Baseball players experiencing medial elbow pain are more precisely imaged by a combination of stress ultrasound and magnetic resonance arthrography (MRA) than by either of those two modalities alone, even though the latter modality is widely considered the gold standard in its own right.

A new study from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke shows that stroke patients who have more severe breaches of the blood-brain barrier might be at greater risk for severe bleeding in the brain after invasive stroke treatment. 

Oncologists are putting pressure on pediatricians to more strongly recommend the HPV vaccine, saying their endorsement will help prevent cancer decades down the line.

Two Danish researchers have shown that it’s crucial to x-ray suspected osteoarthritis in the knee with the patient in a standing, weight-bearing position rather than a supine, non-weight-bearing position.

Polyps characterized as both sessile and serrated lead to as many as 30 percent of all colorectal cancers, and they’re very good at avoiding detection by CT colonography—while quite readily giving themselves up to colonoscopy—according to a study published earlier this spring in the American Journal of Gastroenterology.

Building on prior research establishing the prevalence of cerebral microbleeds in Alzheimer’s patients, investigators in the Netherlands have used MRI in a large, longitudinal study to show that the related extent of cognitive decline and dementia depends on how many bleeds the patient has and where they’re located within the brain. 

A researcher at the University of Arizona is spearheading an effort to come up with a reliable way to catch ovarian cancer in its earliest stages. 

Governor Peter Shumlin signed Vermont’s breast density reporting bill into law this week, making it the 28th state to have such legislation in place.