Researchers found that women with newly diagnosed breast cancer who receive a breast MRI are more likely to receive a mastectomy after their diagnosis and may face delays in starting treatment, according to a study published online June 25 and will appear in the August edition of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons.

Although there is no doubt that hypnosis can impact the mind and behavior, the underlying brain mechanisms are not well understood. New research published in the June 25 issue of Neuron, however, uncovers the influence of hypnotic paralysis on brain networks involved in internal representations and self imagery.

Nyack Hospital in Rockland County, N.Y., is implementing McKesson's Paragon community hospital information system (HIS), which will enable the use of EHRs and financial management systems throughout its 375-bed facility.

Medicity and Eclipsys are partnering to deliver a health information exchange (HIE), HealthXchange, to Eclipsys clients.

A report published June 23 in Cancer Research highlights a new biomarker that may be useful in identifying patients with recurrent glioblastoma who would respond better to anti-vascular endothelial growth factor therapy, specifically cediranib.

Medtronic has received the European CE Mark for its second-generation pacemaker for use with MRI machines, the Advisa DR MRI SureScan pacing system.

Fifty-seven members of Congress have written a bipartisan letter to President Barack Obama, heralding the benefits of medical imaging and urging him to "consider the value of these life-saving technologies."

The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, the city of Miami, Microsoft and Resolute Solutions have initiated a diabetes management study.