Non-vitamin K oral anticoagulants (NOACs) including dabigatran, rivaroxaban, apixaban and edoxaban have replaced warfarin as the preferred treatment for reducing stroke risk in patients with atrial fibrillation, according to updated guidelines issued Jan. 28.

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health, a New Hampshire-based health system that serves 1.9 million people across New England, and GraniteOne Health, a network of New Hampshire hospitals, have signed a letter of intent to merge.

A radiologist who runs a private practice in Florida was arrested in Auburn, Massachusetts, Sunday for illegal possession of a handgun and for allegedly offering to pay for sex, according to a report by the Boston Globe.

A ward boy working at a hospital in Pune, India—roughly three hours southwest of Mumbai—was arrested and charged for filming a female patient changing her clothes for an MRI scan, according to a report published online Jan. 27 by The Times of India. 

RadioGraphics, the diagnostic radiology journal first launched in 1981, is searching for its next editor. The person selected is expected to officially take over the role in 2021.

Mandating pharmaceutical companies to disclose drug prices as part of Direct-to-Consumer Pharmaceutical Advertising (DTCPA) may reduce consumer interest in high-priced drugs. But the inclusion of modifiers indicating consumers will have zero out-of-pocket costs weakened the finding, according to the results of a behavioral experiment published in JAMA Internal Medicine. 

In an effort to destigmatize mental illness and help patients find better treatments, researchers from Virginia Tech’s Fralin Biomedical Research Institute in Roanoke, Virginia trained a machine learning algorithm with brain fMRI scans to diagnosis mental disorders more accurately than standard methods, according to a recent report by The Verge.

A team from the Ohio State University College of Medicine is leading research aimed at determining if focused ultrasound surgery can help treat adult patients suffering from epileptic seizures. The group’s clinical trial is said to be the first of its kind.

CMS has launched a new app for consumers that provides direct access to some of the most-used content on the agency’s website. The app, dubbed “What’s Covered,” allows people with Original Medicare, caregivers and others to see if a certain service or medical item is covered by Medicare.

Google’s AI tool for diagnosing diabetic retinopathy is having trouble reading images while it's being tested in an Indian hospital, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal.