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Obesity and prostate cancer: Should imaging have a role in screening?
By Kate Madden Yee
Prostate cancer remains a significant health concern in the U.S., where nearly 235,000 men were diagnosed with the disease last year. Preliminary research in obese men strongly suggests that these patients are susceptible to more aggressive cancers and higher mortality rates, and traditional prostate cancer screening exams are not always accurate in this population. Experts weigh in on whether screening obese patients with imaging would be a better bet.
June 6, 2007
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Misonix reports successful prostate ablation results
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound technology developer Misonix of Farmingdale, NY, said that researchers attending last month's American Urological Association (AUA) meeting in Anaheim, CA, reported positive results with the firm's prostate hemiablation therapy device, SB500.
June 5, 2007
Cook launches new catheter
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional firm Cook Medical has released its Turbo-Flow 8 French double lumen central venous catheter.
June 3, 2007
GE inks deal with I-Flow
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare of Chalfont St. Giles, U.K., has signed an agreement with I-Flow of Lake Forest, CA, covering the integration of compact ultrasound technology with anesthesiology devices.
May 31, 2007
Compact ultrasound driving global US market
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Healthcare providers' affinity for compact ultrasound systems will expand the worldwide market to more than $5 billion in sales by 2008, and the market is expected to reach $5.7 billion by 2010.
May 28, 2007
CMS adds to cardiac ultrasound coverage
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has decided to add Medicare coverage for Doppler monitoring of cardiac output in certain settings.
May 22, 2007
MR signal, nonperfusion drive long-term success of MR-guided focused US therapy
By Shalmali Pal
BERLIN - At least 20% of a uterine fibroid treated with MRI-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) therapy must be properly ablated to achieve long-lasting volume changes, according to Boston researchers who are experienced with the technique. The team presented its work this week at the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) meeting.
May 22, 2007
Breast MRI helps guide surgical treatment
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Breast MRI can help guide surgical treatment in women who are newly diagnosed with breast cancer, finding additional tumors and altering treatment in 23% of cases, according to a new study.
May 21, 2007
Study: U.S. ultrasound market reaches new heights
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. ultrasound market climbed to a record high of $1.33 billion in sales 2006, according to a report from Klein Biomedical Consultants of New York City.
May 21, 2007
GE files suit against SonoSite
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare of Chalfont St. Giles, U.K., has filed a lawsuit against compact-ultrasound developer SonoSite of Bothell, WA. The lawsuit charges SonoSite with infringing on GE patents for compact-ultrasound technology.
May 16, 2007
Esaote to buy Kontron from Fukuda Denshi
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The French subsidiary of Italian medical device firm Esaote of Genoa has signed an agreement to buy Kontron Medical from Tokyo-based medical instrument firm Fukuda Denshi.
May 16, 2007
Mindray Medical grows in Q1
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical device manufacturer Mindray Medical International of Shenzhen, China, more than doubled its sales in North America to propel its revenues and earnings in the first quarter.
May 14, 2007
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