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Treating children with kid gloves
By Shalmali Pal
Medical specialties and turf issues aside, doctors are particularly mindful of using the least harmful, most sensitive methods when it comes to pediatric patients. Two recent reports -- from the American Society of Anesthesiologists and the American Society for Therapeutic Radiation and Oncology (ASTRO) meetings -- focused on the pre- and post-treatment results in children who undergo imaging, or radiation therapy for cancer.
November 11, 2003
superDimension launches CT bronchoscopy device
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
CT-guided bronchoscopy developer superDimension of Herzliya, Israel, introduced its superDimension/Bronchus system at the European Respiratory Society (ERS) Congress in Vienna.
November 10, 2003
Siemens expands Sequoia
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Medical Solutions has unveiled Paragon, a new release for its Sequoia echocardiography platform.
November 10, 2003
B-K bolsters Viking 2400
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
B-K Medical has upgraded its Viking 2400 premium ultrasound system, which was debuted earlier this year at the Euroson 2003 congress in Copenhagen, Denmark.
November 10, 2003
Varian shipping 800 MHz NMR cold probes
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Varian Medical Systems has expanded its offering of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) products with a new 800 MHz cold probe for research in proteomics and structural biology.
November 10, 2003
Kodak receives FDA approvable letter
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Eastman Kodak Health Imaging has received a U.S. Food and Drug Administration approvable letter for its mammography computer-aided detection (CAD) device, according to the Rochester, NY-based vendor.
November 10, 2003
BodyScan adds San Antonio center
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Electron beam tomography services provider BodyScan Imaging is opening a new center in San Antonio.
November 10, 2003
Philips adds to cardiology line
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Philips Medical Systems formally added a number of new technologies to its cardiology portfolio at this week’s annual American Heart Association (AHA) meeting in Orlando.
November 10, 2003
Epix COO resigns
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Epix Medical president and COO Dr. Stephen Knight has left the Cambridge, MA-based company to become president of Fidelity Investments unit Fidelity Biosciences Group.
November 10, 2003
Viatronix gets clearance for V3D-Vascular
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Three-dimensional-software developer Viatronix has received Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance for its V3D-Vascular module.
November 10, 2003
Oral pentobarbital tops chloral hydrate for pre-imaging infant sedation, study claims
By Jill Stein
Until now, chloral hydrate has been the gold standard for oral sedation for pediatric radiological imaging, explained Dr. Keira Mason and colleagues from Children’s Hospital in Boston in a poster presentation at the 2003 American Society of Anesthesiologists meeting in San Francisco.
November 10, 2003
Childhood cancer survivors at risk for early-onset heart disease
By Peggy Peck
Dr. Louis Constine from the University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, said that increased cardiovascular risk factors are present in survivors of childhood cancer who were treated with radiation or with anthracyclines. He presented the results at the 2003 American Society for Therapeutic Radiation and Oncology (ASTRO) meeting in Salt Lake City.
November 10, 2003
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