Researchers at Duke University in Durham, N.C., have used functional MRI to demonstrate how people make decisions about attractiveness and what that attractiveness is worth. The research was published online Feb. 16 in the Journal of Neuroscience.

The use of advanced imaging modalities such as MRI, CT and PET have increased dramatically in physician offices and hospital emergency and outpatient departments over the last decade, according to an annual report on U.S. health issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Boston Scientific has financial results for the fourth quarter and full year, which ended Dec. 31, 2009, indicating a reduction in net losses for both.

Agfa HealthCare (Booth #1633) will offer the healthcare community systems for clinical consolidation, results distribution and improved communication between care providers at the HIMSS10 conference in Atlanta in early March.

Europes patient population is moving toward long-term care and home care from hospitals and other clinical settings, and nursing and residential care services are on the rise, according to analysis from market research firm Frost & Sullivan.

A new hospital breaking ground usually isnt breaking news. But the vision of patient care at one new facility, tentatively named Palomar Medical Center West (PMC West), is currently illegal under California state law.

Healthcare information systems provider DR Systems has released a partial list of the medical facilities in the U.S., which will be participating in its electronic medical information exchange (eMix) business venture trial. 

Boston Scientific has begun to restructure its leadership team and modify the organization--including significant changes to its international headquarters in Natick, Mass.--and initiated layoffs of 8 to 10 percent of its non-direct labor base.