Clinical News: Page 1119

Gulmay Medical becomes Xstrahl

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Gulmay Medical of Camberley, U.K., is changing its name to Xstrahl, effective immediately.

August 23, 2010

Men with high CRP have higher risk of colon cancer

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Aug 22 - Men with high C-reactive protein (CRP) levels may have a higher risk of colon cancer, a new report from the EPIC study suggests.

August 22, 2010

Bioelectrical impedance shows body composition in dialysis patients

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Aug 23 - Bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) is a practical way to measure body composition in hemodialysis patients, British researchers say. The group compared dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry and multifrequency BIA in 53 stable adults.

August 22, 2010

New biomarkers identify severe abdominal injury after multiple trauma

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Aug 20 - Two newly recognized biomarkers, intestinal fatty acid-binding protein (I-FABP) and liver fatty acid-binding protein (L-FABP), can signal severe abdominal injury in trauma patients, according to a July report in Academic Emergency Medicine.

August 19, 2010

Breast CAD helps find lobular carcinoma in situ lesions

By Eric Barnes

Computer-aided detection (CAD) is making an elusive breast abnormality, lobular carcinoma in situ, a little clearer by highlighting the calcifications that often surround it, according to a new study from Wende Breast Care in Rochester, NY.

August 19, 2010

Siemens completes U.K. MRI order

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Siemens Healthcare has installed its Magnetom Avanto 1.5-tesla system at Birmingham City Hospital in the U.K.

August 17, 2010

Early graft patency rate lower with off-pump CABG

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Aug 18 - Although studies suggest that off-pump coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery is better than on-pump, a study from Portugal showed that off-pump patients had higher rates of early graft occlusion.

August 17, 2010

Visbion moves to new HQ

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

PACS vendor Visbion has relocated to new offices in Surrey, U.K.

August 15, 2010

Higher-contrast mucosa and lesions don't improve colonoscopy

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Aug 16 - Fujinon intelligent chromoendoscopy, an imaging technique designed to enhance the contrast of mucosal and vascular details, does not improve adenoma detection rates during colonoscopy, German researchers report in the American Journal of Gastroenterology.

August 15, 2010

Report: Growth will resume in European digital x-ray markets

By Brian Casey

Growth is expected to resume this year in the European market for digital radiography and computed radiography after a slowdown in 2009, according to market research firm Frost & Sullivan.

August 12, 2010

Dual-source CT finds coronary artery disease in A-fib patients

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Aug 13 - Dual-source CT accurately identifies significant coronary artery disease in patients with rate-controlled atrial fibrillation, researchers from Germany report in the July 11 online issue of European Heart Journal.

August 12, 2010

Algorithm can't tell which kids need voiding cystourethrogram: study

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Aug 12 - When Finnish researchers were looking for a way to identify kids with urinary tract infection who needed voiding cystourethrography, they tested a clinical rule published 10 years ago -- but it didn't work in their patients.

August 11, 2010

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