Reuters HealthClinical NewsHeart valves and toasters: Call for new EU rulesPARIS (Reuters) - Pacemakers and electric toasters have little in common, yet in Europe the same regulatory framework covers both, and a growing number of doctors think the system is no longer up to the job. The issue has come to the fore at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) congress.August 29, 2011Clinical NewsNew breast cancer gene may help predict riskNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Screening for mutations in a gene known as CHEK2 may help determine a woman's odds of breast cancer if the disease runs in her family, Polish scientists suggested Monday.August 29, 2011Clinical NewsOvarian cysts may not lead to cancer: studyNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Finding ovarian cysts on an ultrasound scan isn't a cancer sentence for women who are middle-aged and older, a new U.K. screening study suggests. Women with so-called "inclusion cysts" weren't at higher risk for ovarian cancer or, for that matter, breast or endometrial tumors, researchers found.August 24, 2011Musculoskeletal RadiologyCardiac arrest strikes young and old athletes alikeNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - New research from France suggests that young, competitive athletes account for only a fraction of sports-related cardiac arrests, in which the heart stops beating without warning. Rather, most cardiac arrests may happen in adult men playing recreational sports, the study found.August 24, 2011Clinical NewsElastography beats ultrasound in prostate cancer detectionNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Compared with conventional grayscale ultrasonography, transrectal real-time elastography improves the detection of prostate cancer -- but it's not ready for prime time yet, German researchers say.August 21, 2011Clinical NewsStroke screening raises hopes, worriesNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new test may be able to spot people at high risk of stroke, although it's too early to be too excited about the findings, researchers said on Wednesday. The study was published online in the journal Neurology.August 17, 2011Clinical NewsSkin tests may give clues to safe iodinated contrast mediaNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - For patients with delayed allergic reactions to iodinated contrast media, skin tests may help in selecting an alternative agent, French researchers suggest in an online letter to the editor of the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.August 16, 2011Clinical NewsUterine fibroid embolization does not alter onset of menopauseNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - For women younger than age 45, uterine fibroid embolization doesn't advance the onset of menopause, Italian researchers reported in a study published online July 29 in Fertility and Sterility.August 15, 2011Clinical NewsHelical tomotherapy enhances local control of mesotheliomaNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Adjuvant radiation via helical tomotherapy can achieve excellent local control of malignant pleural mesothelioma, researchers from France and Canada reported online June 12 in Lung Cancer.July 13, 2011Clinical NewsBrain scan reveals how brain processes jokesLONDON (Reuters Life!) - British scientists say they have uncovered how the human brain responds to jokes -- research that could help determine whether patients in a vegetative state can experience positive emotions.June 29, 2011Previous PagePage 5 of 58Next PageTop StoriesWomens ImagingHybrid AI reading shows success in breast cancer screeningA Dutch team found that a hybrid reading strategy for screening mammography reduced radiologist workload by 38% without changing recall or cancer detection rates.Medical, Legal, and PracticeCooking robot gets rave reviews in TübingenMRIUltrasound plus MRI helps diagnose pain from rotator cuff tendinopathyMedical, Legal, and PracticePressure grows for more rigorous financial disclosureMRIMRI, CT findings correlate for assessing epicardial fat volume
