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Evolent is attracting interest from buyers, and a sale of the company could be finalized in weeks, sources claim.

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Researchers have found that an unexpected combination—artificial intelligence (AI) and a 3D body scanner—can evaluate a person’s metabolic health and identify significant risks of cardiovascular disease, diabetes and other adverse outcomes. In fact, the technique may prove to be more accurate than knowing a person’s body mass index (BMI) or waist-to-hip ratio.

Image courtesy of Mayo Clinic, European Heart Journal - Digital Health.

Mayo Clinic specialists have developed a new way to identify risks of cardiovascular disease, diabetes and other adverse outcomes.

Read more about Better than BMI? 3D body scanner uses AI to measure metabolic health

The PET agent was developed for men with PSMA-positive lesions who have suspected metastasis and are candidates for initial definitive therapy.

Read more about 'Game changer' prostate imaging agent granted FDA's Fast Track designation

Researchers combined data from three well-known clinical trials—NOTION, Evolut Low Risk and PARTNER 3—and evaluated thousands of low-risk patients who presented with severe aortic stenosis.

Read more about TAVR and SAVR linked to comparable long-term outcomes, new meta-analysis confirms

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UPDATED: “Dr. Gomes and [National Interventional Radiology Partners] clearly prioritized greed above the health and well-being of their elderly patients,” an FBI agent charged.

Read more about Radiologist CEO agrees to pay $9M to settle allegations of false claims, referral kickbacks

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University of Toronto experts analyzed information from the U.S. FDA's database, pinpointing reasons that errors occurred during thermal ablation procedures.

Read more about AI draws conclusions from interventional radiology adverse events data, helping docs design interventions

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist held a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new imaging center on July 29.

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OIA recently collaborated with Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist to open a new outpatient location in Greensboro, North Carolina’s 3rd most populous city.

Read more about Investor-backed Outpatient Imaging Affiliates expands long-running joint venture with hospital system

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that Defibtech, a Nihon Kohden company, is recalling its RMU-2000 ARM XR Chest Compression Device due to significant safety concerns. This is a Class I recall, which means the FDA believes using the device “may cause serious injury or death.”

Regulators emphasized that these devices should not be used due to significant safety risks.

Read more about Automated chest compression device recalled after patient death

Social and communication symptoms appear to be more severe in children who display brain overgrowth on MRI scans.

Read more about Brain enlargement may be linked to symptom severity in kids with autism spectrum disorder

Treating atrial functional mitral regurgitation (AFMR) with surgery may be more beneficial than medical therapy alone, according to new data published in JAMA Network Open.[1]

Medical images of "normal" functional mitral regurgitation, atrial functional mitral regurgitation (AFMR) and ventriculogenic functional mitral regurgitation (VFMR) courtesy of Zoghbi et al. and JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging. Read more here: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcmg.2022.08.016.

"These findings underscore the importance of understanding AFMR and its treatment options," one cardiologist said.

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