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Student nurses in U.K. left in charge of patients
By Reuters Health
LONDON (Reuters), Apr 17 - Student nurses are being left in sole charge of patients during their clinical training because of cost-cutting in the National Health Service (NHS), the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) said on Tuesday.
April 17, 2007
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Ultraviolet radiation may protect against prostate cancer
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Apr 18 - The incidence of prostate cancer is relatively low among men diagnosed with skin cancer, according to a study published in the April 15th issue of the American Journal of Epidemiology, suggesting that ultraviolet radiation may protect against prostate cancer.
April 17, 2007
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Optimized barium, easier prep improve VC experience
By Eric Barnes
Some see virtual colonoscopy combined with a gentler bowel prep as an important way to get patients to undergo colon cancer screening. And unlike conventional colonoscopy, VC is in a position to make things easier for the patient. Studies are experimenting with gentler regimens that produce less discomfort and mark the residual stool. Recently, researchers tried to find the optimal formula for reduced-prep VC.
April 17, 2007
More than 22,000 NHS posts lost: report
By Reuters Health
LONDON (Reuters), Apr 16 - More than 22,300 NHS posts have been lost in the past 18 months because of cut-backs implemented as a result of the government's insistence on trusts balancing their books, a Royal College of Nursing report said on Sunday.
April 15, 2007
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Capsule endoscopy readily spots obscure GI bleeding
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Apr 16 - Capsule endoscopy is more effective than CT or standard angiography for the diagnosis of obscure gastrointestinal bleeding, Spanish researchers report in the April issue of the American Journal of Gastroenterology.
April 15, 2007
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Elekta debuts new Gamma Knife
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Swedish radiation oncology firm Elekta has added a new version of its Leksell Gamma Knife at this week's American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) annual meeting in Washington, DC.
April 15, 2007
Multivendor digital mammo project makes mark in Germany
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
Digital mammography is often deployed in a heterogeneous IT environment with different developers' RIS, PACS, and archive products interacting with the modality, presenting a host of integration concerns. A group of information systems administrators in Germany recently faced the challenge of bringing CR mammography online and discovered that successfully assimilating the modality into the enterprise is not just an issue of interfacing the technology.
April 15, 2007
Cardiac function impaired among smokers, even when they're young and fit
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Apr 12 - There is little information regarding the effects of smoking on cardiac function in young adults, researchers from Poland note in a new study published in Chest. Their goal was to use echocardiography to determine multiple measures of left and right ventricular diastolic function, and to see if smoking caused functional impairment.
April 11, 2007
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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
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Agfa, Free University of Brussels partner
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Mortsel, Belgium-based Agfa HealthCare and the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Free University of Brussels) have signed a long-term agreement to advance current research surrounding hospital IT and imaging technology.
April 10, 2007
Norwegian teleradiology project overcomes technical, political hurdles
Steering information from disparate RIS and PACS products throughout an enterprise has historically presented a challenge for IT system administrators: it can be done, it just hasn't been easy. One country that has tackled the challenge is Norway. In 2003, the regional health authority of western Norway initiated a teleradiology project to improve the retrieval of radiology exams across the entire region. In the process, both management and technology hurdles were overcome.
April 10, 2007
DeJarnette to open London office
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
DeJarnette Research Systems said it will be expanding its business operations to the European market.
April 10, 2007
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