The Alzheimer's Association has awarded its largest research grantnearly $4.2 million over four yearsto the Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer's Network-Therapeutic Trials Unit, based at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, to enable the program to move forward with drug and biomarker trials in people with genetically based, young-onset Alzheimer's disease.

Democratic Congressman Edward J. Markey of Massachusetts is pounding the drum on the SOUND Devices Act, which he and three fellow House Democrats introduced Jan. 31 to tighten the FDAs 510(k) approval process.

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.

NeuroLogica has received CE Mark approval for BodyTom, a portable, full body, multi-slice CT scanner.

Like most people, I am intrigued by novelty and my interest is piqued by research that addresses pressing clinical needs and gaps in our knowledge. The findings soon to be presented in the ACC.12 late-breaking clinical trials in Chicago offer much to anticipate, but I also wonder, is newer necessarily better?

The National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements convened an expert scientific committee to review and make recommendations on the association between radiotherapy (RT) and second malignant neoplasms (SMNs) and cardiovascular disease (CVD). It concluded that SMNs and CVD are among the most serious late adverse effects experienced by cancer survivors and their risks should be further evaluated, according to a summary of NCRP's recommendations published in the March 7 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

Ninety percent of hospitals and health systems are leaving 2012 salary increase budgets unchanged from 2011 or increasing those budgets, according to the spring "2012 Salary Increase, Incentive, and Benefit Updates Survey," published by Integrated Healthcare Strategies, a consulting firm, with offices in Kansas City, Minneapolis and Dallas.

The American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) has selected 61 radiologic science students to participate in the ASRT 2012 Student Leadership Development Program.