1. ACC: Agony of Long-Distance Runners
(Radiology Conferences/Conference News)

When compared the athletes with 23 control patients, calcium plaque volume was 169 mm3 compared with 274 mm3 for the elite runners (P=0.028), the researchers reported at the ACC meeting. A group of ...

2. Chiropractor State-of-the-art MRI Unit's 2nd Anniversary
(Communities/MRI)

... is able to help a variety of patients ranging from elite athletes, to those who spend a lot of time at their PC. Conditions ranging from headaches, neck pain, low back pain, arm or leg pain/numbness or ...

3. GE’s Centricity Radiology-IW at the Vancouver Polyclinic
(Company News/GE Healthcare)

... making. For athletes, the clinician’s ability to connect to other automated systems and health facilities could reduce or eliminate the need to transport athletes for medical advice. This improved access ...

4. WDI uses Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry
(Modalities/Radiology )

... It can also help athletes develop training programs to achieve optimal performance. Patients are using DXA Total Body Fat analysis before and after gastric bypass surgery and at the beginning and midway ...

5. Fujifilm's FCR Tackles College Bowl Games
(Company News/FUJIFILM Medical Systems USA, Inc.)

...  The innovative FCR Go will be on site to image injured players of the participating teams, providing the means for the near immediate diagnosis of athletes during these two competitive bowl games.The ...

6. Recommendation - Dual Screening Tests for Heart Defects in Athletes
(Communities/Cardiac Vasculature)

... to best detect early signs of life-threatening heart defects in young athletes, screening programs should include both popular diagnostic tests, not just one of them. Theodore Abraham, an associate professor ...

7. Screening for Cardiovascular Diseases Difficult, but Necessary
(Communities/Cardiac Vasculature)

... of athletes. The screening challenges arise, the study notes, from trying to identify very rare and often clinically silent, but potentially fatal cardiac diseases in a large number of athletes competing ...

8. New Advances and Insights in Gastroenterology at College's 74th Annual Meeting
(Radiology Conferences/Conference News)

... Still Being Felt For Bigger Athletes: Potential Future Health Risks Possible Link Between Inflammatory Bowel Disease Treatment and Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer Technologies to Advance Diagnosis by Colonoscopy ...

9. Innovative iphone Application Helps Athletes Prevent Dehydration
(Healthcare Informatics/Healthcare Informatics)

Innovative iphone application, iHydrate, from Mobile Sports, Inc. , gives giving athletes, parents of athletes, coaches, and athletic trainers the tools and information they need to avoid dehydration and ...

10. Agfa HealthCare’s DX-S System Provides Potential NFL Recruits with Complete Radiographic Screening
(Company News/Agfa HealthCare)

Clarian Health’s Methodist Hospital used Agfa HealthCare advanced CR solution to speed medical evaluation of athletes With the July 24 start of the National Football League (NFL Training Camp, Agfa ...

11. 'Non-surgical' Method for Chronic Tendinosis of the Achilles Tendon, Study Research presents at ARRS 2009
(Radiology Conferences/ARRS 2009)

... in runners suggest about 10-15% incidence in this higher risk group. Achilles tendinosis is also relatively common in non-athletes. Men and women of all age groups are affected," he said. "Although most ...

12. GE Healthcare Reaches Milestone - 500th Signa HDe 1.5T Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scanner Sold
(Company News/GE Healthcare)

...  In addition, it was the official MRI scanner at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Bejing, scanning nearly 700 athletes. “GE’s focus is to provide the highest quality products to patients and our customers ...

13. Philips' Save an Athlete campaign provides simple tests to find cardiac conditions in student athletes
(Communities/Cardiac Vasculature)

... heart conditions that may lead to sudden cardiac death (SCD). Philips' Save an Athlete program aims to improve health and wellness by educating student athletes, their families, doctors, athletic directors ...

14. Motion analysis helps teen with cerebral palsy regain ability to walk
(Imported/Imported)

... athletes to boost performance and correct physical habits that impede their ability to succeed. The future of motion analysis as a diagnostic tool One obstacle in using motion analysis as a diagnostic ...

15. Sports hernia repair technique coupled with innovative rehabilitation program speeds return to play
(Imported/Imported)

Surgical repair of athletic hernia using tension-free mesh and a standardized rehabilitation protocol are successful in returning athletes to competition. According to new research released on Sunday ...

16. Sports concussion research using fMRI provides insight for safe return-to-play decisions
(Communities/MRI)

A five-year University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine study is the first to link changes in brain function directly to the recovery of the athlete. Concussions are common in young athletes but the ...

17. The heart of the NFL player – off the field, and on
(Radiology News/Radiology Articles)

... to bring awareness to heart disease in the general population as well as the specific cardiovascular challenges found in professional athletes, particularly football players with large body mass. The ...

18. Markedly abnormal ECGs in young athletes linked to risk of cardiomyopathy
(Imported/Imported)

In young, asymptomatic athletes, conspicuous repolarization abnormalities on ECG indicate increased risk for subsequent development of structural cardiac disease. by Karla Gale According to research ...

19. Surgery may be best for exercise-induced scalenus syndrome
(Radiology News/Radiology Articles)

As a treatment for exercise-induced scalenus syndrome, scalenectomy can allow professional athletes to return to full activity relatively quickly, according to a case series reported by Greek researchers.  ...

20. The myth of runner's high revisited with brain imaging
(Radiology News/Radiology Articles)

... In an imaging study they were able to show, for the first time, increased release of endorphins in certain areas of the athletes' brains during a two-hour jogging session. Their results are also relevant ...