Clinical News: Page 1644

MiE, NIS get FDA OK for PET upgrade

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Medical Imaging Electronics (MiE) and Nuclear Imaging Services (NIS) have received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its ECAT Scintron upgrade.

May 15, 2013

FDA clears Bayer's Xofigo

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared the use of radium-223 dichloride to treat patients who have castration-resistant prostate cancer with symptomatic bone metastases and no known visceral metastatic disease.

May 15, 2013

Bard pays $48.2M in whistleblower lawsuit

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Interventional device developer C. R. Bard has agreed to pay the U.S. government $48.2 million to settle a whistleblower lawsuit alleging that its urological division and ProSeed subsidiary paid doctors and hospitals kickbacks to entice them to order Bard's products at inflated prices to treat Medicare patients with prostate cancer.

May 15, 2013

ASCO: CT unnecessary for lymphoma follow-up?

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

A study to be presented at the upcoming American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) meeting in Chicago next month indicates that follow-up CT scans may be unnecessary to detect cancer relapse in patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Instead, abnormal blood tests or physical exams may be sufficient.

May 15, 2013

Lancet: MRI offers alternative to conventional autopsies

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Minimally invasive autopsies, using a combination of MRI and other techniques such as blood tests, can determine the cause of death in fetuses and babies nearly as well as conventional autopsies, researchers concluded in a new study published in Lancet.

May 15, 2013

GE to ship MRI protocol for patients with metal implants

By Wayne Forrest

GE Healthcare on May 15 said it plans to begin shipping MAVRIC SL, a combination of MRI acquisition protocol and postprocessing software designed to enhance the accuracy of soft-tissue and bone imaging in patients with metal implants that could make them unsuited for MRI with conventional techniques.

May 15, 2013

SCCT announces Toshiba award finalists

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) has announced finalists for the seventh annual Toshiba Young Investigator Award, sponsored by Toshiba America Medical Systems.

May 15, 2013

Transcranial US can boost patient mood

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Chronic pain got you down? Transcranial ultrasound stimulation may be able to brighten your day, if research published in the May issue of Brain Stimulation is any indication.

May 15, 2013

A radiologist reflects on the Boston Marathon bombings

By Wayne Forrest

Monday, April 15 -- Patriots' Day in Boston -- started much like any other day for radiologist Dr. Robert Ward of Tufts Medical Center. But it turned out to be anything but normal after two bombs exploded at the end of the Boston Marathon, sending dozens of injured people to Tufts with battlefield-like injuries.

May 15, 2013

Health Affairs: Cancer patients face higher bankruptcy risk

By Cynthia E. Keen

Individuals diagnosed with cancer are at least 2.5 times more likely to declare bankruptcy than those without cancer, according to a study of patients in Washington state published online May 15 in Health Affairs.

May 14, 2013

Fonar posts Q3 revenue increase

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

MRI vendor Fonar has reported double-digit growth in the company's third fiscal quarter.

May 14, 2013

International Isotopes' Q1 revenues fall

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Mixed revenues in each of its business segments adversely affected radioisotope manufacturer International Isotopes' financials for the first quarter of 2013.

May 14, 2013

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