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HHS rules support earlier mammography
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today issued new guidelines that require new private health plans to cover preventive services, including mammography starting at age 40.
July 13, 2010
U.K. cancer survival rates grow
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Women treated in England and Wales for breast and ovarian cancers are twice as likely to survive for at least 10 years as compared to patients diagnosed and treated in the early 1970s, while long-term survival for men treated for prostate cancer has more than tripled, according to new statistics from Cancer Research UK.
July 13, 2010
IDSI completes Indian install
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging Diagnostic Systems (IDSI) has installed its CT Laser Mammography system at Tata Memorial Hospital in Mumbai, India.
July 11, 2010
Sectra awarded Aussie PACS contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PACS and digital mammography vendor Sectra has been awarded a PACS contract from Queensland Health's BreastScreen Queensland Program in Australia.
July 11, 2010
Siemens launches OB ultrasound software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Healthcare has released its syngo.fourSight Workplace obstetrical ultrasound software.
July 8, 2010
Ultrasound finds high heart disease risk in some low-risk women
By Eric Barnes
Being identified as low risk on the Framingham cardiac risk assessment might convey a false sense of security if women are obese or have metabolic syndrome, say researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
July 6, 2010
Hologic to buy breast MR firm Sentinelle for $85M
July 5, 2010
Hologic to buy breast MR firm Sentinelle for $85M
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Women's healthcare vendor Hologic has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire breast MRI technology developer Sentinelle Medical for $85 million.
July 5, 2010
Researchers take a 3D approach to breast density
By Paula Gould
Canadian and U.S. researchers have determined how measurements of volumetric breast density can be obtained from digital mammograms. The method builds upon previous work that allows the breast thickness to be determined precisely -- a key challenge when working in 3D.
July 1, 2010
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Study: 3D/4D US-guided IVF reduces risk
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Using 3D/4D ultrasound to guide embryo transfer during in vitro fertilization (IVF) significantly reduces a woman's risk of ectopic pregnancy and associated complications, according to research from 3D Sonography Center of Beverly Hills, CA.
June 29, 2010
Dilon reports positive BSGI research
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Breast-specific gamma imaging (BSGI) developer Dilon Diagnostics said that researchers from George Washington University Medical Center in Washington, DC, are reporting favorable BSGI results in an article published in the June issue of Academic Radiology.
June 29, 2010
Follow-ups boost mammo use among insured low-income women
By Kate Madden Yee
Reaching out to low-income women with managed care health insurance increases the likelihood that these women will get regular mammography screening, a new study published online June 29 in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers, and Prevention has found.
June 29, 2010
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