Ferumoxytol is an iron-based substance that is used primarily in medications that treat anemia. However, the FDA recently cleared it for use in brain imaging as well.

The tool also can be used on contrasted abdominal scans completed for other clinical indications, offering providers an opportunity to address suspicious lesions before they progress.  

The biggest investor in a nursing home chain can run but not hide from comeuppance for the chain’s alleged role in harms—including deaths—done to hundreds of patients.