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Marathoners show higher-than-expected heart risks

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Sep 17 - Some older marathon runners may have a greater chance of suffering a heart attack than their risk factors belie, study results suggest. Researchers calculated marathoners' Framingham Risk Score and also used CT scans to calculate each runner's coronary calcium score.

September 16, 2008

Lack of residual vein thrombosis indicates low risk for recurrent DVT

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Sep 17 - The absence of residual vein thrombosis following a first episode of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is a reliable indicator of which patients can safely stop oral anticoagulation therapy, according to a study by Italian researchers in the August 1 issue of Blood.

September 16, 2008

Vidar releases new software

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Film digitizer vendor Vidar Systems has released version 4.1 of its ClinicalExpress digitizer software.

September 15, 2008

Elekta plans new products for ASTRO

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Swedish radiation oncology firm Elekta will introduce its new Elekta Infinity digital linear accelerator at the annual meeting of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) in Boston.

September 15, 2008

Voice outcome similar with endoscopic surgery or radiotherapy for glottic cancer

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Sep 16 - As treatments for T1a midcord glottic carcinoma, endoscopic laser surgery and radiotherapy provide similar voice outcomes, according to a report in the Archives of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery for September.

September 15, 2008

Varian wins Indonesian, Belgian contracts

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Radiation therapy vendor Varian Medical Systems has inked an agreement with Indonesia's first private cancer hospital to provide radiotherapy treatments.

September 14, 2008

Digital mammography more cost-effective than analog, report says

By Kate Madden Yee

Despite recent evidence regarding the clinical utility of full-field digital mammography, many hospitals and imaging facilities find the technology's high cost a barrier to adoption. But FFDM may actually be more cost-effective than analog mammography, according to a report published in the U.K.

September 10, 2008

Sectra reports sales increases for Q1 2009

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Swedish PACS and digital mammography vendor Sectra posted its first-quarter 2009 financial results.

September 9, 2008

Siemens adds to preclinical imaging line

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Siemens Healthcare is introducing its Inveon Workplace software at the World Molecular Imaging Congress in Nice, France.

September 9, 2008

Philips partners with Dutch hospital

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Philips Healthcare has signed a memorandum of understanding with the University Medical Center Utrecht in the Netherlands for a long-term research partnership.

September 9, 2008

Cook begins international peripheral stent trial

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Interventional technology firm Cook Medical has completed enrollment in an international clinical trial of its Zilver PTX drug-eluting peripheral stent.

September 9, 2008

3mensio adds Latvian customer

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Advanced visualization developer 3mensio Medical Imaging has installed its 3surgery vascular imaging software at Paul Stradins Clinical University Hospital in Riga, Latvia.

September 9, 2008

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