A study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Cardiovascular Imaging found that intensive treatment with cholesterol-lowering drugs significantly reduced the amount of cholesterol in artery-clogging plaque, while also showing that MRI scanning could become a powerful new tool for assessing how well the drugs are working.

In designing a new imaging facility, Center for Advanced Molecular Imaging (CAMI), Thomas J. Meade, PhD, professor of cancer research, chemistry, molecular biosciences, neurobiology & physiology and radiology at Chicago's Northwestern University, aimed to create a place for researchers and the public to view research being done at the university, through advanced visualization technologies.

Mark McKinney has been named Healthcare Information Xchange of New Yorks CEO, effective Oct. 17.

The National Health Service (NHS) for Scotland should do more to consider telehealth when introducing or redesigning services, according to a report published by Audit Scotland, an organization that assists the Auditor General and the Accounts Commission in making sure organizations that spend public money in Scotland use it properly

SonoSite of Bothell, Wash., has released a new product for monitoring patients' hemodynamic profiles in the hospital. Called the BioZ Cardio Profile, the system offers anesthesiologists a new tool for continuous, noninvasive fluid management.

Mirada Medical is unveiling its Universal PET/MR at the European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM) annual meeting being held in Birmingham, England, Oct. 16 to 18.

U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-M.N.), Richard Burr (R-N.C.) and Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) have introduced the Medical Device Regulatory Improvement Act, which aims to decrease regulatory burdens on new medical devices to spur innovation.

Nirvanix of San Diego, said that Cerner will deploy as part of its Skybox Storage technology, an on-demand managed storage service based on a Nirvanixs private cloud storage technology.