Pulsed Field Afib Ablation Hits Endpoints in Pivotal Trial
(MedPage Today) -- NEW ORLEANS -- A new atrial fibrillation (Afib; AF) technology -- pulsed field ablation -- appears to eliminate abnormal heart rhythms in most patients for at least a year, a researcher reported here.
In the PULSED AF... (Source: MedPage Today Radiology)
Source: MedPage Today Radiology - March 8, 2023 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Immediate Complete Revascularization Non-Inferior to Staged Procedure
(MedPage Today) -- NEW ORLEANS – Immediate complete revascularization was non-inferior to staged complete revascularization in patients who presented with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and multivessel disease, according to BIOVASC trial findings... (Source: MedPage Today Radiology)
Source: MedPage Today Radiology - March 5, 2023 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Bird Flu Spreads; No Viagra for Russia; Nuclear Medicine System Recall
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Veterinarians and researchers are warning that avian flu is reaching new parts of the globe, and is now endemic in wild birds that transmit the virus to poultry, suggesting threats... (Source: MedPage Today Radiology)
Source: MedPage Today Radiology - February 16, 2023 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Chest CTs Reveal Abnormalities 2 Years After Severe COVID
(MedPage Today) -- Two years after hospitalization for severe COVID-19 illness, more than a third of patients from the pandemic's early days had lingering pulmonary abnormalities on chest CT scans, according to a prospective study from Wuhan, China... (Source: MedPage Today Radiology)
Source: MedPage Today Radiology - February 16, 2023 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Risk Model-Based Lung Cancer Screening More Cost-Effective Than USPSTF Recs
(MedPage Today) -- Risk model-based screening for lung cancer accounting for personal risk may be more cost-effective than age- and smoking history-based screening recommended by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), according to a... (Source: MedPage Today Radiology)
Source: MedPage Today Radiology - February 7, 2023 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Perioperative Chemo Matches Multimodal Tx for Locally Advanced Esophageal/GEJ Cancer
(MedPage Today) -- SAN FRANCISCO -- A short course of perioperative chemotherapy for locally advanced esophageal/gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) cancer led to outcomes similar to those achieved with more intensive multimodal therapy, according... (Source: MedPage Today Radiology)
Source: MedPage Today Radiology - January 20, 2023 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
MRI-Guided RT Reduced Acute Toxic Effects in Men With Localized Prostate Cancer
(MedPage Today) -- Stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) guided by MRI for localized prostate cancer resulted in fewer toxicities and an improvement in quality of life compared with CT guidance, according to the randomized phase III MIRAGE trial... (Source: MedPage Today Radiology)
Source: MedPage Today Radiology - January 18, 2023 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Higher Brain Cancer Risk After CT Exam in Childhood
(MedPage Today) -- There has been an escalating risk of brain cancer associated with increasing radiation dose to the brain from CT examinations, a cohort study of more than 650,000 children and young adults indicated.
Researchers observed a significant... (Source: MedPage Today Radiology)
Source: MedPage Today Radiology - December 9, 2022 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
MRI-Targeted Biopsy for Prostate Cancer Reduces Risk of Overdiagnosis
(MedPage Today) -- Excluding systematic biopsy in favor of MRI-targeted biopsy in men with elevated prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels reduced the probability of detecting clinically insignificant cancers, but at the risk of missing some clinically... (Source: MedPage Today Radiology)
Source: MedPage Today Radiology - December 7, 2022 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Still Using Medical Jargon? Prepare to Be Misunderstood
(MedPage Today) -- Common medical phrases often confused individuals in ways that could affect health outcomes, a cross-sectional study found.
Among 215 adults surveyed outside the medical setting, most knew "negative" cancer screening results... (Source: MedPage Today Radiology)
Source: MedPage Today Radiology - December 1, 2022 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Ultra-High-Res MRI Highlights Migraine Brain Changes
(MedPage Today) -- CHICAGO -- Powerful MRI scanners have detected white matter spots in the brain that appear to be associated with migraines, a researcher reported here.
On ultra-high-field 7T MRI, the number of enlarged perivascular spaces... (Source: MedPage Today Radiology)
Source: MedPage Today Radiology - December 1, 2022 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Brain MRI Finds Areas of Interest in Kids With ADHD
(MedPage Today) -- CHICAGO -- Children diagnosed with attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) appear to have brain abnormalities that can be observed with MRI, findings that may allow for a more objective diagnosis of the disorder, a... (Source: MedPage Today Radiology)
Source: MedPage Today Radiology - November 30, 2022 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Metastasis-Directed Therapy May Delay ADT in Advanced Prostate Cancer
(MedPage Today) -- Metastasis-directed therapy (MDT) in selected patients with recurrent oligometastatic prostate cancer led to PSA responses in a majority of patients and delayed initiation of hormonal therapy by 18 months, a retrospective study... (Source: MedPage Today Radiology)
Source: MedPage Today Radiology - November 29, 2022 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Obesity Linked to Brain Abnormalities in Kids
(MedPage Today) -- CHICAGO -- Children with overweight or obesity appeared to have abnormalities in the brain that could affect executive functioning, an analysis of data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study showed.
Greater... (Source: MedPage Today Radiology)
Source: MedPage Today Radiology - November 29, 2022 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Lung Cancer Survival High for Patients With Early, Screen-Detected Tumors
(MedPage Today) -- CHICAGO -- The diagnosis of early-stage lung cancer with low-dose CT (LDCT) screening led to high rates of lung cancer-specific survival two decades later, according to I-ELCAP data.
The 20-year lung cancer-specific survival... (Source: MedPage Today Radiology)
Source: MedPage Today Radiology - November 28, 2022 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
