An artificial intelligence (AI) system defeated a team of 15 doctors, 2-0, in two rounds of a competition that looked at the ability to diagnose brain tumors and predict the expansion of brain hematomas.

Individuals who maintain a high level of fitness in midlife are at a decreased risk of depression—and those who stay in shape while diagnosed with depression exhibit a 56 percent lower risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), according to new research published on June 27 in JAMA Psychiatry.

Kentucky was set to become the first state in the U.S. to impose work requirements on Medicaid recipients. But a federal judge blocked the move, which was set to take effect on Sunday—claiming the Trump administration didn’t properly consider the policy’s effect on the program’s intended aim to provide medical coverage to at-risk populations.

According to a new study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, women with preeclampsia with severe features (PEC) have higher right ventricular (RV) systolic pressure (RVSP) and decreased global right ventricular longitudinal systolic strain (RVLSS), among other adverse cardiovascular events, compared to women not exhibiting preeclampsia during pregnancy.

When researchers bought more than 200 types of tea, chocolate, herbs and other items they weren’t planning meals for the week. Instead, the team was searching for a contrast agent for imaging patients with swallowing disorders—they landed on barley.

Embolx, a Sunnyvale, California-based medical device company, announced this week that the latest versions of its Sniper Balloon Occlusion Microcatheters have received clearance from the FDA.

A team of researchers from Singapore and the United States wrote about how their recent work with artificial intelligence (AI) could help healthcare providers with image analysis, sharing their analysis in a study published by Nature Medicine.

Self-identified radiologists tallied more than $16 million in political contributions between 2003 and 2016, a Journal of the American College of Radiology study found. The majority of those dollars went to the Radiology Political Action Committee (RADPAC).

Pediatric cancer rates are highest in the Northeast U.S. and lowest in the South, according to a new report from the CDC, while leukemia is more prevalent in the West. But, the researchers noted, childhood cancer remains rare enough that such variables are more significant to care providers than the public.

A new study published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology found that breast imaging specialists provide significant value to patients when conducting second-opinion review of imaging studies, even before the patient is diagnosed with breast cancer.