Textbook case, with no textbook

“You can do a lot of things and still do no harm – and often not much good, either.” In a “Hard Cases” column in the New York Times, Abigail Zuber, MD, describes her realization of how doing nothing beyond maintaining a doctor-patient relationship nudged a recalcitrant patient into doing something herself.

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Several key trends were evident at the Radiological Society of North America 2024 meeting, including new CT and MR technology and evolving adoption of artificial intelligence.

Ron Blankstein, MD, professor of radiology, Harvard Medical School, explains the use of artificial intelligence to detect heart disease in non-cardiac CT exams.

Eleven medical societies have signed on to a consensus statement aimed at standardizing imaging for suspected cardiovascular infections.