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Obesity Hinders Medical Diagnostic Tests

...,' said Raul N. Uppot, M.D., lead author and staff radiologist at MGH. 'Americans need to know that obesity can hinder their medical care when they enter a hospital.' An estimated 66 percent of adults in the United States are overweight, obese or morbidly obese, according to the Department of Health and Human ...

Carotid Stenting Could Avert Depression In Stenosis

...brain. To perform the procedure, an interventional radiologist uses an image-guidance system such as computed tomography and a guide wire to reach the site of the narrowing in the artery, expands the artery with a balloon and inserts a stent to hold the artery open. According to the National Center for Health S...

MRI-guided Breast Biopsy Pronounced a Success

...h other techniques," said Basak Erguvan-Dogan, MD, radiologist in Breast Imaging at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. "However, it is hard to confirm removal of the targeted lesion because the abnormality does not enhance after being removed from the breast." Currently, patients w...

Specimen Radiography Confirms Success of MRI-Guided Breast Biopsy

...h other techniques,” said Basak Erguvan-Dogan, MD, radiologist in Breast Imaging at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. "However, it is hard to confirm removal of the targeted lesion because the abnormality does not enhance after being removed from the breast," she said. Currently, ...

Computers Assist Breast Cancer Screening

... the screening turning out positive for tumor, the radiologist is alerted. Professor Fiona Gilbert of Aberdeen University, who led the study said: "The results of this trial are very encouraging. The mammograms studied were from a sample taken in 1996 so that all cancers that developed subsequently in this gro...

16 Common Myths About Breast Cancer

...t more compression leads to a better image for the radiologist to read – so there’s a payoff to that bit of discomfort. Don’t think having a digital mammogram will get you out of it either. Digital mammography works the same as standard mammography by requiring compression. 12. If I have a breast biopsy, the s...

Using Contrast Enhanced Sonography Improves Diagnosis of Liver and Spleen Injuries

... he said. “Contrast-enhanced sonography allows the radiologist to see free fluid as well as the injury itself,” he said. On a scale ranging from 0, being non-visualization, to 3, being high visualization, the average grade went from 0.67 to 2.33 for spleen injuries and from 1.0 to 2.2 for liver injuries when c...

Wide Differences between NHS staff and ministers

...ent and health staff, Dr Jacky Davis, a consultant radiologist and member of the British Medical Association, said: "The problem is that the policies are being driven by ideological dogma. "There is no evidence that increasing the use of the private sector and scaling back on staff and hospitals will be benefi...

Indian radiologist spearheads cure for osteoarthritis sans surgery

An Indian radiologist has spearheaded clinical research to cure osteoarthritis without surgery and helped hundreds suffering from the painful condition to walk again, holding// out promise of relief to the millions suffering from it. Said to be the first of its kind in ...

An Irresponsible Cancer Diagnosis Resulted In Death

...on: "He did not have them reviewed by a specialist radiologist and he did not meet the Royal College of Radiologists' Criteria for screen reading within the NHS." SM...

Blundering Doctor Destroys Breast X-ray

... training." However Oliver Follows, a consultant radiologist at the trust, said Mr Philip was "conservative" with his diagnoses. When asked by Gordon Bebb, QC, for Dr Philip: "Was he as good as anybody at reviewing the x-rays?" He replied, "I would have said so, yes." He said that he would not expect the s...

A New Ultrasound Technique to Detect Breast Cancer

...r tumors are harmless,” he said .Richard Barr is a radiologist at Southwoods X-Ray and Open MRI in Youngstown, Ohio, who lead the study. Radiologists found that breast lesions that appeared smaller using the elasticity ultrasound were harmless, while lesions that appeared larger using the elasticity ultrasound...

Brain Responds Better to Name Brands

...g the power of brands,” said Christine Born, M.D., radiologist at University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians University in Munich, Germany. “We found that strong brands activate certain areas of the brain independent of product categories.” “Brain branding” is a novel, interdisciplinary approach to improve the un...

Telemedicine Improves Breast Screenings for Rural Indian Reservations

...es? By transmitting the mammograms by satellite, a radiologist could read them on the spot and three-quarters of the women who needed more images had those done immediately or within fewer than three days,” says Marilyn Roubidoux, M.D., professor of radiology at the U-M Medical School. Roubidoux will present ...

A New Gamma Camera Technique for the Detection of Small Breast Tumors

... its expense,” says Stephen Phillips, M.D., a Mayo radiologist and a study co-author. An MRI scan costs as much as ten times more than a traditional mammogram and involves injection of a contrast agent. Mammography uses low-dose X-rays (ionizing radiation) to create images of the anatomy of breast tissue. If ...

A New Technology for Safe Tumor Surgery

...urgeons from three specialties, and an experienced radiologist specializing in advanced peripheral nerve imaging using the 3-Tesla MRI, we have devised an approach that minimizes unsuccessful tumor-removal surgeries.’ Dr. Spinner said the team will continue to refine the approach to improve the care that these...

Exercise Has No Effect on Knee OA: Study

...llow-up, when X-rays were read by a bone and joint radiologist and a rheumatologist. Analysis of the results showed no relationship between recreational walking, jogging or other self-reported activity and the development of knee OA. Even though the overweight patients had an increased risk of developing OA, p...

Make Healthcare Accessible, Affordable, Urges Kalam

...in Guntur and another diagnostic centre. Eminent radiologist Kakarla Subba Rao said it was proposed to establish connectivity with 10 diagnostic centres in a year and 50 centres across India by 2009. Source-IANS...

A Woman Dies Due to Breast Cancer After Being Cleared in the Breast Scan

...d caused outrage among// patients. Apparently, the radiologist had misinterpreted the results of the breast scan. Consultant radiologist Amjad Husien, who was held responsible for this mistake, has been suspended and is going through a G...

Philadelphia Researchers Found A Novel Way To Fight Several Kind of Cancers

...to the tumor because they are already there," says radiologist Martin G. Pomper, M.D., Ph.D. "This is the only example we know of where it is possible to image activated endogenous gene expression without having to transfect cells." A variety of blood and solid cancers are more likely to occur in people who h...

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