The combination of MR imaging and mammography can provide a cost-effective way of improving life expectancy for women who have an increased risk of breast cancer, according to a study published online today in the March issue of Radiology.

Contrast-enhanced MRI can bring forth statistically significant differences between rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis that might play an important role in differentiating and treating the two diseases, according to a recent study published online in the March issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.

Its been a year now since the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act was passed. And what a year it's been! Critics of the Act say its done little to generate jobs, proponents say its created or saved a million jobs, possibly more.

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.