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Penn Medicine professor receives Outstanding Early Career Investigator Award from AHA

Benjamin L. Prosser, PhD, an assistant professor of Physiology, in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, has received the Outstanding Early Career Investigator Award from the American Heart Association's Council on Basic Cardiovascular Sciences, one of its scientific divisions.

25 Jul 2017

MRI techniques can help spot, track cognitive impairment in professional fighters

Images of the brain's gray and white matter obtained with multiple MRI techniques can help identify and track cognitive impairment in active professional fighters, according to a new study published online in the journal Radiology.

25 Jul 2017

Depression causes alterations in the brain's structure, study finds

Changes in the brain's structure that could be the result of depression have been identified in a major scanning study.

21 Jul 2017

Research reveals differences in brain structure between boys and girls with antisocial behavior

The causes of severe antisocial behavior may differ between boys and girls, which could pave the way for new sex-specific treatments, according to a major new study published today.

21 Jul 2017

New PET-CT scan can diagnose cardiac sarcoidosis more accurately than traditional tests

Using a new imaging technique that can diagnose cardiac sarcoidosis much more accurately than traditional tests, researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago have found that the disease affects other organs in 40 percent of patients with cardiac sarcoidosis.

21 Jul 2017

Advanced lung cancer patients get survival benefit with use of concurrent chemotherapy, proton therapy

For patients with advanced, inoperable stage 3 lung cancer, concurrent chemotherapy and the specialized radiation treatment, proton therapy, offers improved survival compared to historical data for standard of care, according to a new study from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

20 Jul 2017

US FDA approves MRI especially for newborns

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration yesterday approved the first magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) device that can be specifically used in neonates or newborn babies. These MRI devices would be used for imaging of the brains and head in neonates who are admitted to the neonatal intensive care units (NICU) where they are necessary.

20 Jul 2017

FDA clears first MRI device for neonatal brain and head imaging

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration cleared the first magnetic resonance imaging device specifically for neonatal brain and head imaging in neonatal intensive care units.

20 Jul 2017

Scientists create new probe for imaging proteins involved in fibrogenesis

Organs respond to injuries with the formation of new fibrous tissue, which can result in scarring. This process called fibrogenesis can now be monitored noninvasively on a molecular level, as American scientists report in the journal Angewandte Chemie.

19 Jul 2017

IBS scientists create first nanoparticle-based tissue adhesive to seal bleeding and guide surgery

As open surgery has gradually been replaced by minimally-invasive and image-guided procedures, tissue adhesives are taking the place of sutures and surgical staples.

19 Jul 2017

Experts explore effective ways to diagnose and treat asthma

What are the best ways to diagnose and manage asthma in adults? This can be tricky because asthma can stem from several causes and treatment often depends on what is triggering the asthma.

19 Jul 2017

Language development may start in utero, study suggests

A month before they are born, fetuses carried by American mothers-to-be can distinguish between someone speaking to them in English and Japanese.

18 Jul 2017

Clinical decision support embedded within EHR linked to decreased use of high cost imaging

Clinical decision support embedded directly into the patient's electronic medical record is associated with decreased overall utilization of high cost imaging, especially among higher utilizers.

18 Jul 2017

Scientists find simple way to raise accuracy of diagnostic tests and common assays

Scientists at the University of Washington have discovered a simple way to raise the accuracy of diagnostic tests for medicine and common assays for laboratory research.

18 Jul 2017

Study finds low rate of breast cancer recurrence after nipple-sparing mastectomy

Women with breast cancer who undergo nipple-sparing mastectomy (NSM) have a low rate of cancer returning within the first five years when most recurrences in the breast are diagnosed, findings of a single-center study show.

18 Jul 2017

New optical clearing method helps analyze 3D structure of dangerous blood clots

A new technique that makes blood clots optically clear is allowing researchers to use powerful optical microscopy techniques to study the 3D structure of dangerous clots for the first time.

17 Jul 2017

Scientists develop portable device for detecting circulating tumor cells

Researchers at the URV's Department of Physical and Inorganic Chemistry, led by the ICREA researcher, Ramon Álvarez Puebla, and the professor of Applied Physics, Francesc Díaz, and the Department of Clinical Oncology of the HM Torrelodones University Hospital, have patented a portable device that can detect tumor cells in blood.

17 Jul 2017

Imaging News and Research

Penn Medicine professor receives Outstanding Early Career Investigator Award from AHA

MRI techniques can help spot, track cognitive impairment in professional fighters

Depression causes alterations in the brain's structure, study finds

Research reveals differences in brain structure between boys and girls with antisocial behavior

New PET-CT scan can diagnose cardiac sarcoidosis more accurately than traditional tests

Advanced lung cancer patients get survival benefit with use of concurrent chemotherapy, proton therapy

US FDA approves MRI especially for newborns

FDA clears first MRI device for neonatal brain and head imaging

Scientists create new probe for imaging proteins involved in fibrogenesis

IBS scientists create first nanoparticle-based tissue adhesive to seal bleeding and guide surgery

Experts explore effective ways to diagnose and treat asthma

Language development may start in utero, study suggests

Clinical decision support embedded within EHR linked to decreased use of high cost imaging

Scientists find simple way to raise accuracy of diagnostic tests and common assays

Study finds low rate of breast cancer recurrence after nipple-sparing mastectomy

New optical clearing method helps analyze 3D structure of dangerous blood clots

Scientists develop portable device for detecting circulating tumor cells

Immune system controls eye tissue regeneration in zebrafish, research finds

UC San Diego researchers link brain circuits to behavioral symptoms of depression

Low doses of radiation exposure linked to increased cardiovascular health risk

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