For patients without a breast cancer diagnosis, receiving second-opinion interpretations of breast imaging exams relieve anxiety while reducing patient morbidity and healthcare costs, according to a study published May 19 in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

Although survival after congenital heart surgery is improving, patients who receive procedures for even mild defects have long-term mortality rates at least three times higher than their counterparts in the general population, according to a U.S.-based registry study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

Researchers have developed a tool that utilizes laboratory tests to identify which patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are at a high risk of hospitalization.

Mobile health (mHealth) is better utilized by users who are more engaged in self-management. Findings were published May 21 in JMIR mHealth and uHealth.

In an opinion piece for USA Today, musician and actress Barbra Streisand noted inequalities for women in heart disease research and treatment—resulting in more deaths from cardiovascular disease.

University College London Hospitals (UCLH) have partnered with the Alan Turing Institute to use machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) to complete tasks currently handled by nurses and clinicians, according to The Guardian.

Researchers have reduced surgical site infections (SSIs) in patients undergoing colorectal operations by 61 percent in less than two years, according to a study published ahead of print in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons.

Researchers from the department of radiology at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, thought they could shorten their facility’s standard recovery time for outpatient parenchymal liver biopsies from three hours to two hours—so they put it to the test.

According to an ACR release, more than 220,000 people will be diagnosed with lung cancer in 2018 and nearly 160,000 will die from the disease. That exceeds all combined deaths from breast, colon and prostate cancer.

Fetal MRI can accurately diagnose holoprosencephaly as early as 18 weeks into a pregnancy, researchers from the Children’s National Health System in Washington, D.C., reported this week, providing parents with added time to prepare for the realities of caring for a child with complex care needs.