Interventional radiologists play a substantial role in treating cancer patients with painful bone metastases, but those physicians need to ensure they’re considering a host of factors in their formula for palliative care, Steven Yevich, MD, MPH, and co-authors reported in the Journal of Radiology Nursing this month.

MRI-guided thrombolysis using intravenous alteplase could be the key to better functional outcomes in acute stroke patients whose time of onset is unknown, researchers wrote in the New England Journal of Medicine this week.

Patient safety is a foremost concern for radiology departments—but current measures of a safe culture often do not account for the human factors that contribute to the nonreporting of safety issues.

Technology out of Vanderbilt University and Mayo Clinic could be cutting false positive rates in CT-based lung cancer screenings, researchers announced in PLOS One this week.

First lady Melania Trump underwent an image-guided embolization treatment for a benign kidney condition earlier this week, casting a sudden spotlight on the world of interventional radiology.

Younger patients are routinely sedated during radiologic studies, requiring some kind of restraint to avoid unclear imaging from anxious fiddling or unconscious movement, but when is sedation actually appropriate? How can clinicians avoid it?

Kerrin Lee-Gartner, who won a gold medal in alpine skiing at the 1992 Olympics and currently works as a sports analyst, has announced she is pledging her brain to the Canadian Concussion Centre (CCC) for concussion research.

De’Aaron Fox, an NBA point guard who plays for the Sacramento Kings, and his mom, Lorraine Harris-Fox, are hosting an event May 12 at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, California, to promote breast cancer awareness.