Arterial spin labeling MRI may offer a noninvasive alternative for quantifying cerebral blood flow without the use of contrast agents—a necessity for patients with illnesses like kidney disease, researchers wrote in a Radiology study this June.

Several aspects of cancer-related cognitive impairment are currently unknown, including why it occurs, how long it lasts and what other health problems it causes. But the real mystery lies in the wide-ranging estimates of how many cancer patients “chemobrain” actually impacts, according to an article in the Los Angeles Times.

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) issued a Grade D recommendation against screening with resting or exercise electrocardiography (ECG) to prevent cardiovascular disease events in asymptomatic adults at low risk of CVD events.

A multicenter clinical trial underway at UT Southwestern in Dallas is testing a new technique that would avoid nerve bundles and arteries commonly affected during prostate cancer radiation therapy in hopes of preserving patients’ sexual function.

The American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) named Richard G. Barr, MD, PhD, as the next editor-in-chief of the Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine.

With the help of advanced CT imaging, researchers from the Netherlands found that smokers and individuals with diabetes may face an increased risk of developing calcifications in the hippocampus, the region of the brain responsible for memory.

Children with chronic kidney disease may have an increased risk of cognitive impairment due to major blood flow changes occurring in the brain, according to research published June 12 in Radiology.

Cancer researchers are taking notice of a pair of studies published in Nature Medicine that found editing a cell’s genomes with CRISPR-Cas9 has the potential to seed cancer and may eventually generate the disease, STAT reports.