Former University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) radiologist Marios D. Papachristou waived indictment and pleaded guilty May 3 to federal charges of healthcare fraud and illegally distributing controlled substances to non-patients, the U.S. Department of Justice has announced.

iSchemaView announced this week it has received FDA clearance for RAPID CTA, the most recent addition to the company’s neuroimaging platform.

A paclitaxel-coated balloon demonstrated significantly higher primary patency rates at 12 months and lower odds of reintervention when compared to uncoated balloon angioplasty for femoropopliteal lesions, according to the first randomized, one-year study of the device.

Big changes are everywhere in today’s business world, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology. So what, exactly, does this mean for radiology?

A team of U.S. researchers utilized brain imaging to find problems in white matter connectivity in infants with the genetic neurodevelopment disorder Fragile X syndrome (FXS), pointing to the areas as possible targets for intervention.

In an article for RealClearHealth, CMS Administrator Seema Verma, MPH, said the industry can expect more proposals meant to push consumerism in healthcare along the lines of recent policies on price transparency and easier data sharing.

Breast cancers that develop between routine screening exams are likely to grow more rapidly and be associated with poorer prognosis than cancers that are present at the time of screening mammography but go undetected, researchers have reported in JAMA Oncology.

HHS is the target of new lawsuits by a watchdog group for failing to respond to requests to release emails and online messages—one regarding Office of Civil Rights (OCR) officials and launching of its “Conscience and Religious Freedom Division,” the other over HHS communications with outside groups on changes to a federal grant program that provides birth control and other reproductive health services to low-income Americans.

A team of researchers found that postmortem computed tomography (CT) angiography detects more lesions in a human corpse than a standard CT or autopsy examination, according to a forensic multicenter study published May 1 in Radiology.

Kevin Smith, a director known for movies such as “Clerks” and “Chasing Amy,” suffered a massive heart attack in February. Now, months after undergoing emergency surgery to treat 100 percent blockage in his left anterior descending artery, Smith has said marijuana might have helped him survive the ordeal.