1. Personalized Healthcare: Using Genetics and Family History to Enhance Targeted Diagnosis
(Download:Webinars)

... constructs, and understand how family and genetic history are communicated between healthcare IT systems, and how this information can support genetic risk assessment.  ...

2. FiatLux Imaging Appoints New CEO
(Company News/FiatLux)

... as the President of Bard Diagnostics, and a senior executive team member of C.R. Bard, for four years. He also served as Senior Vice President of Administration at Genetic Systems and was a co-founder ...

3. Prenatal MRI Detects Newborn' Genetic Disease
(Communities/MRI)

United States first, the radiology team at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital has used prenatal magnetic resonance imaging ( MRI ) to detect an often-misdiagnosed genetic disease. The disorder, congenital ...

4. MIT Acquires Electa MIG; Launches New Research
(Company News/Elekta Group)

... of the Martinos Imaging Center, will use MEG to study the neural and genetic basis of autism, dyslexia and other developmental disorders. By combining MEG with other brain imaging modalities, such as magnetic ...

5. Demonstration on Acute Aortic Syndrome: ECR10
(Radiology Conferences/ECR 2010)

... It is also quite common, and may be caused by trauma, genetic pathologies, diseases of the elastic tissue such as Marfan disease, or atheroma, a swelling in artery walls. Experts distinguish two types ...

6. Combining Mammography & MRI for Cancer Risks
(Modalities/Mammography)

... density make visualizing tumors challenging. While breast MRI is a useful adjunct to mammography for screening women at increased genetic risk of breast cancer, it is more time consuming and expensive ...

7. Siemens ABVS Takes up Operation in Europe
(Company News/Siemens Healthcare)

... role in early detection. It can also be used for the examination of high-risk patients, for example in case of genetic predisposition or for follow-up during and after cancer treatments." The innovative ...

8. Hemas Hospital Introduces 4D Ultrasound Scanner
(Communities/Ultrasound)

... said that by using this scanner on pregnant mothers during their 12th - 13th weeks of pregnancy, it is possible to check for several genetic disorders of the babies. “Using this technique, disorders such ...

9. Link Between Mammographic Density & Breast Cancer
(Modalities/Mammography)

A University of Melbourne study has revealed that certain breast cancer genetic variants increase mammographic density, confirming the link between mammographic breast density and breast cancer. Professor ...

10. The Neurodiagnostics Report 2010
(Modalities/Radiology )

... monitoring, including MRI, CT, PET, SPECT, EEG and MEG. In vitro diagnostics: Genetic testing, biomarker assays and chemical profiling of human samples, including urine, blood, cerebral spinal fluid and ...

11. fMRIs Reveal Brain's Handling Low-priority Ideas
(Communities/MRI)

... until the system is less busy. A recently released study from the Research Imaging Institute, the Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research and other institutions offers evidence that genetics plays ...

12. Smart Cards Deployed For PHR's Secure Access
(Healthcare Informatics/Healthcare Informatics)

... the patient’s blood group, allergies and genetic predisposition to diseases, health check ups, surgical interventions and all useful medical information. The personal health record enables healthcare professionals ...

13. Hodgkin's Lymphoma low-dose Radiation Not Risk-free
(Modalities/Radiology )

... 22.9, and the absolute excess risk was 93.7 cases for every 10,000 person-years. "These results support the need for continued basic science research to better understand the genetic factors that predispose ...

14. HL7 Transmits Genetic Results To EHR
(EMR (Electronic Medical Records)/EMR)

HL7, the global interoperability standards body for healthcare IT, has announced that its messaging standard has successfully coded genetic test results from a lab and transmitted them to an EHR. The HL7 ...

15. Epigenetics Helps Determine Low-radiation from CT
(Communities/CT)

... ) scans. However, the study of epigenetics may play a role in determining whether or not future trends of diseases can in fact be linked to utilization of CT, according to an article in the February issue ...

16. Ultrasound Fail: Baby Born Without Eyes
(Communities/Ultrasound)

... rare diagnosis was one that is almost always missed by ultrasound -- even though hundreds of genetic diseases and deformities once discovered at birth can now be detected with the latest ultrasound technology. ...

17. HL7 Version2 Transmits Genomic Data to EHR
(EMR (Electronic Medical Records)/EMR)

HL7, announced its Version 2 messaging standard has successfully gathered structured and coded genetic tests results from a lab and transmitted them to an individual patient’s EHR for the first time. The ...

18. OBS-GYNE Exhibition & Congress 2010
(Radiology Conferences/Conference News)

... of the multidisciplinary breast cancer group at Hopkins will present a variety of talks on breast cancer,” says Dr Khouri. “Topics included cover a wide spectrum such as genetic and nongenetic risk factors ...

19. Ovid Showcases New eBook Offerings at ALA
(Company News/Wolters Kluwer Health )

... Cardiovascular Genetics and Genomics for the Cardiologist, and more. Other recent ebook additions to Books@Ovid include nearly 50 titles in biochemistry, drugs and toxicology, and other chemical sciences ...

20. MDS Appoints Steve West as CEO
(Company News/MDS Inc)

... the Pacific Rim, as well as international business development responsibilities in the specialty chemicals field. Mr. West holds a degree in Genetics from the University of London. Mr. Dans joined MDS ...