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4 days ago | 
buff.ly | Amerigo Allegretto |Liz Carey |Will Morton
A new molecular imaging agent targeting glypican-3 (GPC3) has shown high sensitivity and specificity in detecting hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), according to research presented at the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) annual meeting.
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4 days ago | 
buff.ly | Will Morton |Amerigo Allegretto |Liz Carey
NEW ORLEANS – F-18 FDG-PET/MRI can identify previously unknown foci that generate chronic spinal pain and enable targeted interventions, according to a June 22 presentation at the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging 2025 annual meeting. Fatemeh Rashidi, MD, a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, discussed a study involving 23 patients with chronic spinal pain refractory to several standard-of-care therapies who underwent simultaneous PET/MRI scans.
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5 days ago | 
buff.ly | Amerigo Allegretto |Liz Carey |Will Morton
NEW ORLEANS -- In an interview at the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging annual meeting, Phillip Kuo, MD, PhD, of the City of Hope in Duarte, CA, discussed new appropriate use criteria for amyloid and tau PET imaging in Alzheimer’s disease patients.
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1 week ago | 
buff.ly | Amerigo Allegretto |Will Morton |Liz Carey
Quantitative brain MRI data appear to help clinicians forecast the effects of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest among those who survive it, a team from the University of Washington in Seattle has reported. The study results are promising, but more research is needed, wrote a group led by Thuhien Nguyen, MD. The findings were published June 19 in Neurocritical Care.
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1 week ago | 
homelandprepnews.com | Liz Carey
U.S. Reps. Mike Rogers (R-AL) and Adam Smith (D-WA) introduced legislation that would restructure and modernize the acquisition systems for the U.S. Department of Defense. The bill, H.R. 3838, the Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery (SPEED) Act, would reform the Defense Acquisition System by cutting red tape and delivering capabilities quickly and effectively, the lawmakers said.
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1 week ago | 
buff.ly | Amerigo Allegretto |Will Morton |Liz Carey
A team of Cleveland Clinic researchers has found that implementing a modular educational intervention goes a long way toward improving radiologists' trust in their MRI-related safety decisions. A 12-week initiative increased confidence in MRI safety decisions in 95% of the almost 300 radiologists who participated, according to a team led by Alexander Scott, MD, of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. The group's findings were published June 16 in Abdominal Radiology.
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1 week ago | 
homelandprepnews.com | Liz Carey
Representatives from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently met with representatives of Canada and Finland to strengthen the Icebreaker Collaboration Effort (ICE) Pact, officials said.
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1 week ago | 
buff.ly | Will Morton |Liz Carey
Only 10% of patients who present to emergency departments with lacerations have clinically relevant new findings detected on x-rays, researchers have reported. The finding is from an analysis of 869 x-rays ordered at two urban hospitals over a year and supports a shift toward more selective imaging criteria, noted corresponding author Ernest Ekpo, PhD, of the University of Sydney, and colleagues.
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1 week ago | 
homelandprepnews.com | Liz Carey
U.S. Reps. Darin LaHood (R-IL), John Moolenaar, (RMI) Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) and Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) have introduced legislation that would require the National Security Agency to create a plan to protect AI against foreign adversaries. LaHood, a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the Select Committee on China, said the legislation would create a playbook to protect American advanced technology from espionage and theft.
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1 week ago | 
financialregnews.com | Liz Carey
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the Federal Reserve System and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is investigating the Trump administration’s actions to dismantle the CFPB. The OIG said it will review workforce reductions and canceled contracts to determine if the agency is still able to function and protect American consumers. The move comes after U.S. Sens. Andy Kim (D-NJ) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) called for an investigation into the impact of the administration’s actions.
