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Navidea claims victories in legal case with former CEO
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiopharmaceutical developer Navidea Biopharmaceuticals is claiming victories in several motions in a legal case pitting the company against its former CEO, Dr. Michael Goldberg.
January 2, 2020
PET shows tau better predicts brain atrophy than amyloid
By Wayne Forrest
PET scans comparing the location and magnitude of tau protein accumulation have shown that tau better predicts future brain atrophy in patients with Alzheimer's disease compared with amyloid deposition -- and a year or more in advance, according to a study published online January 1 in Science Translational Medicine.
January 2, 2020
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Feinstein Institute gets FDA approval for PET Parkinson's agent
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval to the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research for a new radiopharmaceutical to be used with PET to help diagnose and monitor Parkinson's disease.
January 2, 2020
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Hologic completes sale of Cynosure aesthetics business
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Women's imaging vendor Hologic has completed the sale of its Cynosure medical aesthetics business to an affiliate of investment funds managed by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice.
January 2, 2020
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AI performs well in large-scale breast screening study
By Philip Ward
In a large-scale study that replicated real-world breast screening conditions, an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm performed well in interpreting mammograms, reducing both false positives and false negatives. The findings were published January 1 in Nature.
January 1, 2020
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Cinematic rendering enhances view of vascular anomalies
By Abraham Kim
Radiologists from Johns Hopkins University applied cinematic rendering to the clinical management of congenital vascular anomalies and uncovered critical features of patient anatomy and pathology that were not evident using traditional volume rendering techniques or conventional CT.
January 1, 2020
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CT uncovers atherosclerosis in Inuit mummies
By Abraham Kim
Researchers from various U.S. institutions reported the presence of calcified plaques on the CT scans of mummies of 16th-century Inuits who favored a marine-based diet -- confounding current understanding of risk factors for atherosclerosis -- in a research letter published online December 27 in JAMA Network Open.
December 26, 2019
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Konica Minolta announces changes to executive lineup
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Konica Minolta Healthcare Americas has named Jack Hoppin, PhD, the new president of Konica Minolta's precision medicine division.
December 23, 2019
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Model predicts metastases in endometrial cancer patients
By Rebekah Moan
Using ultrasound in combination with endometrial biopsy results and clinical characteristics allows clinicians to reliably predict the risk of lymph node metastases in endometrial cancer patients before surgery. Researchers found the model to be superior to risk stratification alone in a study published online December 16 in Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology.
December 23, 2019
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Survey: Patients', doctors' technology use views differ
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
About 40% of patients want their primary care doctors to have access to handheld ultrasound devices for quick use when needed during appointments, according to a consumer survey commissioned by GE Healthcare.
December 22, 2019
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CDC confirms vitamin E acetate in vaping cases
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
In an update to earlier findings, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed the presence of vitamin E acetate in the lung fluid samples of vaping-related lung injury cases examined as part of a report published online December 20 in the New England Journal of Medicine.
December 22, 2019
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Does thyroid cancer screening lead to overdiagnosis?
By Wayne Forrest
Two studies from the U.S. and South Korea are raising questions about the role of ultrasound screening and thyroid cancer incidence. Researchers specifically address the issue of overdiagnosis in studies published in the December 24/31 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
December 22, 2019
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