By way of functional MRI (fMRI), researchers from the Imaging Institute at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio were able to observe the default-mode network-0a neural network in the brain--and determine that genetics have an effect on this and several other networks.

The addition of MRI scans to conventional triple assessment techniques for diagnosis of breast cancer has no effect on the reoperation rate, based on the COMICE trial published in the Feb. 13 issue of the Lancet.

Although individual practitioners and healthcare systems are adopting new IT approaches at almost every level of care, National Coordinator for Health IT David Blumenthal, MD, is calling for more innovation. The U.S. health system must take full advantage of the computing technology that has transformed virtually every other aspect of modern life, wrote Blumenthal in a recent commentary in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Quality Systems, a provider of healthcare information systems and connectivity software, has entered into an agreement to acquire Opus Healthcare Solutions.

Using sports film and examining the brain as it handles powerful, rapid-fire positive and negative emotions, researchers at Duke University in Durham, N.C., discovered emotion-induced resonance in brain activity and showed that people remember more positive events than negative events, according to a recent study published in the Journal of Neuroscience.

GE Healthcares Centricity Radiology-IW technology will enable medical staff at remote facilities to have real-time access to patient information and images when treating injured athletes at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games and Paralympic Winter Games in Vancouver, British Columbia.

During its Feb. 9 meeting, the board of directors of Agfa-Gevaert accepted Jo Cornus request to end his mandate as CEO . The board has decided to nominate Christian Reinaudo as his successor, effective immediately.

A state-based survey that assessed health-risk behaviors, chronic conditions and preventive health in the 54 states and territories, showed that these factors significantly vary on a state-by-state basis and that 2010 health improvement objectives have mostly not been met, according to a report conducted by the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion.