Clinical News: Page 2841

Mammo cures cancer! Debunking popular breast cancer myths
By Sydney Schuster
In honor of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month (NBCAM), AuntMinnie.com rounds up some of the more common myths and misperceptions about breast cancer and cancer screening, and gives them a shakedown, figuring out where they sprang from and how to handle them.
October 2, 2006
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Israeli air force trims inappropriate MRI use
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
Following the American College of Radiology (ACR) Appropriateness Criteria for determining the best use of diagnostic imaging modalities led to more appropriate MRI use by the Israeli air force, according to a recent study.
October 2, 2006
IBA inks SAIC-Frederick deal, debuts new radionuclides
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Belgian nuclear medicine products firm Ion Beam Applications (IBA) has signed a contract manufacturing and distribution agreement with SAIC-Frederick.
October 1, 2006
Siemens, Komen Foundation partner
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Medical Solutions and the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation have collaborated to launch a Web site designed to promote mammography screening compliance.
October 1, 2006
Radlink expands European sales
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
CR developer Radlink has inked an agreement to extend its partnership with Polish distributor Ado-Med.
October 1, 2006
Hologic expands European HQ
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Women's imaging vendor Hologic of Bedford, MA, has expanded its European headquarters, which also includes the company's service and parts depot and training center.
October 1, 2006
Kodak nets Estonia hospital PACS contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Rochester, NY-based Eastman Kodak Health Group has received a contract for its Kodak CareStream PACS network from East-Tallinn Central Hospital in Estonia.
October 1, 2006
AuntMinnie.com Women's Imaging Insider
By Shalmali Pal
October 1, 2006
Private parts: Breast cancer screening and HIPAA compliance
By Shalmali Pal
What happens when a patient's emotional issues surrounding breast cancer screening come face-to-face with an imaging center's legal requirements surrounding HIPAA? AuntMinnie.com asked this question of Robert Tennant, a senior policy advisor in health informatics at the Washington, DC, office of the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA). Tennant offered his thoughts on how breast imaging centers can gain their patients' trust by making privacy paramount.
October 1, 2006
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Immediate postsurgery MRI appears safe for stent patients
By Eric Barnes
Doctors are reluctant to image the heart with MRI in the days after stent implantation, fearing that the newly implanted devices could move or warm inside the scanner. There are also concerns that even minute motion or heating of stents could predispose patients to early stent thrombosis, increasing morbidity and mortality. But fears over MR use in such cases may be unfounded, according to a new study from Duke University Medical Center in Durham, NC.
October 1, 2006
Sectra receives FFDM sale from Swedish county
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Östergkötland County Council in Sweden will purchase $2.2 million in digital mammography systems from Sectra of Linköping, Sweden.
September 28, 2006
Varian gets Consorta contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation oncology developer Varian Medical Systems has signed a new purchasing agreement with group purchasing organization Consorta of Schaumberg, IL.
September 28, 2006
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