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There are countless non-profit organizations out there that work tirelessly to improve the lives of those affected by medical conditions. It can be difficult to keep track of all of them, especially if you’re not familiar with the work they do. That’s why we’ve created this section of our website specifically for non-profit news and updates.
Here, you will find information on the latest initiatives undertaken by various non-profit groups, as well as news and updates on the progress of medical research and advocacy. We hope this section will help raise awareness about the important work being done.
Digital Medicine Society Reports Healthcare Leaders Unite to Demystify Regulatory Pathways and Strategies for Digital Health Products
Over the next few months, Digital Medicine Society and its partners will create an open access, interactive, regulatory science support tool that is based on existing FDA and other agency guidance documents.
Society of Interventional Radiology Foundation Honors Innovation with Annual Awards
An author of more than 100 published scientific studies and presenter of more than 400 presentations, Spies is recognized as an international authority for his research in uterine artery embolization.
Early Study Suggests a New Injectable Gel May Greatly Reduce Chronic Low Back Pain
Injectable Gel: Hydrogels have been used for a number of years to treat DDD, but the current study is the first test of this particular gel in humans. After six months, all participants in this small study reported significantly less low back pain—declining from an average self-reported pain level of 7.1 down to 2.0 on a scale of zero to 10.
Minimally Invasive Treatment Could Allow More Women to Conceive Without Fertility Treatments: Society for Interventional Radiology
A simple diagnostic procedure, followed by an interventional radiology treatment known as fallopian tube recanalization, could allow a high percentage of women struggling with infertility from blocked fallopian tubes to conceive with less involved or, in some cases, no further invasive fertility procedures. Read on.
RSNA MIDRC Data Contribution Hits 30,000
RSNA MIDRC Data is an open-access platform that publishes data to be used for research.
Interventional Radiologists Match Neurointerventional Specialists in Stroke Treatment Outcomes
The findings, published in the June issue of the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, confirm that appropriately trained interventional radiologists safely and effectively deliver endovascular thrombectomy (EVT), which is standard of care for large vessel acute ischemic stroke.
MRI Finds Lung Abnormalities in Non-Hospitalized Long COVID Patients
A special type of MRI found lung abnormalities in patients who had previously had COVID-19, even those who had not been hospitalized with the illness, according to a new study published in the journal Radiology.
Dr Robert Zeman Receives Thorwarth Award for Radiology Leadership
Dr Robert Zeman is receiving the award for 17 years of dedicated service in various capacities on the ACR Commission on Economics, including Chair of the Contractor Advisory Committee Network.
Sidewall Brain Aneurysm Novel Effective Treatment
Sidewall Brain Aneurysm: A novel mesh plug that has been traditionally used to treat brain aneurysms occurring where the blood vessels branch out was found to be equally effective in treating aneurysms on the side of the vessel, according to a study in the journal Radiology.
