Robert Redfield, MD, has been named the new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). But before his appointment, a top Senate Democrat said complaints about his past work as an HIV/AIDS researcher would make him an unsuitable public health leader.

It’s not just the meat you eat that impacts your risk of developing high blood pressure—but how you cook it, according to research presented March 21 at the American Heart Association’s Epidemiology and Prevention/Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health scientific sessions in New Orleans.

Utah Gov. Gary Herbert, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and Florida Gov. Rick Scott have all signed breast density reporting legislation into law this week. These laws require facilities that perform mammography to notify patients when it is determined they have dense breast tissue.

The implementation of an automated notification system improved tests pending at discharge (TPAD) follow-ups by five days, according to a study published March 12 in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.

A neuroimaging helmet may be a breakthrough for children with epilepsy, babies or patients with physical disorders, according to a March 21 article published by Reuters.

Draper, a not-for-profit research and development company, announced an agreement with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to bring ultrasound imaging systems to developing countries to help address high-risk pregnancies.

Wolters Kluwer Health acquired Firecracker, an adaptive learning and study-planning application used by 20 percent of medical students, following a March 5 announcement of a signed agreement.

Current clinical guidelines recommend implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) in survivors of sudden cardiac arrest (SCA), except when the cause of the SCA is deemed reversible. But a new study in Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology demonstrates that many of these patients gain a survival benefit from ICDs as well.

Harvard Medical School has the country’s highest-ranked radiology program for incoming graduate students, beating out competitors such as Johns Hopkins and Stanford for first place, the U.S. News and World Report announced this month.

Researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have developed a machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI)-based technique that may generate higher quality images without having to collect additional data.