Previously, CMS determined that coverage for patients receiving treatment was dependent on their being enrolled in a CMS-approved clinical trial under coverage with evidence development (CED).

This study is one of the largest to date to assess brain growth in opioid-exposed fetuses in utero. 

As the population of patients with adult congenital heart disease grows, they are presenting to adult cardiology clinics and being imaged with CT. Many also do not have access or cannot be imaged by MRI, said Renee Bullock-Palmer, MD.

The results of a new trial offer “much needed progress” in the treatment of PD, experts involved in the study suggested. 

Also, up to 26% of eligible women have not had a formal conversation with their physician regarding their breast cancer risks, despite current guidelines that suggest these discussions start sooner rather than later.

An experimental Alzheimer’s drug therapy has slowed cognitive and functional decline by 27% versus placebo in a double-blind, randomized study of 1,795 individuals with early signs and symptoms of the disease.

Patients with autoimmune hepatitis may be better monitored across disease stages by AI-augmented multiparametric MRI than by liver biopsy, as the imaging has proven less costly and is inherently less risky due to its noninvasiveness. 

Vaccination rates likely had a role in reducing disease severity during Omicron, a new paper published in Radiology suggests.