Blood testing for prostate cancer now has a passing grade—the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force (USPSTF) has changed its tune on prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening, upgrading the recommendation that some men undergo to a “C” grade.  

Imaging advocacy groups have lined up to support a bill providing medical imaging device and contrast drug manufacturers a clear regulatory pathway, speeding the bench-to-bedside transition.

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) will re-examine its decision to pull several gadolinium contrast agents from the European single market following requests from gadolinium producers.

Medicalis recently announced that Chesterfield, Missouri-based Mercy has completed its enterprise-wide deployment of its Medicalis Workflow Solution. 

Aetna is now offering CT colonography without patient copay, part of the provision for low-cost preventative screening in the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Aetna was the last of the top five insurers in the U.S. to comply with the mandate, according to the American College of Radiology.

Physicians in the United States are guilty of over-recommending mammography to women, according to a survey published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Internal Medicine. Conflicting recommendations from imaging societies and regulatory bodies, fee-for-service payment systems and fear of malpractice litigation are major factors, according to the authors.

The SOMATOM go. CT platform designed for high diverse sets of user needs from Siemens Healthineers has been cleared by the Food and Drug Administration, helping healthcare providers worldwide meet current challenges and thrive in their work environments.

A new Siemens Luminos Agile Fluoroscopy/Radiography system was installed at Daviess Community Hospital in Washington, Indiana, as an addition to its expansion of radiology services.