The first patient to undergo focused ultrasound to limit the major symptoms of Parkinson’s disease has been treated in a randomized, double-blind clinical trial, according to a Focused Ultrasound Foundation release.

Perioperative music reduced anxiety and pain in patients undergoing surgery, according to a study published in the British Journal of Surgery.

A post-approval study of Abbott’s MitraClip device showed positive one-year results for the first 2,000 patients entered into the national Transcatheter Valve Therapy registry, according to late-breaking science presented April 26 at SCAI 2018 in San Diego.

Two studies suggest patients with cardiac-related hospitalizations—specifically for aortic dissection and ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI)—are admitted more frequently and have higher mortality rates during winter months.

If the first quarter of the year is any indication, the frantic pace of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) among hospitals won’t be slowing down in 2018. Thirty transactions were announced between January 1 and March 31, an 11 percent increase over the same period in 2017, according to Kaufman Hall.

Clinical history doesn’t seem to have an impact on the maximum Prostate Imaging Recording and Data System (PI-RADS) version 2 score, but the PI-RADS v2 assessment can be viewed as an independent marker of prostate cancer risk, according to a study published in Radiology this April.

A new meta-analysis found double antithrombotic therapy following PCI for patients with atrial fibrillation (AFib) was associated with 47 percent fewer bleeding events than triple therapy and similar rates of major adverse cardiac events.

Using functional MRI (fMRI), researchers at the University of Utah Health found that music activates regions of the brain spared from memory loss caused by Alzheimer's disease.

Research published in the Journal of Digital Imaging found integrating PACS with an electronic medical record (EMR) not only saved radiologists time—it allowed for more frequent EMR access and ultimately improved care.

In 1999, Amazon bought a 46 percent stake in Drugstore.com and began marketing its products on the Amazon site. Once hailed as “a likely gold mine,” the venture never turned a profit after running into problems with regulations, logistics and the existing pharmacy benefit managers that already dominated the market.