Musculoskeletal Imaging
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Mass Discovered in the Pancreas of a 28-Year-Old Woman
A 28-year-old woman presented with symptoms of abdominal pain, dyspepsia, and nausea. At physical examination, an abdominal mass was palpated. Radiological evaluation showed the presence of a mass in the pancreas. Resection of the mass was performed. (Source: Cancer Network)
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Prochymal - First Stem Cell Drug Approved
For the first time in history a stem cell drug has been approved for market authorization. Prochymal® (remestemcel-L) is also the first drug to be approved for the treatment of acute graft-vs-host disease (GvHD) in children, a devastating complication of bone marrow transplantation that kills almost 80% of all affected children, many of which just weeks after they have been diagnosed. GvHD is the leading cause of transplant-related mortality, caused by an immunologic attack... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
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Q&A: Evaluating Breast Density
Ralph Highnam, CEO of technology company Matakina International, weighs in on the challenges and promises of evaluating objective breast density. (Source: Diagnostic Imaging)
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Exercise, nutrition counteract bone loss during spaceflight
Astronauts can counteract the bone loss typically associated with spaceflight through a combination of improved nutrition and resistance exercise, NASA scientists have shown. (Source: MedWire News - Bone Health)
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Radiology team returns to Haiti
A team of expert radiologists, ultrasonographers, and radiologic technologists (more) (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
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ASRT briefs Congress on CARE bill
The American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) held a briefing on (more) (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)MedWorm Message: Please support the Doctors In Chains campaign for the medics tortured and sentenced for up to 15 years in Bahrain. #FreeDoctors
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Laurel Bridge, Hologic extend licensing agreement
Software developer Laurel Bridge Software announced that women's imaging vendor (more) (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
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Lung Cancer CT Screening Guidelines Revised
Older, current and former heavy smokers should receive annual, low-dose CT screening, according to revised guidelines published in the Journal of the American Medical Association on Sunday. The revised guidelines follow, and in the JAMA paper are accompanied by, a systematic review of evidence on the role of CT screening for individuals at higher risk of lung cancer. CT (computerised tomography) or CAT scans are a type of x-ray that can detect early signs of lung cancer, but they can give false-positive results... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
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Radiology Comic: Humpty's Head Injury
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall... (Source: Diagnostic Imaging)
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Prognostic Value of CT Staging in Nonmetastatic Colon CancerPrognostic Value of CT Staging in Nonmetastatic Colon Cancer
In colon cancer, can preoperative CT staging predict long-term survival? Annals of Oncology (Source: Medscape Radiology Headlines)
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Bone screening recommended for COPD veterans
Male veterans with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease should be screened for osteoporosis, say US researchers who found a high untreated prevalence of the disease in this population. (Source: MedWire News - Bone Health)MedWorm Message: Please have a look at this new site driven by MedWorm: The Breast Cancer Daily
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Heparin-like compounds inhibit breast cancer metastasis to bone (AlphaGalileo, 21 May 2012)
Finnish and US researchers have published a study on the development of breast cancer bone metastases in Molecular Cancer Research. Full article (Source: Society for Endocrinology)
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Radiologists trek to Haiti for disaster relief
A team of expert radiologists, ultrasonographers and radiologic technologists will provide a series of didactic and hands-on medical imaging training sessions for local healthcare providers June 4-5 at Grace Children’s Hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (Source: Health Imaging News)
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ONC offers $150K to solve ophthalmology interoperability woes
Figuring out how to improve interoperability among office-based ophthalmic imaging devices would solve a lot of headaches related to data management within the specialty, and, thanks to a contest from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC), it could also make a developer or team of developers $100,000 richer. (Source: Health Imaging News)
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Siegel takes helm of GE's Healthymagination
Sue Siegel has been named a GE corporate vice president and will serve as CEO of GE's Healthymagination of Fairfield, Conn. (Source: Health Imaging News)
