A new PET imaging agent, 18F-AlF-FAPI-74, has been found to effectively monitor and predict treatment response of an up-and-coming cancer therapy. This non-invasive imaging approach has the potential to help inform important clinical decision-making early in the course of treatment – including re-dosing of therapy, dose optimization, change of therapeutic course, and many more – […]
A cardiac SPECT imaging system using self-collimation performs scans 10 to 100 times faster than current SPECT systems, according to new research presented at the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging 2022 Annual Meeting. The advantages of selfcollimation SPECT include dramatically shortened scan time, better image quality, increased patient throughput, and reduced radiation exposure […]
The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) announced the creation of the Mars Shot Fund, an initiative to raise $100 million to help pay for research into nuclear medicine, molecular imaging, and therapy. To date the fund has received $600,000 in grants and pledges, and work is underway to increase US federal spending […]
The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging held this year’s Annual Meeting in Vancouver, Canada from June 11-14. International Hospital looks at some of the research presented at the event.
Sophos, a global leader in cybersecurity, has published a new sectoral survey report, “The State of Ransomware in Healthcare 2022.” The findings reveal that ransomware attacks on health organizations almost doubled from 34% in 2020 to 66% in 2021.
The electronic health record (EHR) is a system that collects, systematizes and stores patients’ data in a digital format. If this information is to be used to improve clinical care and epidemiological surveillance, these data must be interoperable between different government bodies and countries of the European Union.
Providing better computerised advice for routine medical decisions will save lives and help to solve problems like over-prescription of antibiotics, according to a new report by the professional body for IT in the United Kingdom, BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT.
Heart attacks and strokes are the world’s leading cause of death
Oestrogen may protect diabetes patients from cardiomyopathy, according to research led by a Texas A&M AgriLife scientist and published in the June issue of the American Heart Association journal Circulation: Heart Failure https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.121.008758
Levels of bad cholesterol rise during menopause, and 10% of this increase is due to shifts in sex hormones. That’s the finding of research published in May in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, a journal of the ESC. [1]
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