As the United States works to solve its ongoing opioid epidemic, medical specialties are beginning to examine their own behaviors to see who is, and is not, prescribing opioids. For example, a team of researchers used public Medicare data to study the number of opioids prescribed in 2015 by more than 2,000 radiologists from practices predominantly focused on interventional radiology.

In 2016, radiology technician Manoj Kunjachan of White Plains Hospital in White Plains, New York, was found guilty of misdemeanor third-degree sexual abuse for molesting a patient in July 2015. That patient is now suing Kunjachan for causing her “to suffer and sustain severe and potentially permanent personal injuries” as a result of the incident.

A nuclear imaging technique could detect recurrences of prostate cancer before routine testing, allowing clinicians and patients the chance to tackle metastasis before it becomes life-threatening, according to research out of the University of California, Los Angeles.

Diffusion kurtosis imaging, a new MRI breast imaging technique that does not require a contrast agent, and a radiomics breast cancer model could help reduce false-positive findings and unnecessary biopsies, according to a study published in Radiology.

According to a new study published in the American Journal of Roentgenology, the combination of a newly developed computer-aided detection (CAD) algorithm and a radiologist displayed strong diagnostic accuracy in the detection of randomly placed radiopaque μTags. Could this be the key to reducing retained surgical instruments?

An Alaskan breast cancer center that caters to women unable to afford mammograms was handed a healthy $300,000 donation this week, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported.

PET and CT scans could be underrated diagnostic tools when it comes to gynecologic cancer, one Radiology study suggests. In research led by Michael S. Gee, MD, PhD, the imaging techniques were able to detect unsuspected distant metastases in dozens of women with cervical and endometrial cancers.

Duke University has events scheduled on back-to-back days that will examine the issue of head trauma in football.