Fluoroscopy-guided lumbar spinal injections expose patients to less radiation than CT-guided injections, according to a new study published in Radiology. The fluoroscopy-guided injections, however, exposed interventionalists to more radiation. Patient outcomes were not impacted either way.

Women with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) live longer than their male counterparts, but those additional years are plagued by a lower quality of life—including greater levels of self-reported anxiety, depression and physical disability—according to an analysis in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

The emergence of private equity funding across physician practices has continued into 2019, with these firms targeting high-value platforms that can turn around a nice profit in a sale just a few years later. The phenomenon has led to a decline in independent physician practices and created new implications for care services, according to an article in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

Developing an effective triage process for patients on the transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) waitlist could be critical to those patients’ postprocedural outcomes as the intervention continues to gain traction and popularity, researchers reported Jan. 5 in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

With data obtained from fMRI scans and machine learning, National University of Singapore-led (NUS) researchers have a better understanding of the cellular architecture of the brain.

The $69 billion merger between CVS Health and Aetna is facing another potential obstacle, as the government shutdown could impact court proceedings currently holding up closure of the deal, Reuters reported.

Researchers from the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in Boston designed a deep-learning algorithm that provides the reasoning behind its decisions, which could help solve transparency issues associated with AI, according to a report by Health Imaging.

Are radiologists happy? How do they compare with physicians from other specialties? The Medscape Physician Lifestyle & Happiness Report 2019 explored these very questions, asking more than 15,000 physicians about their lives outside of work and overall happiness.

International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (STO: SECT B) will install its enterprise breast imaging solution throughout the fifteen North Carolina-based breast centers of Charlotte Radiology.

Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey (Horizon BCBSNJ) announced it is seeking 5,000 members to participate in the Women Informed to Screen Depending On Measures of Risk (WISDOM) Study.