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Excess ovarian cancer deaths attributed to HRT use

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Apr 19 - Since 1991, there have been roughly 1,000 ovarian cancer deaths ascribed to the use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in the U.K., according to a report in the April 19th issue of the Lancet. Previous reports have indicated that ovarian cancer is the fourth most common malignancy in women in the U.K., but there are few data regarding the proportion of cases related to HRT use.

April 18, 2007

Sectra adds Swedish FFDM order

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Swedish PACS and digital mammography vendor Sectra has received an order for its MicroDose Mammography full-field digital mammography (FFDM) systems from the County Council in Örebro, Sweden.

April 17, 2007

Age at endometriosis diagnosis is linked to breast cancer risk

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Apr 12 - Women who are diagnosed with endometriosis at a young age tend to have a reduced risk for breast cancer, according to researchers, while women who are older when they receive a diagnosis of endometriosis have an increased breast cancer risk.

April 11, 2007

Sectra to distribute iCAD

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Computer-aided detection (CAD) developer iCAD of Nashua, NH, said that it has signed a distribution agreement with healthcare technology developer Sectra of Linkoping, Sweden.

April 9, 2007

Medipattern integrates B-CAD with Sectra

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Computer-aided detection (CAD) software developer Medipattern of Toronto has integrated its B-CAD application with Swedish technology developer Sectra's breast imaging workstation.

March 21, 2007

German group presents results with prototype breast CT scanner

By Brian Casey

VIENNA - A German research group presented preliminary work on a dedicated breast CT scanner at this week's European Congress of Radiology (ECR). While the group has only studied phantoms with the prototype system, their results so far indicate that the scanner can achieve twice the resolution of conventional mammography at an equivalent radiation dose.

March 10, 2007

Sectra grows revenues in Q3

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Swedish technology developer Sectra reported solid growth in revenues in its medical division in the company's fiscal 2006 third quarter (end-January 31).

March 5, 2007

Food for thought: Neuroimaging offers clues into eating-related psychopathology

By Shalmali Pal

In honor of National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, AuntMinnie.com surveyed the latest research in eating-related imaging using functional MRI (fMRI). The European and U.S. studies examined appetite-related brain activity, the subjective quality of appetite, and cerebral processing of food-related stimuli by gender, as well as hunger and satiety in anorexia patients.

March 1, 2007

Group workouts help women with breast cancer

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Feb 16 - Participating in regular group exercise classes can help women with early breast cancer feel better, both physically and mentally, while they're undergoing treatment, according to a study in the British Medical Journal.

February 15, 2007

European women's imaging market growing

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The European women's healthcare imaging market produced $455 million in revenues in 2006, and is expected to reach $647.1 million in 2013, according to market research and consulting firm Frost & Sullivan.

February 13, 2007

Drinking coffee seen not to increase the risk of myocardial infarction

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Feb 14 - Coffee consumption does not increase the risk of myocardial infarction, at least among older Swedish women, and it may even be protective, according to new study findings. The women were participating in the Swedish Mammography Cohort, a population-based study established between 1987 and 1990. The participants were followed from 1997 to 2002.

February 13, 2007

Controversy remains over keepsake prenatal ultrasound images

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Feb 2 - Whether providing expectant parents with an ultrasound "keepsake" image of their unborn child is justifiable is the topic of a "special report" in the February 3rd issue of the British Medical Journal.

February 1, 2007

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