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Breast imagers worldwide now have access to the fifth edition of the American College of Radiology (ACR) Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS®) Atlas. The new edition is designed to improve patient care by serving as a comprehensive guide providing standardized breast imaging terminology, report organization, assessment structure, and a classification system for mammography, ultrasound, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the breast.

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Ablative Solutions, Inc., a privately-held clinical stage company headquartered in Kalamazoo, MI, with offices in Menlo Park, CA, announced today that it has completed a Series B Preferred Stock financing, totaling approximately $9.5 million (including the conversion of the bridge financing completed in 2013), to fund its unique technology platform for renal denervation. The round was led by BioStar Ventures and Michigan Accelerator Fund, and included participation by the founders and multiple angel investors. "The Company has made tremendous progress in the two years since its inception with a unique approach to renal denervation, and has done so with great capital efficiency," affirmed Dale Grogan of Michigan Accelerator Fund, who was elected to the Company's Board of Directors upon closing of the financing.

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The capacity of our working memory is better explained by the quality of memories we can store than by their number, a team of psychology researchers has concluded.

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Since the 1970s, the frequency and use of pain relief during childbirth – and most especially the use of epidural analgesia during labor – has increased dramatically. Reports on epidural rates range from 47 percent to as high as 76 percent of vaginal births, while between 39 percent and 56 percent of women use narcotic analgesics – including drugs like Fentanyl – via IV for managing labor and delivery pain. Only about 14 percent of women, the literature reveals, use no pharmacologic method to relieve childbirth pain.

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A team of researchers, led by physicians and scientists at Intermountain Medical Center and ARUP Laboratories in Salt Lake City, has made a medical breakthrough by discovering genetic mutations that cause a rare and deadly lung disease.

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University of Adelaide researchers have identified a key step for the future prevention of liver failure resulting from taking too much of the everyday painkiller acetaminophen (also known as paracetamol).

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According to a newly published analysis, students in HHMI's Science Education Alliance-PHAGES program have published their own scientific results, receive higher grades in their biology courses, are more likely to continue their education than overall student populations, and report an engagement in the process of science similar to what is reported by students who participate in “traditional” apprentice-based summer research.

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Among patients with advanced melanoma, presence of higher levels of the protein vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in blood was associated with poor response to treatment with the immunotherapy ipilimumab, according to a study published in Cancer Immunology Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.

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An artificial heart valve device that does not require major open surgery has received FDA approval. The heart valve is deployed with a catheter, which is inserted in an artery in the groin and guided up to the heart.

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Getting too much added sugar in your diet could significantly increase your risk of dying from cardiovascular disease, according to a study published Monday. Sugar-sweetened beverages are the largest source of added sugars in the American diet.

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Dr. Joseph C. Picken, a clinical professor who teaches entrepreneurship, tells students that they need three things to succeed: A great idea, fire in the belly and education.

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Health science students, faculty and staff from Loyola University Chicago will participate in a simulation to help them better understand what it is like to live in poverty. During the four-hour simulation, participants will role-play the lives of families living in poverty and others will serve as representatives from the many social service agencies with which they interact.

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The Naveen Jindal School of Management’s graduate program in innovation and entrepreneurship has been recognized as a national model by the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE).

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According to the American College of Radiology and Society of Breast Imaging, the recent article (O’Donoghue et al) on the cost of breast cancer screening published in the Annals of Internal Medicine provides an incomplete picture of the costs vs. benefit of screening and is misleading.

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Researchers from UT and the University of Arizona, Tucson, studied how forces such as volatile market conditions and technological substitutes affect the value of pest control services provided by Mexican free-tailed bats on cotton production in the U.S. They found the services are impacted by the forces to the tune of millions of dollars.

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Nearly half of HIV-infected teenagers and young adults forego timely treatment, delaying care until their disease has advanced, which puts them at risk for dangerous infections and long-term complications, according to a study led by the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center.

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Intensive blood pressure and cholesterol lowering was not associated with reduced risk for diabetes-related cognitive decline in older patients with long-standing type 2 diabetes mellitus, according to a study by Jeff D. Williamson, M.D., M.H.S., of the Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, N.C., and colleagues.

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Many U.S. adults consume more added sugar (added in processing or preparing of foods, not naturally occurring as in fruits and fruit juices) than expert panels recommend for a healthy diet, and consumption of added sugar was associated with increased risk for death from cardiovascular disease (CVD), according to a study published by JAMA Internal Medicine, a JAMA Network publication.