Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging
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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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Toxicity Study On Primates Of Quantum Dots Is Good News For Nanomedicine
Medical uses for quantum dots - tiny luminescent crystals - could include image-guided surgery, light-activated therapies and sensitive diagnostic tests. A pioneering study to gauge the toxicity of quantum dots in primates has found the tiny crystals to be safe over a one-year period, a hopeful outcome for doctors and scientists seeking new ways to battle diseases like cancer through nanomedicine. The research, which appears in Nature Nanotechnology online, is likely the first to test the safety of quantum dots in primates... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
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Report shows radiology use at private payors slowed in 2010
A new report on healthcare utilization at private U.S. insurance companies (more) (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
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Health scan lifestyle Q&A
Mary Murray-Burke, Crystal Swing (Source: The Irish Times - Health)
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Spider Phobia: Brain Scan Shows Cure in 1 Session
Before receiving treatment for her lifelong fear of spiders, one Chicago college student would flee her dorm for days if she merely suspected one’s presence. (Source: WebMD Health)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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Controversial Head Of Nuclear Commission Resigns
Gregory Jaczko, the controversial head of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, is resigning his post. During his tenure he frequently clashed with fellow commissioners and was called a bully. But in announcing his resignation, he didn't mention the internal strife.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us (Source: NPR Health and Science)
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Are We Stil A Madonna/Whore Society?
Most women in the early to mid 1960s were treated as second class citizens. They were relegated to “female” jobs like teacher, nurse, or secretary. Are things any different today?read more (Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center)
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Troublesome Turn-ons
The possibilities of what turns a person on is limited only by the individual’s imagination. It is women as well as men, young as well as mature, gay, bi and straight, who have imagined some doozies with which to bedevil themselves.read more (Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center)
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Is Nonviolent Communication Practical?
One of the most common critiques I hear of Nonviolent Communication is that it’s simply not practical. “It would be great if this can work,” the line often goes.read more (Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center)
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Internet Rule #34—Or, What’s Normal in Sex?
“If you can imagine it, there’s porn of it.” That’s about the simplest definition of this most evocative of Internet-linked axioms. read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center)MedWorm Message: Please have a look at this new site driven by MedWorm: The Breast Cancer Daily
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WEDI, MGMA differ on ICD-10 timeline
The staff at Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) likely don’t have easy days at the office. With notices of proposed rulemaking being drafted with great speed relative to traditionally thought-of government timelines, the onslaught of opinions from the public to reconcile should come as no surprise. Last week, the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) and Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) offered slightly differing opinions on the ICD-10 implementation process. (Source: Health Imaging News)
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From boos to hope: Challenging the dogma about deadly brain stem gliomas
Hailey Olson, seen here with Susan Chi, MD, and Mark Kieran, MD, PhD, is the first patient in a trial challenging the conventional wisdom about rare brain stem tumor. (Image: Sam Ogden, DFCI) Hilary Olson had no reason to suspect that her daughter Hailey might have a brain tumor. “Her smile was starting to droop a little, and one of her eyes was a little jumpy,” says the 6-year-old’s mother. “We took her to see a neurologist, and he thought she might have pinched a nerve. “But when he sent us to Boston Children’s Hospital for an MRI,” she continues, “the radiologists sent us straight down to the emergency room.” Hailey’s diagnosis came as a huge jolt: a rare, almost always fatal tumor called diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG...
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AR: 3D DSA trumps 2D for aneurysm evaluation
Three-dimensional (3D) digital subtraction angiography (DSA) provides superior detection and delineation of intracranial aneurysms while exposing patients to less radiation, using less contrast and shortening overall procedure time, according to a study published in the June issue of Academic Radiology. (Source: Health Imaging News)
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All Quiet on the Western Front: Learning from ‘Bonanza’
In our hustle and bustle lifestyle, we often forget about the necessity of quiet and serenity. Without them, we can lose our imagination, our focus and our relationship skills.Tags: ADHD, relationships, relaxation, society (Source: CounsellingResource.com News and Features)
