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Study: Rotator cuff treatment provides tendonitis relief
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Italian researchers have developed a minimally invasive procedure to treat tendonitis in the rotator cuff of the shoulder that provides immediate symptom relief.
June 29, 2009
Screening men for abdominal aortic aneurysm saves lives, but is it cost-effective?
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Jun 26 - The results of a U.K. study suggest that screening older men for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) provides a durable survival benefit and becomes cost-effective over time. However, in a Danish study, screening for AAA in older men did not seem to be cost-effective.
June 25, 2009
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Philips begins shipping compact US unit
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Philips Healthcare has begun international shipments of its CX50 CompactXtreme compact ultrasound system.
June 22, 2009
Swiss group performs transcranial HIFU
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
A group of Swiss clinicians is reporting the successful use of MRI-guided transcranial high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) to treat brain disease.
June 22, 2009
Ultrasound tops clinical exam for ankle assessment in childhood arthritis
By Reuters Health
COPENHAGEN (Reuters Health), Jun 16 - Ultrasound is much more accurate than clinical examination for identifying the affected ankle structures in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis, according to results released at the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) Congress 2009.
June 15, 2009
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Ultrasonix opens European office
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Ultrasound vendor Ultrasonix Medical has opened an office in the U.K.
June 7, 2009
Echocardiography predicts heart disease mortality when ECG does not
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), May 22 - Exercise echocardiography can predict mortality and major cardiac events in patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease, but who have normal exercise electrocardiogram (ECG) results, new research indicates.
May 21, 2009
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Ultrasound provides valid measure of finger joint cartilage
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), May 20 - Results of a study published in the April 15 issue of Arthritis and Rheumatism suggest that measuring finger joint cartilage by ultrasound is an effective alternative to conventional radiograph imaging.
May 19, 2009
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New echocardiography tool offers rapid, accurate assessment of LV function
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), May 12 - Norwegian researchers have developed a new semiautomated tool for real-time 3D echocardiography, which offers "rapid and reproducible measurements of left ventricular [LV] volumes and ejection fractions," with good agreement compared with more conventional 3D echocardiography.
May 11, 2009
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Contrast ultrasound beats CT, PET in Hodgkin's lymphoma staging
By Erik L. Ridley
Contrast-enhanced ultrasound of the spleen proved better than both CT and PET for staging nodules in patients with Hodgkin's lymphoma, according to a study published by Italian researchers in the May edition of Radiology.
May 5, 2009
US replaces x-ray for diagnosing childhood constipation
By Cynthia E. Keen
British pediatricians at a London children's hospital are using ultrasound to assess the severity of constipation in children. They have found that ultrasound is a good substitute for abdominal x-ray, with its radiation exposure, or a digital rectal examination, a procedure that children find unpleasant and disturbing.
April 26, 2009
Transesophageal echo informative in cryptogenic stroke
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Apr 23 - Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) can shed light on contributing cardiogenic factors in patients with cryptogenic cerebral ischemia, according to German and U.S. researchers.
April 22, 2009
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