Reuters Health

U.K., Iceland lead fall in breast cancer deaths in Europe

LONDON (Reuters), Aug 12 - Death rates from breast cancer have fallen markedly in Europe in the past 20 years, thanks largely to better screening and treatment policies, with Iceland and Britain leading the way, researchers said on Thursday.

August 11, 2010

Cardiac resynchronization improves brain perfusion in heart failure

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Aug 11 - When cardiac resynchronization improves left ventricular function in heart failure patients, it improves their cerebral blood flow as well, a small study has shown.

August 10, 2010

Quick brain scan could screen for autism

LONDON (Reuters), Aug 11 - A 15-minute brain scan could someday be used to test for autism, helping doctors diagnose the complex condition more cheaply and accurately. British scientists said their rapid test had proved more than 90% accurate in adults and there was no reason why it should not work equally well in children.

August 10, 2010

Short, split-dose radiation helps palliate advanced NSCLC

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Aug 9 - Short-course split-dose radiotherapy helps relieve the symptoms of advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), Polish oncologists report.

August 8, 2010

Best to drink bowel prep solution in split doses: study

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Aug 9 - Drinking the bowel prep solution in two split doses provides the best colon cleansing before colonoscopy, a large study has shown. Results were published in the August issue of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.

August 8, 2010

Docetaxel with radiation helpful in anaplastic thyroid cancer

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Aug 2 - Patients with rare but aggressive anaplastic thyroid carcinomas responded extremely well to radiation and concomitant docetaxel in a small case series from Austria.

August 1, 2010

For persistent fibroids, a less invasive option

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Jul 28 - A procedure that stops the blood supply to fibroids could be a safe and effective alternative to hysterectomy for women whose fibroid symptoms won't go away, according to a new study.

July 27, 2010

Cardiac dysfunction common in young adults after childhood cancer

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Jul 27 - Young adult survivors of childhood cancer have an "alarmingly" high rate of subclinical cardiac dysfunction, researchers reported July 26 in the Archives of Internal Medicine.

July 26, 2010

Pre-op radiation affects sexual function in men with rectal cancer

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Jul 23 - Sexual dysfunction that develops in men who've had treatment for rectal cancer is mostly due to the surgery -- but preoperative radiation also plays a role, researchers say.

July 22, 2010

High-intensity focused ultrasound effective for localized prostate cancer

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Jul 21 - In men with localized prostate cancer, high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) can achieve results comparable to those expected with external-beam radiation therapy, a French group reports.

July 20, 2010

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Hybrid AI reading shows success in breast cancer screening

A Dutch team found that a hybrid reading strategy for screening mammography reduced radiologist workload by 38% without changing recall or cancer detection rates.

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Ultrasound plus MRI helps diagnose pain from rotator cuff tendinopathy

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AI model can predict response to liver cancer therapy

By Maryam Payne

Deep-learning, radiomic-based models can predict therapy response and survival in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma, a new U.K./French study has found.

April 21, 2025

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MRI-based nomogram provides boost in breast cancer

By Amerigo Allegretto

Pretreatment breast MRI can help quantify intratumoral heterogeneity and predict pathologic complete response in breast cancer patients.

April 18, 2025

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CT brings hope in complex cases of facial trauma

Imaging of facial fractures is challenging, but CT can provide a path to diagnosis in polytraumatic or unconscious patients and in cases of severe soft tissue lesions.

April 17, 2025

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CT estimated to cause 5% of new cancer cases

Researchers suggest that cancers associated with radiation from CT scans could eventually account for 5% of all new cases annually.

April 16, 2025

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Swedish team puts focus on cost-effectiveness of DBT

By Maryam Payne

The cost-effectiveness of digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) depends on mortality reduction, future costs, and patients' willingness to pay for screening, according to a group from Malmö and Lund.

April 15, 2025

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AI-guided POCUS assists TB diagnosis in underserved areas

By Amerigo Allegretto

AI-guided POCUS can accurately detect tuberculosis (TB), according to research presented at the ESCMID conference in Vienna, Austria.

April 14, 2025

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Imaging unveils overlooked orbital findings

By Edna Astbury-Ward, PhD

Award-winning Spanish researchers have spent two years collecting cases of orbital findings. They’ve now summarized their results and shared their experiences.

April 14, 2025

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AI can improve diagnosis of pediatric fractures

By Maryam Payne

AI-based software performed well at detecting fractures in children and improved the diagnostic accuracy of emergency room readers, a new German study shows.

April 14, 2025

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CT effective for tracking colon cancer lymph node distribution

By Kate Madden Yee

Using CT to track lymph node distribution in colon cancer patients is more effective at identifying metastasis than conventional testing.

April 11, 2025

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Metabolic MRI method shows promise in Alzheimer’s cases

Danish researchers have found that deuterium metabolic imaging was highly aligned with F-18 FDG-PET, a cornerstone of dementia diagnostics.

April 10, 2025

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PET reveals brain’s responses to music

PET has provided the first neuroimaging evidence that music affects the brain’s opioid receptor system.

April 9, 2025

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Dutch study casts light on MRI prostate image quality

By Maryam Payne

A national prostate MRI survey has shown compliance with PI-RADS recommendations was high, but between 30% and 50% of exams were of inadequate image quality.

April 8, 2025

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