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Colorectal cancer attitudes vary by ethnicity
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Aug 26 - Men and people of South Asian descent are more likely to have unfavorable perceptions of colon cancer screening, research from the U.K. shows. The findings point the way toward strategies to get more people screened, according to Dr. Taina Taskila, a researcher on the study.
August 25, 2009
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Incidental findings are common on brain MRI: meta-analysis
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Aug 26 - Nearly 3% of individuals show incidental findings on brain MRI, according to a report in the August 19 British Medical Journal.
August 25, 2009
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TomTec launches new M'Ath software
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Imaging software developer TomTec Imaging Systems has launched its new vascular analysis product, M'Ath (measure of atherosclerosis), as part of its CardioArena multimodality imaging suite.
August 24, 2009
Follow-up after grade 1 breast cancer may not be needed
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Aug 25 - Women treated for grade 1 breast cancer have a low risk of locoregional recurrence and contralateral breast cancer, results of a study indicate.
August 24, 2009
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BP control may prevent white-matter lesions
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Aug 24 - Diastolic blood pressure reductions might help lower the risk of cerebral white-matter lesions in women with hypertension, according to European researchers. Using brain CT data from 539 women, they found that white-matter lesions were associated with higher diastolic blood pressure and mean arterial pressure.
August 23, 2009
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Covidien says Dutch isotope reactor running again
By Reuters Health
CHICAGO (Reuters), Aug 21 - A nuclear reactor in the Netherlands that supplies medical isotopes is back up after scheduled maintenance, promising to ease a global shortage of the material used in scores of diagnostic imaging tests.
August 20, 2009
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Brazilian team marries lung CAD with PACS
By Eric Barnes
Nearly all computer-aided detection (CAD) systems in clinical use today have a major shortcoming: the need to transfer image data to a separate workstation to run CAD software, with CAD data remaining separate from the PACS images radiologists read in their normal workflow. Researchers from São Paulo may have the answer.
August 19, 2009
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Varian wins Swedish contract
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems has won a contract with a proton therapy center in Sweden.
August 19, 2009
Stents give good results for unprotected left coronary disease
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Aug 20 - Stenting is a feasible treatment for unprotected left main coronary artery disease and is associated with good long-term outcomes, according to data from the Left Main Coronary Artery Stenting registry.
August 19, 2009
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Xograph completes Ziehm install
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
U.K. radiology products supplier Xograph Healthcare of Tetbury, Gloucestershire, recently delivered a Ziehm Vision mobile C-arm image intensifier to the Runnymede Hospital in Chertsey, Surrey.
August 18, 2009
Siemens gets U.K. MRI order
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Siemens Healthcare has taken an order for its Magnetom Verio 3-tesla MRI system from the British Heart Foundation Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre at the University of Glasgow in Scotland.
August 18, 2009
Primary PCI vs. prehospital lysis for MI: similar survival
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Aug 19 - Five-year survival is similar whether patients with acute myocardial infarction (MI) are treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) or prehospital lysis followed by transfer to an interventional facility.
August 18, 2009
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