Diffusion-tensor MR images have revealed brain changes in astronauts based on how long they were in space. | AuntMinnie.com | By Wayne Forrest, staff writer

While Australians are travelling abroad for cheap medical care, international visitors are coming here for quality care they can trust. When Rabia Tahir arrived at Adelaide airport last year, she was cautiously hopeful. Never having been out of Pakistan and understanding but not speaking English, she had made the journey alone. Rabia was suffering the...

A new case in BMJ Case Reports has revealed MRI scans of one man’s brain following years of cocaine use, in which much of the white matter has been ‘eaten away’. By Shivali Best, Mirror Online

MRI finds breast cancer earlier than digital mammography in women with a family history of the disease but without known genetic mutations, according to research published online June 17 in Lancet Oncology. But the improved detection comes at a risk of more false positives. By Kate Madden Yee, AuntMinnie.com

“The differences that we observed indicate the strong possibility that there are sex differences in the structural and functional connections in the brain, which may contribute to women’s increased risk for Alzheimer’s,” said Sepideh Shokouhi, at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in Los Angeles. Matt O'Connor | Molecular Imaging | www.healthimaging.com

A newly created three-dimensional (3D) neural network can improve the detection of pulmonary nodules on CT scans, according to a study published July 12 in PLOS ONE. Matt O'Connor | Artificial Intelligence | www.healthimaging.com

A deep learning software identified patients at an increased risk of long-term mortality based on data from a single chest radiograph, reported researchers of a new study published in JAMA Network Open. Matt O'Connor | Artificial Intelligence | Health Imaging

A selection of New South Wales’ finest researchers will share in almost $6 million to improve Aboriginal and elderly health, and provide more efficient patient care. Since 2016, the NSW Government has funded... NSW Health & Medical Research

US researchers rank Australia's healthcare system as the second best in the developed world behind Britain's NHS, with America's named the worst. By Stephen Smiley ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

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