Clinical News: Page 56

FDG-PET scans can help predict risk of dementia

By Will Morton

A normal brain F-18 FDG-PET scan can rule out the short-term risk of dementia in older patients who present with cognitive complaints.

August 21, 2024

Manifest case of plagiarism results in suspension

By Philip Ward

A tribunal has dished out a six-month suspension to a researcher who admitted making false claims about a publication in a job application form and at an interview.

August 20, 2024

Laughter can boost morale and improve patient communication

By Frances Rylands-Monk

Laughter can promote well-being among professionals and patients, but you should never make a joke that might offend the patient, says cardiologist, YouTuber, and comedian Dr. Rohin Francis.

August 20, 2024

MRI shows mild TBI can have major impact on brain health

By Kate Madden Yee

MRI reveals even mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) can have far-reaching effects, researchers say. The findings have implications for contact sports players and others.

August 19, 2024

Study finds lung nodules in over a fifth of nonsmokers

By Kate Madden Yee

Lung nodules are present in more than a fifth of Northern European nonsmokers -- a percentage similar to their prevalence in high-risk populations of smokers.

August 19, 2024

Cancer self-sampling kits given at mammography boosts screening

By Amerigo Allegretto

Women’s participation in cervical cancer or colorectal cancer screening could be boosted with self-sampling kits offered during breast screening.

August 16, 2024

AuntMinnieEurope.com Molecular Imaging Insider

By Philip Ward

New research from Norway has shown that PET/CT can help to boost outcomes in cases of pleural mesothelioma.

August 15, 2024

PET/CT provides clarity in pleural mesothelioma cases

By Edna Astbury-Ward, PhD

Metabolic tumor volume is a relatively accurate predictor of outcomes in pleural mesothelioma treated with immunotherapy, according to a Norwegian-led PET/CT study.

August 15, 2024

Should there be an age limit for performing EVT in stroke patients?

By Will Morton

Could a fixed upper age limit be justified for performing endovascular thrombectomies (EVT) to treat the oldest elderly stroke patients?

August 14, 2024

Woman dies after fire in radiology center in Cairo

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

A 34-year-old woman died on 8 August in Cairo, Egypt, due to injuries she sustained in a fire in a local radiology center.

August 13, 2024

Tribunal suspends physician who failed to order spinal MRI

By Philip Ward

A U.K. medical tribunal has issued a seven-month suspension order to an emergency medicine doctor who did not request a spinal MRI scan to rule out cauda equina syndrome in a patient.

August 13, 2024

New Zealand radiologist breaches CT reporting code

By Kate Madden Yee

A New Zealand radiologist has breached that country's Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers' Rights due to poor reporting of a CT scan.

August 12, 2024

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