Reuters Health

Men and women may need different heart treatments

VIENNA (Reuters), Sep 4 - The same invasive treatments for acute heart problems that can save lives in men may actually harm women, although reasons for this are unclear, researchers told the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) annual meeting on Monday. Study participants were divided into two equal groups and either given a routine invasive heart x-ray, followed by a heart procedure if needed, or simply monitored and only x-rayed if they showed symptoms.

September 3, 2007

Cancer survival in Europe improves; U.K., Denmark lag

LONDON (Reuters), Aug 21 - Cancer survival is improving in Europe, but Britain and Denmark are lagging, with lower rates than countries that spend the same amount on health care, according to two new studies published on Tuesday. The latest Eurocare studies -- which include data from 83 cancer registries in 23 countries -- also suggest that wide differences in survival rates among countries are narrowing.

August 20, 2007

Breast cancer-involved sentinel nodes often contain micrometastases

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Aug 15 - Twenty-three percent of breast cancer patients with an involved sentinel lymph node have a sentinel node that contains micrometastases, according to a report in the August 1st issue of Cancer. Sixteen percent of patients have a sentinel node containing submicrometastases.

August 14, 2007

MRI may aid diagnosis of ductal carcinoma in situ

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Aug 10 - The findings from a new study support a role for MRI in detecting ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), particularly disease with a high nuclear grade. The findings, which appear in the August 11th issue of the Lancet, are from a study of 7,319 women who were evaluated with both mammography and MRI for breast cancer screening.

August 9, 2007

Medical, Legal, and Practice

BMA says 30,000 doctors start new jobs amid chaos

LONDON (Reuters), Aug 2 - A catalogue of new problems, including cancelled operations, are emerging as 30,000 junior doctors start their new jobs, the doctors' union warned on Wednesday. The British Medical Association (BMA) said the last-minute scramble to fill doctor posts in England will have a knock-on effect on quality.

August 1, 2007

Decision rules useful for selecting women for bone mineral density testing

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Aug 1 - Four previously validated decision rules are useful in clinical practice for identifying postmenopausal women likely to have osteoporosis who should undergo bone mineral density (BMD) screening, Spanish researchers report in the June issue of the Journal of Rheumatology.

July 31, 2007

Additional double reading of screening mammograms boosts accuracy

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Jul 26 - Double reading of mammograms by radiologic technologists in addition to double reading by radiologists -- i.e., quadruple reading -- can improve breast cancer detection without substantially increasing referral rates, Dutch researchers report in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute for August 1st.

July 25, 2007

British medics worried by lack of dead bodies

LONDON (Reuters), Jul 18 - Many medical schools in Britain now use pro-sections -- prepared body part samples which have been predissected by a tutor and which the students are allowed to examine. Increasingly few get hands-on experience of proper dissection. The problem, in part, is that there simply aren't enough bodies to go around. According to medical authorities, Britain needs around 1,000 bodies a year for use in training medical students and conducting scientific research.

July 17, 2007

Living near busy road may promote atherosclerosis

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Jul 17 - The closer a person lives to heavy traffic, the more likely he or she is to have atherosclerosis, also referred to as "hardening of the arteries," a chief risk factor for heart disease and stroke, German researchers report. While several studies have linked air pollution with particulate matter to a greater risk of heart attack, there is little evidence on whether this is due to short- or long-term exposure, the team notes in the journal, Circulation.

July 16, 2007

Breast cancer target 'failing patients' in U.K.

LONDON (Reuters), Jul 13 - An increasing number of women with breast cancer are waiting too long to see a specialist doctor because of problems caused by a government target, research published on Friday said. Under NHS guidelines introduced in 1999, all patients with suspected breast cancer should be seen by an expert within two weeks of being referred by a general practitioner in a bid to cut long waiting lists and delays in treatment

July 12, 2007

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Belgian study shows AI's promise in coronary ischemia

A deep-learning model for assessing vessel-specific coronary ischemia performed well compared to invasive fractional flow reserve in a multicenter study published by European Radiology on 11 October.

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DeepHealth partners with HOPPR on foundational AI model

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

DeepHealth is partnering with HOPPR to commercialize a medical-grade generalized foundational model.

September 5, 2024

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EANM announces training initiatives

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM) is reorganizing its training and education section and will establish a new Education Council.

September 5, 2024

ESC 2024 attendance reaches pre-COVID-19 levels

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) has announced that about 32,000 health professionals from 171 countries attended its 2024 annual meeting.

September 5, 2024

100 Rules of Radiology proves an indispensable guide

By Dr. Adrian Brady

A new book published this week is an invaluable primer for everyone involved in radiology training and practice -- plus it's also very funny, according to former ESR President Prof. Adrian Brady.

September 5, 2024

Radiologists in Turkey reflect on 2023 earthquakes

Radiologists in Turkey have described how a diagnostic imaging facility was affected when two major earthquakes devastated the country on 6 February 2023.

September 4, 2024

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RaySearch announces practice milestone with Iridium Network

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Iridium Network successfully treated its first patient on 2 September with RaySearch's oncology information system RayCare and Varian's TrueBeam linear accelerator.

September 4, 2024

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ESC 2024: Optical coherence tomography standards needed now

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Study results highlighted at the annual congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC 2024) in London found that optical coherence tomography improves survival and reduces adverse cardiovascular events.

September 4, 2024

Affidea acquires Synlab Lithuania laboratories

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Affidea has acquired Synlab Lithuania to add advanced laboratory analysis, testing, and specialty consultation to its outpatient imaging services.

September 4, 2024

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France greenlights Sonio Samsung Medison deal

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Samsung Medison's acquisition of Sonio has been approved by the French Ministry of the Economy and Finance.

September 3, 2024

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Will AI and WFH prove to be radiology's Scylla & Charybdis?

By Dr. Paul Dubbins

The twin benefits of AI and working from home (WFH) should be carefully managed to ensure that professional isolation doesn't consume us and that we aren't lost in the maelstrom of AI, writes Dr. Paul Dubbins.

September 3, 2024

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'Field-cycling' MRI identifies subacute stroke at low field strengths

By Kate Madden Yee

A new whole-brain MRI technique called field-cycling imaging identifies subacute ischemic stroke at field strengths as low as 0.2 millitesla.

September 3, 2024

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Researchers unveil 10-year results of Scottish CT trial

By Frances Rylands-Monk

CT assessment of coronary artery disease can have a major impact on the management of patients with stable chest pain, according to new analysis from the SCOT-HEART trial presented on 1 September at ESC 2024.

September 2, 2024

A 3D reconstruction and curved planar reformation from a CT coronary angiogram from a patient in the SCOT-HEART trial who had severe obstructive coronary artery disease.

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