A review article published in a special issue of Nature Reviews Neurology dedicated to traumatic brain injury (TBI) came with a plea for more long-term studies and identification of genetic risk factors for permanent disability stemming from chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) and Alzheimer’s disease.

Multiple surgeries to resect or remove parathyroid glands are necessary for up to 7 percent of patients with hyperparathyroidism, a syndrome of glandular hyperactivity resulting in an overproduction of parathyroid hormone and increased levels of calcium. Planar scintigraphy with I-123 and Tc-99m sestamibi may be the most accurate imaging method for reoperative localization of the parathyroid glands, according to a study published in the May issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

Ventilation and perfusion (V/Q) SPECT could one day be used to track the early warning signs of cigarette smoke-induced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) by documenting telltale airflow dysfunction.

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Cancer painfully ends more than 500,000 lives in the United States each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The scientific crusade against cancer recently achieved a victory under the leadership of University of Missouri Curators’ Professor M. Frederick Hawthorne. Hawthorne’s team has developed a new form of radiation therapy that successfully put cancer into remission in mice. This innovative treatment produced none of the harmful side-effects of conventional chemo and radiation cancer therapies. Clinical trials in humans could begin soon after Hawthorne secures funding.

BOCA RATON, Fla.--The future of MRI imaging arrives at West Boca Diagnostic Imaging with the installation of the first Echelon Oval MR in the state of Florida. The Echelon Oval 1.5T MR system by Hitachi Medical Systems of America Inc. features the game-changing 74 cm oval shaped bore - the widest bore available in the industry offering maximum patient comfort and accommodation.

NEW YORK, April 5, 2013 – To expand imaging capabilities and improve productivity, Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc. introduces Innovation 2013, new FDA-cleared software advancements for the AplioTM 500 and Aplio 300 ultrasound systems, at the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) annual meeting in New York, April 6-10, 2013 (Booth #510).

Although the outlook for patients with multiple myeloma, a cancer that attacks blood plasma and bone marrow, is typically dismal, F-18 FDG PET/CT has emerged as a strategy that could provide earlier diagnosis as well as more accurate treatment monitoring and patient prognosis, according to a review in the April issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.

Dementia in people with a history of traumatic brain injury (TBI) may be a clinical phenotype distinct from other known dementia subtypes, according to a study published in the April issue of NeuroRehabilitation.