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Racial profiling: fMRI links brain activity and black-white bias
By Shalmali Pal
A variety of factors help determine how we each feel about, and react to, people of different ethnicities. These factors are closely tied to a neurological reaction that may determine our emotional response to race -- whether we are conscious of it or not. A number of recent neuroimaging studies have investigated the connection between our brains and race processing.
May 26, 2005
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Boston Scientific notches 400th Liberté enrollment
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional device developer Boston Scientific of Natick, MA, said that it has enrolled its 400th patient in its global Taxus Liberté registry.
May 25, 2005
Midwest weighs incremental Medicare gain for VC
By Eric Barnes
Considering the dim prospects for quick action on a U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services national coverage decision that would cover virtual colonoscopy as a cancer screening option, the efforts of a few local carriers represent progress of a sort for virtual colonoscopy.
May 25, 2005
Brain swelling without CT hypoattenuation shouldn't rule out thrombolysis
By N. Shivapriya
For acute ischemic stroke, the CT sign of brain swelling without concomitant parenchymal hypoattenuation is no reason to exclude thrombolytic therapy based on the one-third rule, according to researchers from Seoul, South Korea.
May 25, 2005
Abbott debuts TriMaxx stent in Europe
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional device developer Abbott Vascular Devices has introduced its TriMaxx coronary stent, as well as six other interventional cardiovascular products in Europe.
May 24, 2005
Orthodontist advises practice needs assessment before investing in DR
By Shalmali Pal
SAN FRANCISCO - The radical revolution that had digital radiography (DR) replacing film-based imaging may not have come to pass, but in the orthodontics field, DR does have its advantages over traditional imaging, according to a presenter at the American Association of Orthodontists (AAO) meeting.
May 24, 2005
VC, colonoscopy not optimal in patients with diverticular disease
By Eric Barnes
In a newly published study, Dr. Marc Gollub and colleagues from the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City confirm that elastin deposition associated with diverticular disease narrows the colonic lumen significantly, and also confounds virtual colonoscopy evaluation.
May 24, 2005
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JAMA study adds weight to cardiac CTA
By Brian Casey
May 23, 2005
UltraSPECT gets CE Mark
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Nuclear medicine developer UltraSPECT of Haifa, Israel, has received the European CE Mark for its Wide Beam Reconstruction (WBR) product family.
May 23, 2005
CVS debuts cardiology PACS
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Cardiac ultrasound distributor Cardio-Vascular Sales (CVS) of Aliso Viejo, CA, has introduced ComPACS, a cardiology PACS network.
May 23, 2005
GE introduces Innova 2100IQ for cardiology
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare unveiled the Innova 2100IQ cardiovascular imaging system at the Paris Course on Revascularization in Paris this week.
May 23, 2005
Siemens debuts Lithoskop
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Medical Solutions has introduced Lithoskop, a multifunctional lithotripter, at the American Urology Association meeting in San Antonio this week.
May 23, 2005
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