A pacemaker system enables patients to receive magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans with a limited exclusion zone. Biotronik (Berlin, Germany), a manufacturer of cardiovascular medical devices, reported that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given their approval for its Entovis pacema...

More men who are under the impression that they have low-risk prostate cancers are opting for active surveillance, abandoning treatment and observing the cancer closely with prostate-specific antigen (PSA) tests, digital rectal exams, and ultrasounds at regular intervals to note if their tumors are ...

Based on new research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, researchers have further enhanced a brain scanning technology that follows what the brain is doing by illuminating dozens of microscopic LED lights on the head. This new age of neuroimaging is a wide improvement from pre...

Researchers from the John Hopkins University have reported that they have recently developed a predictive method that can determine, with 95 percent accuracy, which stroke victims will serve to benefit from intravenous clot-busting drugs and which serve to suffer dangerously, with potential fatal bl...

A U.S. consumer advocacy agency (CAA), a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan can help identify premature failure of all-metal hip implants before symptoms occur. The US Drug Watchdog (Washington DC, USA), a CAA established for victims of recalled drugs, are showing concern for recipients of an al...

According to recent findings, an image comparable in shape of a Swallow's tail has been identified as a new and accurate test for Parkinson's disease. The image, which depicts the healthy state of a group of cells in the sub-region of the human brain, was singled out using 3T MRI scanning technolo...

According to a recent study, the very first MRI scan to show 'brown fat' in a living adult could prove to be a crucial step towards a new assortment of therapies to supplement the fight against diabetes and obesity. Researchers from Warwick Medical School and University Hospitals Coventry and War...

Industry leader to present at China International Medical Equipment Fair, April 17-20. BOSTON, Mass. and STOCKHOLM, Sweden – April 14, 2014 – At the 71st China International Medical Equipment Fair (CMEF) from April 17-20, ContextVision will demonstrate its US PLUSView Family and GOPView® Mammo...

Being of the first of its kind, an Australian clinical trial has revealed that a biopsy guided by MRI can considerably improve the diagnosis of life-threatening prostate cancer and reduce the over-diagnosis of non-life-threatening cases, consequently avoiding the sometimes difficult side effects o...

According to a new study, glioblastoma (GBM) which is the most common principal malignant adult brain tumor and, regardless of treatment improvements in past years, the mean survival of patients registered in clinical trials is less than 16 months with few patients living beyond five years. GBM tum...