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CMI Chesapeake Medical Imaging Radnet

RadNet Inc. acquired assets of the Annapolis, Maryland-based physician practice in November for $29 million, the company confirmed March 2. 

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For the year, the Raleigh, North Carolina-based imaging group logged consolidated revenues of  $1 billion, up  7% compared to $945 million in 2024. 

The cloud-based software service is able to predict a pregnant woman's delivery date using ultrasound imaging alone. 

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An ongoing study is evaluating how capably two PSMA agents assess urinary radioactivity and identify smaller lesions in post-prostatectomy patients with low PSA biochemical recurrence. 

Paradise Ultrasound image courtesy of Recor Medical.

Recor Medical's Paradise Ultrasound RDN technology is now available in Japan, home to an estimated 43 million adults with hypertension.

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As of 2024, some 32% of hospital nurses indicated they remained unhappy on the job. No less troublingly, more than a quarter said they wanted to quit work outright. 

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Students sometimes take unprescribed Adderall to stay up late and study. According to new research out of Mayo Clinic, however, that may do more to the heart than those students realize. 

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Instead, rapid MRI protocols may be the key to addressing diagnostic questions in cases of suspected appendicitis in kids, researchers contend.

Radiologist aboard Blue Origin's latest spaceflight

Gretchen Green, MD, who attended space camp for the first time in 1986, described her time onboard the rocket as “unparalleled and amazing.” 

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“Rather than condemning all added sugars, future dietary guidelines might consider the differential effects of sugar based on its source and form," one researcher said.

Rishi Wadhera, MD, MPP, MPhil, associate director of the Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Center for Outcomes Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, Explains a report showing socioeconomic factors are driving increased cardiovascular death rates, especially in younger adults, and urges action to address these health disparities.

Rishi Wadhera, MD, detailed new data that show how socioeconomic factors are driving cardiovascular death rates, especially in younger adults.

Oklahoma Provenzano legislature

Oklahoma Gov. J. Kevin Stitt first issued the decision May 5, contending the measure would impose “costly insurance mandates on private health plans” that would raise premiums. 

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RadNet Inc. acquired assets of the Annapolis, Maryland-based physician practice in November for $29 million, the company confirmed March 2.