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Women students unaware of lifestyle links to cancer

By Reuters Health

LONDON (Reuters), Jul 10 - Most female students are unaware that lifestyle factors can influence their risk of developing breast cancer, according to a survey released on Monday.

July 9, 2006

Medical Council challenges expert witness ruling

By Reuters Health

LONDON (Reuters), Jul 10 - The General Medical Council will challenge on Monday a High Court ruling that expert witnesses should be immune from disciplinary action by their professional bodies over testimony they give in court.

July 9, 2006

U.K. doctors who accept gifts from drug firms face being struck off

By Reuters Health

LONDON (Agence de Presse Medicale for Reuters Health), Jul 10 - Doctors working in the U.K. who accept gifts or hospitality from drugs companies face being struck off, the profession's governing body the General Medical Council (GMC) said on Monday.

July 9, 2006

Higher thyroid cancer rate from Chernobyl confirmed

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Jul 7 - A new study confirms a substantially increased risk of thyroid cancer among people exposed to radiation during childhood and adolescence after the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear accident.

July 6, 2006

Varian signs French client

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Radiation oncology vendor Varian Medical Systems reported that three of its Clinac linear accelerators equipped for intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) and image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT) are being installed at La Roche-sur-Yon Hospital in La Roche-sur-Yon, France.

July 6, 2006

U.K. health service 'harms 10% of patients'

By Reuters Health

LONDON (Reuters), Jul 6 - One in 10 patients admitted to NHS hospitals in Britain is unintentionally harmed and almost a million safety incidents, more than 2,000 of which were fatal, were recorded last year, according to a report on Thursday.

July 5, 2006

Agfa signs Norwegian IT deal

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Agfa HealthCare has received a PACS and RIS contract from the Helse Vest - Western Norway Regional Health Authority.

July 4, 2006

Elekta signs Odense University Hospital

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Swedish radiation therapy vendor Elekta will be supplying several of its medical linear accelerators to Odense University Hospital in Denmark.

July 2, 2006

Early diagnosis key for femoral stress fractures

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Jun 29 - Croatian researchers have come up with new guidelines for treating stress fractures of the femur, or thighbone, that prevent complications and difficulties that often occur with the condition, they say.

June 29, 2006

Siemens to acquire Bayer's diagnostic business

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Siemens Medical Solutions reported that it has signed an agreement to acquire the diagnostic division of German chemical and pharmaceutical giant Bayer.

June 29, 2006

Model may help identify hereditary colorectal cancer

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Jun 29 - Researchers in the U.K. have developed a method to identify patients with colorectal cancer that have mutations in DNA mismatch-repair genes. However, carriage of such mutations did not affect survival, according to a report in the New England Journal of Medicine for June 29.

June 28, 2006

N-acetylcysteine reduces incidence of contrast-induced nephropathy

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Jun 29 - Nephropathy is a frequent complication following diagnostic and interventional coronary procedures in which contrast medium is used. In the New England Journal of Medicine for June 29th, physicians in Italy report that prophylactic high-dose N-acetylcysteine reduces the rates of contrast-medium-induced nephropathy and mortality compared with placebo.

June 28, 2006

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