Clinical News: Page 1053

Lung cancer screening comes under the microscope
By Cynthia E. Keen
A plethora of clinical trials seeking answers about the value, impact, and effectiveness of lung cancer screening for individuals at risk are under way in Europe. By 2020, the data they generate will help determine the efficacy of making healthcare investments in low-dose CT screening.
August 21, 2011
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Varian connects software to Elekta linacs
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems has successfully connected its Aria oncology information and Eclipse treatment planning systems to two Elekta Synergy linear accelerators in the Czech Republic.
August 18, 2011
Image guidance surges ahead in radiotherapy
By Tami Freeman, PhD
We invited three world experts to comment on the major milestones in radiation therapy research. When asked to choose a development of compelling benefit, one answer was unequivocal: image guidance.
August 18, 2011
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Stroke screening raises hopes, worries
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new test may be able to spot people at high risk of stroke, although it's too early to be too excited about the findings, researchers said on Wednesday. The study was published online in the journal Neurology.
August 17, 2011
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Italians advocate home delivery of portable radiology services
By Cynthia E. Keen
For frail elderly patients, a visit to a hospital radiology department for an imaging examination can be an exhausting, disorienting ordeal. Physicians in Torino, Italy, reported in the Archives of Internal Medicine that home delivery of radiology services can eliminate this problem.
August 17, 2011
Morpho gets OK for German e-health card
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Identification and e-document solution company Morpho of Flintbek, Germany, has received official approval to produce Germany's new electronic health card.
August 16, 2011
Microsoft appoints new health director for Europe
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Microsoft has appointed Elena Bonfiglioli as senior director of health of its Europe, Middle East, and Africa public sector. She will report to Microsoft's worldwide health general manager, Neil Jordan.
August 16, 2011
Errors in speech recognition; can we trust Wikipedia? And, bionic vet
By Philip Ward
August 16, 2011
The 'Bionic Vet' to speak at UKRC in 2012
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The U.K. Radiological Congress (UKRC) has confirmed that the outspoken and controversial "Bionic Vet," Dr. Noel Fitzpatrick, will speak at the meeting in 2012 in Manchester.
August 16, 2011
Carry on speaking to your machines, U.K. study urges
By Philip Ward
The more radiologists use a voice recognition system (VRS), the fewer mistakes they make. That's the central message of a U.K. study that examined errors in VRS reports over a nine-year period.
August 16, 2011
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Skin tests may give clues to safe iodinated contrast media
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - For patients with delayed allergic reactions to iodinated contrast media, skin tests may help in selecting an alternative agent, French researchers suggest in an online letter to the editor of the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.
August 16, 2011
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Treatment guidelines for chronic heart failure receive overhaul
By Cynthia E. Keen
The U.K. National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has published clinical guidelines for the diagnosis, treatment, and monitoring of chronic heart failure in adults in the August 16 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine. These new guidelines update and make important changes compared with prior recommendations issued by NICE in 2003.
August 15, 2011
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