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01.25.11
Study Finds USPSTF Mammo Guidelines Would Increase Death Rate
Nearly 65,000 more women would lose their lives from breast cancer if the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force’s (USPSTF) controversial 2009 guidelines on screening mammography were adopted on a widespread basis, according to a study in the February issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology…
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01.24.11
CT Helps Emergency Docs Treat Abdominal Pain
CT has an influential role in determining how patients presenting to the emergency department with nontraumatic abdominal complaints will be managed, a single-center study showed. Surveys of attending physicians and residents showed that the leading diagnosis was changed in nearly half of patients (48.6%) after a CT scan (P<0.00001), according to Hani Abujudeh, MD, of Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard, and colleagues…
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01.20.11
FDA Plans to Improve Review Path for Medical Devices
The FDA this week outlined a plan to improve the path to market for medical devices, including streamlining the review for low-risk devices and clarifying when clinical data should be submitted.
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01.19.11
Medicare Preventive Coverage Conflicts with Experts
The U.S. government’s Medicare health insurance program for older Americans does not always fully pay for preventive services recommended by government-appointed healthcare experts, yet Medicare does cover some screening tests those experts recommend against, a new study finds…
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01.13.11
Women at High Risk for Breast Cancer not Getting MRI Screening
Despite American Cancer Society guidelines recommending that women at high risk for breast cancer undergo MRI screening in addition to regular mammography, only 14% of these women are getting the scans, according to researchers from the University of Colorado…
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01.12.11
CT Scans Map Bullet’s Deadly Path
A .30-06 round rips through a leg — but one made of rubber, plastic and other flesh-like materials. It’s actually an imaging phantom propped up against a wooden board beneath a series of targets in a leafy firing range…
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01.7.11
Mammogram Coverage Extended
The government is now covering the full cost of a mammogram for Medicare recipients. Previously, most Medicare recipients were responsible for a 20 percent co-payment for the breast cancer-screening procedure…
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01.3.11
PET May Help Find Cause for Epileptic Brain Disease in Kids
With the help of FDG-PET, French researchers have discovered a common brain dysfunction among school-age children afflicted with fever-induced refractory epileptic encephalopathy (FIRES), according to a study published in the January edition of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.
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12.28.10
More Signs Lung Cancer Screening could Save Lives
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – More research is suggesting that heavy smokers may benefit from screening for lung cancer, to detect tumors in their earliest stages…
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12.22.10
Brain Imaging Predicts Reading Gains in Dyslexia
Functional neuroimaging of the brain demonstrated greater than 90% accuracy for identifying children with dyslexia who would improve significantly over time, a small clinical study suggested.
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