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Joint pain is increased in breast cancer patients

By Reuters Health

SAN ANTONIO, (Reuters Health), Dec 12 - Joint pain is more common and more severe in women with breast cancer than in age-matched controls without breast cancer, researchers reported at the 2008 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS).

December 11, 2008

Smartphone vs. PACS: Smartphone does just fine for skeletal trauma

By Cynthia E. Keen

CHICAGO - A new study from the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London pitted a new-generation smartphone against a PACS diagnostic workstation for diagnostic quality display of skeletal trauma radiographs, and the smartphone held its own.

December 3, 2008

Ultrasound guides treatment for long-term relief of plantar fasciitis

By Edward Susman

CHICAGO - An ultrasound-guided technique appears to provide long-term, near sequelae-free relief to patients suffering from chronic, debilitating plantar fasciitis, researchers reported at the 2008 RSNA annual meeting in Chicago.

December 1, 2008

MRI shows prowess in diabetic foot with osteomyelitis

By Wayne Forrest

Italian researchers have concluded that MRI shows high sensitivity for detecting osteomyelitis in a diabetic foot, but lower specificity related to Charcot neuropathic osteoarthropathy. The study comes from Carlo Poma Hospital and was published online on October 25 by La Radiologia Medica.

November 9, 2008

SPECT ties functional brain abnormalities to fibromyalgia

By Wayne Forrest

Using SPECT, researchers in France have detected functional abnormalities in certain regions of the brain in fibromyalgia patients. The findings support the idea that fibromyalgia symptoms are related to a dysfunction in the parts of the brain where pain is processed.

November 6, 2008

RSA takes mdesk order

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

RSA Biomedical of Umeå, Sweden, has received an order from Uppsala Akademiska for its mdesk orthopedic preoperative planning and templating system.

November 5, 2008

Esaote

By Wayne Forrest

(Booth 3247) Italian imaging firm Esaote will reprise its 2007 introduction of S-scan, a musculoskeletal MRI system designed to scan all joints, including spine segments such as L- and C-spines.

October 30, 2008

Ongoing joint damage despite RA in remission tied to subclinical inflammation

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Oct 28 - When rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is in clinical remission yet structural deterioration continues, the cause appears to be subclinical joint inflammation (synovitis) that can be detected by ultrasound and by MRI, according to a prospective longitudinal study.

October 27, 2008

MR arthrography study finds 'optimal injection site'

By Wayne Forrest

Researchers in Spain are recommending that physicians use the upper third of the humeral head as the optimal injection site for anterior MR arthrography of the shoulder. They also concluded that it is "a simple, rapid procedure that is well tolerated by patients and reduces the radiation dose administered."

October 23, 2008

Sybermedica wins UEFA contract for PACSMail

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

U.K. healthcare software developer Sybermedica said that its PACSMail medical e-mail service will be used in a multinational study on the diagnosis and management of hamstring injuries.

October 16, 2008

FDA OKs 3D mode for Biospace Med's EOS

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

French digital radiography developer Biospace Med has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for a 3D skeletal reconstruction mode for its EOS digital x-ray system.

October 7, 2008

Power Doppler ultrasound accurately tracks rheumatoid arthritis treatment response

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Oct 1 - Power Doppler ultrasonography accurately monitors the response of rheumatoid arthritis to treatment with antitumor necrosis factor agents, according to a report in the August issue of Arthritis & Rheumatism.

September 30, 2008

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