Carpal tunnel syndrome can be successfully treated without surgery, according to new findings being presented at RSNA 2022 in Chicago. The procedure typically takes just 10 to 15 minutes.

When it comes to breast imaging, a few new technologies have improved the visualization of lesions and diagnostic procedures. But a new modality could change the game completely.

These appearances are important to recognize because, although cancer detection rates are similar among both races, mortality is approximately 40% higher among African American women in comparison to Non-Latina white women.

Brian Lindman, MD, medical director of the Structural Heart and Valve Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, explains the new American Heart Association (AHA) Target Aortic Stenosis (AS) program to screen with echo to find more AS patients. 

The ASE launched its new, interactive EchoGuide mobile and web application, and already has about 15,000 downloads.

The procedure has a current average reimbursement rate of $4,506. The new OPPS rule would significantly increase that figure.

Independent of age, sex and BMI, lingual height was found to have the most significant association with the severity of patients' sleep apnea.

Though it is not yet clear why some COVID patients develop thyroiditis and some do not, researchers maintain that their findings “support the hypothesis of a direct thyroid gland involvement in SARS‐CoV‐2 infection.”