CENTER VALLEY, Pa., March 16, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Olympus, a global technology leader in designing and delivering innovative solutions for medical and surgical procedures, among other core businesses, today unveiled VISERA 4K UHD System, its state-of-the art Big Screen surgical system, at the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) 2016 Annual meeting in Boston. 

African-Americans are more likely to develop dementia and Alzheimer’s disease than other ethnicities, while Asian-Americans have the lowest risk of developing dementia among U.S. ethnic groups, according to results of a study published online in Alzheimer’s & Dementia.

Hologic has launched its Affirm prone biopsy system in the European market. The system, which boasts both 2D and 3D capabilities for use in image-guided biopsies of the breast, was unveiled at the 2016 European Congress of Radiology.

Radiology and biochemistry researchers at UC-San Diego say they have figured out how to dissolve and encapsulate metals inside fluorine-based droplets, in the process synthesizing a new cell-labeling probe that can, in in effect, “greatly amp up the MRI signal” for potential use in in immunotherapy, inflammation treatment and other emerging clinical applications. 

Over the past 25 years, abstracts and full-text articles in the medical literature have done a better job of including the P value for specific findings. However, this doesn't mean there aren't still some common statistical oversights, according to a study published online March 15 in JAMA.

Ultrasound is fine for flagging pregnant women who may be at risk of delivering their babies prematurely, but diffusion-weighted MRI can do better, accurately capturing subtle biomarkers of impending spontaneous delivery in asymptomatic women.

As concerns continue to mount over the potential spread of Zika to new regions and increased populations, those within science and healthcare are scrambling to learn as much as possible about the virus and its impact on human health, according to recent coverage from the New England Journal of Medicine.

A new method of imaging the lower back using a noninvasive vibration technology called structural health monitoring (SHM) can distinguish functional changes in the spine and could help curb overuse of lumbar MRI, according to results of a study published online in Nature: Scientific Reports.