Mri Scan

Two separate studies found no evidence to link anomalous health incidents with MRI-based biomarkers of disease or adverse results of neuropsychological testing among U.S. government staff, their families and matched controls.

SAN DIEGO — Biologic-naïve patients with radiographic axial spondylarthritis who receive ixekizumab for 16 weeks demonstrate reduced erosion scores and increased backfill scores, according to data presented at ACR Convergence 2023.

In a diverse cohort of Hispanic/Latino individuals, longer sleep duration was associated with lower total brain and gray matter volume, according to research published in Alzheimer’s & Dementia.

Price transparency is considered a step in the right direction when it comes to taming health care costs, but researchers have found that prices for certain hospital services can differ — often wildly — from what is presented.

PHILADELPHIA — In older adults, the presence of white and gray matter abnormalities on MRI is linked to greater risk for late-onset epilepsy, according to a poster presentation.

Results published in JAMA Surgery showed use of cervical spine imaging for pediatric patients with blunt trauma has increased despite wide variability in clinical evaluation, which could lead to the potential for overdiagnosis of injuries.

SAN DIEGO — Imaging and symptom rating scales offer physicians ample opportunity to follow patients with suspected myositis and “tease out” fast vs. slow progressors, noted a speaker at the 2023 Congress of Clinical Rheumatology West.

WASHINGTON — Measurements of medial and lateral posterior tibial slope on MRI demonstrated lower interrater reliability compared with measurements on CT and may not be accurate, according to presented results.

Topline findings from the phase 2a DUET trial showed that Tern Pharmaceuticals’ oral thyroid hormone receptor-beta agonist achieved significant reductions in liver fat content among patients with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis.