Konica Minolta Medical Imaging's Aero DR Wireless system has received clearance from Health Canada, making the system available for sale in Canada.

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) and Exelon are partnering to study the feasibility of producing molybdenum-99 (Mo-99), the most commonly used medical isotope, at Clinton Power Station, a nuclear power plant in Clinton, Ill.

Healthcare spending in the U.S. reached $2.6 trillion in 2010, however, only 5.5 percent, or $140.5 billion, of that was spent on evaluating new treatment options and research, according to a Sept. 8 report put forth by Research! America.

Proton irradiation can preserve some vision and prevent eye removal in patients with tumors adjacent to the optic disc, according to a study published online Sept. 13 in Archives of Ophthalmology.

Dalcetrapib (Roche) modulates cholesteryl ester transfer protein activity; however, the dal-PLAQUE study published online Sept. 12 in the Lancet, showed no evidence of a pathological effect related to the arterial wall over 24 months duration. While the trial found that dalcetrapib may have long standing vascular effects, including a reduction in vessel enlargement over 24 months, researchers said that more data are necessary to understand the long-term safety of the molecule.

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Administrator Mary Wakefield, PhD, RN, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) National Coordinator for Health IT, Farzad Mostashari, MD, has granted awards of $8.5 million to 85 community health center programs, located in 15 of the 17 Beacon Communities throughout the U.S.

DENVERIn the current era of nuclear stress testing, a major debate is whether pharmalogical stress testing is comparable with exercise testing. During a presentation Sept. 11 at the 16th annual American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) scientific sessions, Brian G. Abbott, MD, medical director of nuclear cardiology at the Rhode Island Cardiology Center in Providence, R.I., said yes, particularly for diagnosing coronary artery disease.

Color Doppler ultrasonography (US) can be used as a noninvasive alternative to electrodiagnostic testing (EDT) to accurately diagnose carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), according to a study published online in Radiology Sept. 7.