Technology that integrates 18-FDG PET and CT imaging together may be a more powerful way to diagnose malignant lung fluid in people with pleural mesothelioma than either modality alone.  {read more here}

The source of alcohol craving may be a pea-sized structure deep inside the right side of the brain, according to scientists at the Indiana University School of Medicine. Using two different kinds of advanced brain imaging techniques (PET and fMRI), the researchers compared the results of giving beer drinkers a taste of their favorite beer versus a sports drink. {read more here}

People with suspected non-Alzheimer pathophysiology (SNAP) probably aren’t going to progress to Alzheimer’s disease, two studies [using PET] found. {read more here}

A new study suggests it may be possible to predict which people infected with TB will develop the disease.  Scientists have found evidence of a separate stage in tuberculosis (TB) infection, where people have no symptoms but are more likely to develop the full disease.  The findings, published in Nature Medicine, suggest it may be possible to identify which people are most at risk of developing TB. These patients could then be treated in a more targeted way. {read more here}