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07 July 2008 - Reuters
Among young patients with cancer, a psychoeducational intervention reduces the percentage of patients requiring anesthesia during radiation treatment, Swiss researchers report.
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07 July 2008 - Reuters
Diabetes is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in patients with heart failure regardless of ejection fraction -- but more strongly so for those with preserved ejecti...
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07 July 2008 - Reuters
The synergistic drug candidate CRx-102, which combines dipyridamole with low dose prednisolone, is a safe and effective treatment for reducing pain in patients with hand osteoarthritis, according to a...
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07 July 2008 - American College of Radiology
ACR Image Metrix is pleased to announce the addition of Brenda Young to its staff as the senior director of clinical operations.
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07 July 2008 - Aurora
The Aurora® Breast MRI Society, a rapidly growing group of dedicated breast health specialists, has debuted its inaugural issue of The Journal of Breast MRI.
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07 July 2008 - Boston Scientific Corporation
Boston Scientific Corporation has announced that the FDA has approved the PROMUS(TM) Everolimus-Eluting Coronary Stent System.
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07 July 2008 - Sectra
Sectra has signed an agreement with SERGAS, the healthcare service provider of the Galicia region in the northwest of Spain, to install PACS at five of the region's public hospitals.
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07 July 2008 - Abbott
Abbott has announced that the FDA approved the XIENCE(TM) V Everolimus Eluting Coronary Stent System for the treatment of coronary artery disease.
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07 July 2008 - Reuters
Breast reconstruction after cancer surgery can have lasting benefits for women's psychological well-being and body image, a new study suggests. The findings appear in the June issue of the Annals of S...
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07 July 2008 - ETH
Scientists of ETH Zurich and computing experts at IBM have combined density measurements with a large-scale mechanical analysis of the inner-bone microstructure.
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07 July 2008 - ACR
James P. Borgstede, MD, FACR, former chair of the ACR Board of Chancellors, was recently elected treasurer of the International Society of Radiology.
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07 July 2008 - Reuters|Michael Kahn
Mandatory heart screenings for all athletes could detect potentially fatal problems and save lives, Italian researchers said on Friday. The findings are published in the British Medical Journal.
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07 July 2008 - Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine
The Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine announced the election of new board members at its annual meeting recently in Seattle, WA. The terms took effect July 1, 2008.
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07 July 2008 - NovaRad
Twenty-two medical centers spanning rural Kansas have transformed their environments from paper and film to digital images and computer-based scheduling with PACS and RIS from NovaRad.
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07 July 2008 - Viztek
Viztek, the turnkey digital imaging hardware and software solutions company, announces the installation of Viztek's newest U-arm DR system at Southeastern Integrated Medical, PL, a multi-specialty pra...
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07 July 2008 - Siemens Healthcare
Western Infirmary, part of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde in Scotland, has installed the first UK ACUSON S2000 ultrasound system from Siemens.
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04 July 2008 - Advanced Medical Isotope Corporation
Advanced Medical Isotope Corporation has entered into an agreement for the development of a compact device to produce radioisotopes with the University of Missouri.
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04 July 2008 - The European CanCer Organisation
The first research to look at recent trends in European cancer incidence, mortality and survival together has shown that cancer prevention and management in Europe is moving in the right direction.
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04 July 2008 - University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Thyroid cancer that has spread to distant sites has a poor prognosis, but an experimental drug that inhibits tumor blood vessel formation can slow disease progression in some patients.
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04 July 2008 - CMS Office of Public Affairs
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today proposed new efforts to promote access to higher quality and more efficient health care for people with Medicare.
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04 July 2008 - Covidien
Covidien today announced the appointment of the research and development leadership team for its Pharmaceutical Products and Imaging Solutions businesses.
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04 July 2008 - EPIX
EPIX Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has announced that the New Drug Application for its novel blood pool MR angiography agent, Vasovist was resubmitted to the US FDA on June 30, 2008.
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04 July 2008 - Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center/Weill Cornell Medical College
Following traumatic brain injury, patients should be given nutritional supplementation through a gastric feeding tube as soon as possible to improve their chances of survival, researchers say.
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04 July 2008 - Foundation Radiology Group
Pittsburgh-based Foundation Radiology Group has signed multi-year contracts with Pineville Community Hospital, Pineville, KY; and Knox County Hospital, Barbourville, KY.
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04 July 2008 - GE Healthcare
Low-osmolar contrast media, such as GE Healthcare's Omnipaque (Iohexol), make effective oral contrast agents for abdominal CT scans, a technical note has concluded.
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