Children who get anxious about doing math have brain function that differs from children who dont, with math-specific fear interfering with the parts of the brain involved in problem-solving, according to functional MRI (fMRI) scans of 7- to 9-year olds that formed the basis of a study published online March 20 in Psychological Science.

Merge Healthcare and AG Mednet have partnered to develop a full suite of tools to manage imaging clinical trials worldwide.

MediPattern has become the distributor for SonoCine's Automated Whole Breast Ultrasound System in Canada.

The White House has put its John Hancock on an agreement between the FDA and the medical device industry, bringing MDUFMA IIIthe latest iteration of the Medical Device User Fee & Modernization Acta leap closer to liftoff.

The American Heart Association (AHA) faces hurdles in its goal to reduce cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality and morbidity by 20 percent by 2020, judging from results of a study published online March 16 in the Journal of the American Medical Association. An analysis of time trends in seven cardiovascular health metrics found few people meet most of the metrics, but those who do have a much lower risk of all-cause, CVD and ischemic heart disease mortality.

The American College of Radiology (ACR) Education Center is offering its first course on high-resolution CT (HRCT) of the chest, April 20-22 in Reston, Va.

The U.K.s National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) recommended the anticoagulant dabigatran (Pradaxa, Boehringer Ingelheim) as an option for the prevention of stroke and systemic embolism in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF).

Portable DR systems have matured from clunky, barely usable iterations to sleeker units seemingly well-suited for the challenges of portable imaging.