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A new PET imaging technique developed at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), along with patient-specific information on Alzheimer's disease risk, can help diagnose and track brain aging before symptoms appear, according to research published in the January issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry.
Individuals with higher education levels appear to score better on cognitive tests despite having evidence of brain plaques associated with Alzheimer's disease, according to a study in the November issue of Archives of Neurology.
GE Healthcare, Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals and Avid Radiopharmaceuticals met Thursday with an FDA advisory panel to discuss the development of new imaging markers, which could aid in the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease (AD).
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MRI scans that detect shrinkage in specific regions of the mid-brain attacked by Alzheimer's disease accurately diagnose the neurodegenerative disease, even before symptoms interfere with daily function, according to a study results published this month in Neurology.
In a twist on nontraditional uses of ultrasound, a group of neuroscientists at Arizona State University (ASU) has developed pulsed ultrasound techniques that can remotely stimulate brain circuit activity, according to a study published in the Oct. 29 issue of PLoS One.
Philips Research reported it has successfully concluded a usability and feasibility study of its decision support software tool for the automatic evaluation of dementia using PET image data.
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The use of health IT to reduce rehospitalizations will be welcome but also disruptive, said Stephen Jencks, an independent consultant in healthcare safety during a Feb. 24 webinar on the potential use of health IT to mitigate rehospitalizations, sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
During the Health IT Standards Committee meeting on Feb. 24 in Washington, D.C., the Clinical Operations Workgroup sought to gather comments on proposed recommendations on implementation specifications for content exchange, vocabulary and code set standards for the Interim Final Rule of meaningful use.
In 2006, the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH), a branch of the FDA, began examining the number of medical device reports they received. Over the past two years, the number of submitted reports has increased, sparking a demand for the CDRH to make a move to electronic reporting.
A new hospital breaking ground usually isn’t 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.