Recent statistics from the National Health Service (NHS) show that almost a quarter of patients wait more than six weeks for key diagnostic tests such as MRI and CT scans, the BBC reported on Aug. 27.

Copyright-infringing downloads of radiology journal articles impact nearly all top journals, with a majority of activity coming from China, according to new research published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

No matter how much safety planning and training occur in a radiology department, accidents can still happen in the MRI suite—and they are often dramatic and unpredictable. An article published online Aug. 24 in the Journal of the American College of Radiology details the experience of a team from the University in Seattle in implementing training and risk management procedures.

More middle-aged stroke survivors are able to afford their preventive medications under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), meaning fewer patients are at an increased risk for cardiovascular conditions like hypertension and diabetes, Reuters reported this week.

Implementing an ultra-low-dose CT protocol during CT-guided percutaneous core needle biopsy (PCNB) can significantly reduce radiation dose while still producing an image quality that is clear enough for biopsy, according to a new study published in the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology.

A team of international researchers has developed a new imaging biomarker able to non-invasively predict a patient’s risk of coronary inflammation and heart attack, according to research published Aug. 28 in The Lancet.

Major cardiology associations joined forces to define and standardize what exactly constitutes a heart attack, differentiating between myocardial infarction (MI) and “myocardial injury” while offering guidance on how to incorporate emerging imaging techniques and high-sensitivity troponin assays.

The Chinese Journal of Academic Radiology, a new peer-reviewed journal published by Springer, will launch in November alongside the 2018 Chinese Congress of Radiology (CCR) in Beijing. The journal is the first English-language publication to address general radiology in China.

A New York Assemblyman has urged the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to block the $69 billion planned merger between CVS Health and Aetna.

The personal health information of 417,000 people may have been exposed following a phishing attack that targeted Augusta University (AU) Health in Augusta, Georgia.