Curcumin — a substance from the herb turmeric that gives Indian curry its yellow color — improved memory and mood for people with a mild form of age-related memory loss, according to researchers at the University of California Los Angeles. Those taking curcumin had mild improvements in mood, and their brain PET scans, compared with those who took placebos, showed significantly less amyloid and tau signals in regions of the brain that control memory and emotional functions: the amygdala and hypothalamus. {read more here}

PET scanning was used to demonstrate significant correlations found for adenosine triphosphate-binding cassette subfamily A member.  [read more here}

A new study using whole-body molecular imaging identified a shared inflammatory response between the cardiovascular and central nervous systems following myocardial infarction (MI), possibly adding insight to the reported connection between cardiac injury and cognitive decline. {read more here}

The best way to predict a good outcome for pediatric patients with osteosarcoma is by performing FDG-PET/CT scans at regular intervals in the first several months after the start of chemotherapy, according to a study published in the January issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine. {read more here}