DUBLIN — May 24, 2018 — Medtronic plc (NYSE: MDT) today announced financial results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year 2018, which ended April 27.

Once more expensive P2Y12 inhibitors hit the U.S. market, the percentage of patients not filling prescriptions for any P2Y12 inhibitor after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) increased from 6 percent to 19 percent, researchers reported in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Geraldine McGinty, MD, MBA, has been elected Chair of the American College of Radiology (ACR) board—the first woman named to the position in the history of the organization.

Harm from medicines occurs in one in three older patients following discharge, 50 percent of which is preventable. Findings were published May 22 in the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology.

The use of light-emitting tablets near bedtime could delay sleep, suppress melatonin production and hinder next-morning alertness, according to a study published May 22 in Physiological Reports.

The Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University of Buffalo (UB) has gained approval from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) for its new radiology residency program.

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.

Ruth Carlos, MD, MS, will begin her new role in January 2019. She succeeds Bruce J. Hillman, MD, who founded the Journal of the American College of Radiology in 2004.