 01, 2019
Mystery! The Vanishing Prostate Tumor Do cancers really disappear spontaneously? Or are they just eluding us? Aug 23, 2019
Women May Be Exposed to MRI Agents Before Pregnancy Is Known Emphasizes importance of screening women for pregnancy prior to MRI with contrast Aug 20, 2019
