The Queen of England and the Duke of Edinburgh have given two thumbs up to a new and sprawling neuroimaging center in Wales. 

Hologic, a developer, manufacturer and supplier of diagnostic products, medical imaging systems and surgical products, has announced a partnership with singer, songwriter and breast cancer survivor Sheryl Crow.

An Australian chemist exploring the role of iron levels in Alzheimer’s disease has led an international effort to map these levels in deceased brains and compare them with iron levels in non-Alzheimer’s brains.

Using MRI with covariance analysis, researchers have revealed tissue increases over time in the brains of patients with schizophrenia. The increases suggest these brains may be compensating for lost capacity and perhaps trying to protect themselves against further damage. 

Siemens Healthineers has received the approval of the FDA in the use of their Mammomat Inspiration with Tomosynthesis Option, the first and only digital mammography system to use a 3D digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) platform as a stand-alone screening and diagnostic system.

Children respond to their mothers’ voices differently than they respond to the voices of women they don’t know. That’s a no-brainer. But it’s something of a revelation to observe specific regions of a kid’s brain lighting up in fMRI when Mom speaks—and to find that the strength of connections between regions predicts how adept the child will become at social communication. 

After looking at drinking-related images and then reciting prayers as part of a recent study, 20 long-sober members of Alcoholics Anonymous reported less craving for a drink than when they read irrelevant news or remained passive. Meanwhile, fMRI confirmed the effect, revealing participants’ brains lighting up most during the prayer interim. 

A survey of 742 physicians across the US found that after a intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), doctors make varied recommendations and very different decisions regarding care.