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Radiology is the medical specialty directing medical imaging technologies to diagnose and sometimes treat diseases. Originally it was the aspect of medical science dealing with the medical use of electromagnetic energy emitted by X-ray machines or other such radiation devices for the purpose of obtaining visual information as part of medical imaging.

Pacific Vascular purchases Toshiba's Aplio 300 ultrasound systems

Pacific Vascular, Inc. is providing its patients with the latest in ultrasound technology by acquiring 36 Aplio 300 ultrasound systems from Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc.

27 Mar 2014

A fast, non-invasive method to genotype late-onset Alzheimer's disease

The apolipoprotein E gene ε4 allele is considered a negative factor for neural regeneration in late-onset Alzheimer's disease cases.

27 Mar 2014

Studying brain network changes in stroke patients possible with functional network connection models

Studies have shown that functional network connection models can be used to study brain network changes in patients with schizophrenia. A research team from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in China inferred that these models could also be used to explore functional network connectivity changes in stroke patients.

26 Mar 2014

State highlights: Fla. employees' unequal premiums; abuse by Calif. doctor alleged

The Florida Cabinet, state agency managers and legislative staff are among 30,000 top-ranked state workers who will continue to pay ultra-low health insurance premiums in the coming year. In a reverse of the Robin Hood principle, the state charges lower-paid workers six times more than those who have the highest earnings pay. ... [B]oth the House and Senate this week released initial budgets that would keep premiums at the same rate (3/22).

25 Mar 2014

CytRx initiates Phase 3 clinical trial to evaluate efficacy of aldoxorubicin in STS patients

CytRx Corporation (Nasdaq: CYTR), a biopharmaceutical research and development company specializing in oncology, today announced it has initiated a pivotal global Phase 3 clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of aldoxorubicin as a second-line treatment for patients with soft tissue sarcoma (STS) under a Special Protocol Assessment with the FDA.

25 Mar 2014

Imaging cancer in children using MRI: an interview with Dr. Heike E. Daldrup-Link, Stanford University School of Medicine

There have been a number of scientific publications recently that suggest that the radiation exposure from imaging tests can induce secondary cancers later in life.

21 Mar 2014

Physicists recommend new strategies to make computed tomography safer

UC Davis clinicians and physicists have recommended new strategies to make computed tomography (CT) safer, including adoption of a new metric for dose measurement, ways to manage exposure protocols that differ by CT brand and specific approaches to reduce exposure during needle biopsies.

20 Mar 2014

Researchers use "big data" analytics to predict triple-negative breast cancer and other cancers with 95% accuracy

Researchers at Case Western Reserve University and colleagues used "big data" analytics to predict if a patient is suffering from aggressive triple-negative breast cancer, slower-moving cancers or non-cancerous lesions with 95 percent accuracy.

19 Mar 2014

Building muscle mass important in decreasing metabolic risk

New UCLA research suggests that the more muscle mass older Americans have, the less likely they are to die prematurely. The findings add to the growing evidence that overall body composition - and not the widely used body mass index, or BMI - is a better predictor of all-cause mortality.

17 Mar 2014

Top medical organizations urge CMS to provide full Medicare coverage for LDCT screening

In a joint response to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) National Coverage and Analysis Group, the Lung Cancer Alliance, The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, American College of Radiology (ACR) and 38 other medical organizations called on CMS to quickly provide national Medicare coverage of low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) screening for patients at high risk for lung cancer.

17 Mar 2014

Sports medicine physicians to convene at 2014 AMSSM Annual Meeting

More than 1,400 sports medicine physicians from the United States and abroad will attend the 23rd Annual Meeting of the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM), the largest primary care sports medicine physician organization in the nation.

17 Mar 2014

Surgeons perform first auditory brainstem implant operation in Northeast Ohio

Surgeons at University Hospitals Case Medical Center have completed the first auditory brainstem implant (ABI) operation in Northeast Ohio on a woman who has lost most of her hearing due to benign tumors on her auditory nerves.

17 Mar 2014

Study shows effect of oral fungal yeast in inhibiting thrush

Scientists at Case Western Reserve School of Medicine and University Hospitals (UH) Case Medical Center have discovered how the beneficial fungal yeast, Pichia, holds at bay a harmful fungal yeast, Candida.

