MRIguidance, a spin-off company of the University Medical Center Utrecht in the Netherlands, is developing an advanced MRI software that can characterize both soft tissue and bone without the use of radiation, according to a company news release published Oct. 16.

Transcranial duplex sonography (TCD) can assess middle cerebral artery blood flow and provide prognostic information for stroke patients after thrombectomy for large vessel occlusions, suggests a report published Oct. 15 in Stroke.

As the need to share information and images between various hospital departments began to emerge, so did vendor neutral archive (VNA) and enterprise-imaging (EI) management systems, wrote authors of a recent Journal of Digital Imaging study. However, not all institutions are prepared to implement these solutions.

Officials in New York state are reportedly considering blocking part of the ongoing merger between CVS Health and Aetna, according to Bloomberg.

Novartis, a large healthcare company based in Basel, Switzerland, has agreed to acquire Endocyte, a West Lafayette, Indiana-based biopharmaceutical company, for $2.1 billion.

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The Orlando-based Florida Hospital health system is launching a new initiative focused on lessening the impact of chemotherapy’s various adverse side effects on the hearts of breast cancer patients.

A North Carolina-based hospital is issuing notices to patients following a phishing attack that accessed several employee email accounts.

Researchers have found diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DWI) or gadolinium-enhanced T1-weighted volumetric interpolated breath-hold examination (VIBE) sequences are the most efficient MRI sequences for prostate cancer diagnosis, according to new research published online on Oct. 17 in the American Journal of Roentgenology.

The Sequoia Project is planning to host an interoperability forum dedicated to addressing the most pressing challenges regarding information sharing in healthcare.