Reuters Health

Group workouts help women with breast cancer

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Feb 16 - Participating in regular group exercise classes can help women with early breast cancer feel better, both physically and mentally, while they're undergoing treatment, according to a study in the British Medical Journal.

February 15, 2007

Drinking coffee seen not to increase the risk of myocardial infarction

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Feb 14 - Coffee consumption does not increase the risk of myocardial infarction, at least among older Swedish women, and it may even be protective, according to new study findings. The women were participating in the Swedish Mammography Cohort, a population-based study established between 1987 and 1990. The participants were followed from 1997 to 2002.

February 13, 2007

Cancer cases in Europe rising as population ages

LONDON (Reuters), Feb 8 - Europe's ageing population is leading to an increase in cancer with 300,000 new cases diagnosed each year, researchers said on Wednesday. Lung cancer, most of which is caused by smoking, is the biggest killer with about 334,800 deaths, followed by colorectal, breast, and stomach cancer.

February 7, 2007

Controversy remains over keepsake prenatal ultrasound images

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Feb 2 - Whether providing expectant parents with an ultrasound "keepsake" image of their unborn child is justifiable is the topic of a "special report" in the February 3rd issue of the British Medical Journal.

February 1, 2007

Fracture risk increased in primary biliary cirrhosis

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Jan 30 - Patients with primary biliary cirrhosis have a slightly increased risk of fracture compared to the general population, according to researchers in the U.K. Using the General Practice Research Database, the researchers conducted a cohort study involving 930 subjects with PBC and 9,202 age- and sex-matched controls.

January 29, 2007

Endurance sports may harm the heart: study

LONDON (Reuters), Jan 22 - Endurance sports may cause changes in the hearts of some athletes that can lead to a rare but life-threatening condition which causes an abnormal heart rate and rhythm, Belgium researchers said on Monday.

January 22, 2007

NHS 'should treat Muslims differently'

LONDON (Reuters), Jan 12 - Muslims should be given different treatment on the National Health Service to take into account the requirements of their faith, a doctor reported in an editorial in the British Medical Journal on Friday. Britain's 1.6 million Muslims are twice as likely to report poor health and disability but the NHS keeps no details on patients by religious affinity.

January 11, 2007

Britain may see surplus of specialist physicians in a few years

LONDON (Reuters), Jan 12 - Thousands of doctors training in England could be forced to move abroad because there will be no jobs for them when they qualify, the head of the British Medical Association said on Thursday. A leaked Department of Health paper last week forecast there would be a surplus in England of 3,200 consultants by 2010 as well as a shortage of 1,200 family doctors.

January 11, 2007

Dental x-rays may help detect osteoporosis

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Jan 11 - A computer program that analyzes routine dental X-rays could offer a simple, cheap way to detect the bone-thinning disease osteoporosis, new research suggests. British researchers found that a software program they developed was able to spot signs of declining bone density in dental X-rays of the lower jaw -- a potential sign of osteoporosis.

January 10, 2007

Vote to choose greatest medical breakthrough

LONDON (Reuters), Jan 5 - Doctors and scientists, as well as the public, are being invited to choose the greatest medical breakthrough of the last 166 years in an online poll. It includes achievements that have transformed the lives of millions of people around the world, including the discovery of antibiotics and the development of medical imaging.

January 4, 2007

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Pressure grows for more rigorous financial disclosure

An investigation published on 17 August in the European Journal of Radiology looks set to focus attention on the payments made to medical doctors by device manufacturers.

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Bracco, ESR to renew partnership at ECR 2024

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Bracco and the European Society of Radiology (ESR) plan to renew their ongoing partnership at the upcoming ECR meeting in Vienna.

February 21, 2024

Bracco Rsna 2018 Social

KA Imaging to highlight portable dual-energy x-ray tomosynthesis at ECR

At the upcoming ECR meeting in Vienna, KA Imaging plans to highlight research that describes the use of portable dual-energy x-ray tomosynthesis.

February 20, 2024

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Deepc acquires Osimis

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Deepc GmbH has acquired the Osimis Platform.

February 20, 2024

Business Handshake Intelligence

So much more than Mozart: Vienna gets set to party

By Liana Gruenberg

What's the modern music scene like in Vienna these days? Vibrant, dynamic, and diverse, according to our guide to what the city has to offer during ECR and beyond.

February 20, 2024

Radiology's legendary annual party will take place on Saturday 2 March at Gasometer, Guglgasse 8, 1110 Vienna. Doors open at 20:45, and tickets cost €65 each. Photo courtesy of the ESR.

EBR unveils 2024 schedule for EDiR

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The European Board of Radiology (EBR) has released the initial calendar for the 2024 European Diploma in Radiology (EDiR) examinations.

February 13, 2024

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PanTera signs supply agreement with Bayer for actinium-225

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

PanTera has signed an agreement with Bayer for the supply of actinium-225 starting in the second half of 2024.

February 13, 2024

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GEHC, European Society of Radiology renew ECR collaboration

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

GE HealthCare (GEHC) and the European Society of Radiology have renewed their plan to collaborate during the upcoming European Congress of Radiology (ECR) meeting to be held in Vienna.

February 12, 2024

Philips to spotlight helium-free MRI options at ECR 2024

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Philips plans to spotlight its BlueSeal MR mobile unit and helium-free MR options at ECR 2024, which begins in Vienna on 28 February.

February 9, 2024

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Royal Marsden to implement RaySearch tech for OART

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

RaySearch Laboratories has highlighted that the U.K.'s Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is to become the first facility in the world to implement online adaptive radiation therapy (OART).

February 9, 2024

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Life Molecular and Oryx sign deal to distribute amyloid PET tracer

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Life Molecular Imaging has established a partnership with Oryx Isotopes Industrial Company to produce and distribute Neuraceq in Saudi Arabia.

February 7, 2024

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ETH researchers develop MRI method for better MS diagnosis

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

ETH Zurich researchers have developed a new method of MRI to aid in the early detection and better monitoring of multiple sclerosis (MS) by "mapping" the brain's myelin sheaths.

February 6, 2024

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Lucida Medical teams with U.K. groups to develop Pi platform

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Lucida Medical and other facilities in the U.K. have been awarded funding to extend the Pi software platform to multiple clinical indications.

January 31, 2024

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