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Blue Earth gets orphan drug status
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Blue Earth Diagnostics has received two orphan drug designations for its F-18 fluciclovine radiopharmaceutical for diagnosing glioma.
July 7, 2015
PET suggests link between anxious parents, children
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PET imaging of rhesus monkeys has shown how an overactive circuit in three regions of the brain may contribute to parent-to-child transmission of anxiety and depression. The findings were published online July 6 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
July 7, 2015
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EOS completes DR installation in Va.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
EOS Imaging has installed its EOS digital radiography (DR) system at the National Scoliosis Center in Fairfax, VA.
July 7, 2015
Mindray to buy surgical implant firm
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical equipment manufacturer Mindray Medical International has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the remaining stake in Wuhan Dragonbio Surgical Implant.
July 7, 2015
A (myocardial) bridge too far: CT vs. IVUS in the heart
By Eric Barnes
Multidetector-row CT should be considered the noninvasive gold standard when evaluating myocardial bridge abnormalities, owing to its anatomic accuracy. But there are important things CT doesn't see that intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) does, according to new research from Stanford University.
July 7, 2015
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MRI ties small brain lesions to risk of stroke, death
By Wayne Forrest
Asymptomatic patients may have triple the risk of stroke and death if they have brain lesions smaller than 3 mm on 1.5-tesla MRI, a new study concludes. Furthermore, if the patients also have lesions 3 mm or larger, they may face an eightfold increase in stroke risk.
July 6, 2015
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Coronary calcium CT scans predict mortality
By Eric Barnes
A simple coronary calcium CT scan can be used to predict death in asymptomatic individuals for as long as 15 years after the scan, according to a new study of nearly 10,000 people, published in the July 7 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine.
July 6, 2015
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Lung x-rays predict mortality in MERS patients
By Brian Casey
A new study of Saudi Arabian patients with Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) found that a simple method of scoring pathology on lung radiographs can be used to predict which patients are at risk of dying, according to an article in the American Journal of Roentgenology.
July 1, 2015
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Ultrasound helps fine-tune management of arthritis
By Erik L. Ridley
Ultrasound can be used to identify subclinical disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis patients in remission, enabling them to benefit from more-intensive treatment, according to research presented recently at the European League Against Rheumatism annual congress in Rome.
June 30, 2015
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St. Jude commences trial of OCT guidance
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
St. Jude Medical has begun its Ilumien III clinical trial to gauge the clinical benefits of its Ilumien optical coherence tomography (OCT) technology for guiding stent implantation.
June 29, 2015
Merge, Toshiba ink strategic partnership
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Merge Healthcare and Toshiba America Medical Systems are partnering to combine Merge's cardiology PACS and hemodynamic monitors with Toshiba's vascular x-ray systems.
June 28, 2015
CT radiation dose levels in clinical trial surprise researchers
By Eric Barnes
A group of researchers studying the use of CT for kidney stones were surprised by the radiation dose levels they discovered in their multicenter clinical study. Not only were many doses too high, they also varied widely between centers, concludes a research letter published June 29 in JAMA Internal Medicine.
June 28, 2015
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