1. UNMC: Avoid Unnecessary CT, PET Scans
(Communities/CT)

...   In addition, routine blood tests and a yearly chest radiograph are done if indicated. Dr. Vose said if a patient asks, the policy is not to do a scan unless there are symptoms or an exam gives cause ...

2. MRI May Help Identify Prostrate Cancer: AdMeTech
(Communities/MRI)

... extent of overdiagnosis and overtreatment associated with current screening tools, such as blood test PSA and digital rectal exams. The data also shows the need for private and public funding of a larger ...

3. Obama's CT Colonography Leave Consumers Confused
(Communities/CT)

... stool blood tests as an inexpensive alternative to colonoscopy may leave many consumers wondering which colorectal cancer test is best for them.Physician experts from the American College of Gastroenterology ...

4. DOH Promoting Use Of EMR
(EMR (Electronic Medical Records)/EMR)

... are currently used in 92 hospitals. The records include information on blood tests, medical images, admission records and patient's prescriptions. The scheme also aims to extend the use of EMR to the 500 ...

5. MR-spectroscopy Helps Doctors Pinpoint Prostate Cancer
(Communities/MRI)

... help determine the best course of treatment," said Leo Cheng of Mass General, whose study appears in the journal Science Translational Medicine. Blood tests that screen for prostate-specific antigen or ...

6. Ultrasound plus Proteomic Detects Ovarian Cancer
(Communities/Ultrasound)

... David A. Fishman, MD, lead author of the article. "The ability to detect ovarian cancer by a simple blood test has long been the holy grail of screening tests. Although a single biomarker blood test would ...

7. Alternative of Ultrasound Detects Fetus Gender
(Communities/Ultrasound)

Study finds that a new blood test can imerge as an alternative to ultrasound to detect fetus gender. Parents who normally want to know the sex of their unborn child can usually find out through ultrasound ...

8. Blood Test Reduce Unnecessary Imaging Procedures
(Modalities/Radiology )

Blood test may aid in lung cancer diagnosis and reduce unnecessary invasive procedures. Of the nearly 150,000 abnormal chest X-rays performed each year in the United States, 25 percent of patients will ...

9. Blood Test Reduces Repeat Breast MRI Scans
(Organizations/American Roentgen Ray Society)

A simple blood test corresponding to the follicular phase of a normal menstrual cycle can aid in optimal scheduling of breast MRI exams in premenopausal women with irregular cycles. A simple blood test ...

10. M. D. Anderson Redefines Screening Rules for Breast, Cervical and Colorectal Cancers
(Modalities/Mammography)

... recommends a colonoscopy every 10 years (preferred screening), a virtual colonoscopy every five years, or a yearly Fecal Occult Blood Test (FOBT) for men and women aged 50 years and older who are at average ...

11. EMR has growing pains and controversy
(EMR (Electronic Medical Records)/EMR)

... province to implement the Picture Archiving and Communications System (PACS) for storing and distributing diagnostic imaging, and many patients are now noticing the quick turnaround on blood tests with ...

12. Colorectal cancer screening could cut future chemotherapy costs in half
(Communities/Cardiac Vasculature)

... annual guaiac fecal occult blood test, annual immunochemical fecal occult blood test, sigmoidoscopy every five years, colonoscopy every 10 years and the combination of sigmoidoscopy every five years and ...

13. Calcium Scans May Be Effective Tool For Heart Disease
(Communities/Cardiac Vasculature)

... of risk than the Framingham Risk Score—the traditional way of assessing risk based on blood testing and blood pressure--in middle aged and elderly patients. Yet controversy surrounds expansion of cardiac ...

14. Siemens Showcases Innovative Products and Educational Offerings
(Company News/Siemens Healthcare)

... blood test plays in the early detection of allergies in children. "We are excited to share our latest products and solutions with clinical laboratory customers," said Donal Quinn, CEO, Siemens Healthcare ...

15. What Is the Future of Colonoscopy?
(Product Review/Product Review News)

... modalities are cost-effective. “Many papers show the cost-effectiveness of FOBT [fecal occult blood testing], colonoscopy and flexible sigmoidoscopy. Some studies show one to be more cost-effective than ...

16. Health Officials Spotlight Colorectal Cancer Screening
(Communities/Abdominal Pelvic)

...  Colonoscopy (every 10 years) High-sensitivity fecal occult blood test (FOBT) or fecal immunochemical test (FIT) (every year) Flexible sigmoidoscopy (every 5 years) plus FOBT or FIT every ...

17. Ovarian Cancer Screening Not Catching Early Disease
(Communities/Abdominal Pelvic)

Screening regimens that combine ultrasound and a blood test for ovarian cancer fail to detect the disease early enough to make important progress, the authors of a new study reported The only available ...

18. Radiation Oncologist Leads National Study Of Advanced Radiation Technique
(Modalities/Radiology )

... weekly physical exams, blood tests and functional assessments during radiation therapy, and repeat MRI or CT with contrast scans before surgery. Patients in the chemotherapy group will also have physical ...

19. Screening with Ultrasound and Blood Test Misses Early Ovarian Cancer
(Communities/Ultrasound)

Annual screening with ultrasound and a blood test called CA 125 usually misses early cases of ovarian cancer, says the report in the journal Obstetrics and Gynecology. Ovarian cancer screening often ...

20. Benefits of Mammogram Under Debate in Britain
(Modalities/Mammography)

... “That’s a hefty number of women” who must be screened to derive a benefit, Dr. Calonge said. Similarly, studies about prostate screening for men concluded this month that the P.S.A. blood tests save few ...