14 Mar 2014

Physician-scientists present pancreatic cancer surgery findings at SSO Cancer Symposium

Despite the benefits of surgery for early stage pancreatic cancer, it remains under-utilized for patients with this deadly disease, according to a new national analysis of trends and outcomes. Physician-scientists at University Hospitals Case Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine presented their findings and strategies to increase rates on March 13 at the Society of Surgical Oncology Cancer Symposium in Phoenix.

14 Mar 2014

Surefire Medical's new line of Surefire Guiding Catheters receive FDA clearance and CE Mark

Surefire Medical, Inc., developer of a new class of infusion systems designed to maximize direct-to-tumor drug delivery, announced today that the company has received 510(k) FDA clearance and the CE Mark for its enhanced line of Surefire Guiding Catheters used in radioembolization and chemoembolization procedures.

13 Mar 2014

Sutures embedded with stem cells led to quicker and stronger healing of Achilles tendon tears

Researchers have found that sutures embedded with stem cells led to quicker and stronger healing of Achilles tendon tears than traditional sutures, according to a new study published in the March 2014 issue of Foot & Ankle International (published by SAGE).

13 Mar 2014

FDA clears Toshiba’s CT Myocardial Perfusion technology

To improve cardiac diagnoses with simplified dose reduction technology, Toshiba announces the FDA clearance of its industry-exclusive CT Myocardial Perfusion capability. Available on Toshiba's AquilionTM ONE and Aquilion ONE ViSION Edition CT systems.

12 Mar 2014

$New MRI can show detailed image following fracture repair without distortion by metal surgical screws$

New MRI can show detailed image following fracture repair without distortion by metal surgical screws

People who sustain the most common type of hip fracture, known as a femoral neck fracture, are at increased risk of complications. A special type of MRI developed at Hospital for Special Surgery in collaboration with GE Healthcare can show a detailed image following fracture repair, without the distortion caused by metal surgical screws that are problematic in standard MRIs.

12 Mar 2014

Synta Pharmaceuticals' Hsp90 inhibitor ganetespib selected for study in I-SPY 2 TRIAL

Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp. and QuantumLeap Healthcare Collaborative today announced that Synta's lead drug candidate, the Hsp90 inhibitor ganetespib, has been selected for study in the I-SPY 2 TRIAL (Investigation of Serial Studies to Predict Your Therapeutic Response with Imaging And moLecular Analysis 2).

11 Mar 2014

NextImage completes acquisition of WorkWell

NextImage Medical, a leading provider of specialized cost containment services to the workers' compensation industry, today announced that it has completed the purchase of WorkWell, Inc. The individual company product lines will continue to operate under their respective names. Liz Griggs, Chairman and CEO of NextImage Medical, will become the CEO of the combined entity. The financial terms of the acquisition were not made public.

11 Mar 2014

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Pacific Vascular purchases Toshiba's Aplio 300 ultrasound systems

A fast, non-invasive method to genotype late-onset Alzheimer's disease

Studying brain network changes in stroke patients possible with functional network connection models

State highlights: Fla. employees' unequal premiums; abuse by Calif. doctor alleged

CytRx initiates Phase 3 clinical trial to evaluate efficacy of aldoxorubicin in STS patients

Imaging cancer in children using MRI: an interview with Dr. Heike E. Daldrup-Link, Stanford University School of Medicine

Physicists recommend new strategies to make computed tomography safer

Researchers use "big data" analytics to predict triple-negative breast cancer and other cancers with 95% accuracy

Building muscle mass important in decreasing metabolic risk

Top medical organizations urge CMS to provide full Medicare coverage for LDCT screening

Sports medicine physicians to convene at 2014 AMSSM Annual Meeting

Surgeons perform first auditory brainstem implant operation in Northeast Ohio

Study shows effect of oral fungal yeast in inhibiting thrush

Physician-scientists present pancreatic cancer surgery findings at SSO Cancer Symposium

Surefire Medical's new line of Surefire Guiding Catheters receive FDA clearance and CE Mark

Sutures embedded with stem cells led to quicker and stronger healing of Achilles tendon tears

FDA clears Toshiba’s CT Myocardial Perfusion technology

New MRI can show detailed image following fracture repair without distortion by metal surgical screws

Synta Pharmaceuticals' Hsp90 inhibitor ganetespib selected for study in I-SPY 2 TRIAL

NextImage completes acquisition of WorkWell

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