Diagnostic Radiology
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<ѻýҕl>Young Women Skip Mammo After USPSTF Recsѻýҕl>
SAN FRANCISCO -- Rates of screening mammography among women younger than 50 declined within 2 months of a negative recommendation by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) and have remained below baseline rates, according to a study reported here.
Sep 15, 2012
<ѻýҕl>Lab Notes: Red Wine Before Radiation and Red Clover for Hair Lossѻýҕl>
Red is the color of the day, as components of red wine and red clover lead this week's Lab Notes, but the blues get their turn in the spotlight, too, as depressed people outshine cheerier folks in some elements of decision making.
May 06, 2011
<ѻýҕl>Cardiologist Who Revealed Echo Errors Out of a Jobѻýҕl>
MILWAUKEE -- A cardiologist whose research at a national medical meeting revealed that other doctors at her hospital were misreading a substantial number of diagnostic echocardiograms has been fired by that hospital, the Journal Sentinel and ѻýҕl have learned.
Jan 14, 2011
<ѻýҕl>ASCO Breast: Gamma Imaging Tops Breast Ultrasoundѻýҕl>
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. -- Breast-specific gamma imaging (BSGI) outperformed breast ultrasound for evaluating patients with indeterminate mammograms in a retrospective comparison of the two imaging techniques, researchers reported here.
Oct 03, 2010
<ѻýҕl>RSNA: Radiologists Disagree with USPSTF on Mammographyѻýҕl>
CHICAGO -- In this exclusive InFocusâ„¢ report, leaders of two radiology groups charge that implementing the new breast cancer screening guidelines from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) will lead to unnecessary deaths.
Dec 02, 2009
<ѻýҕl>CT Safety Warnings Follow Radiation Overdose Accidentѻýҕl>
Reports of stroke patients who were accidentally exposed to eight times the normal radiation dose during diagnostic CT scans at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles are prompting safety warnings and soul searching in radiology.
Oct 15, 2009
<ѻýҕl>RSNA: Dry-Needling Plus Steroid Effective for Plantar Fasciitisѻýҕl>
CHICAGO -- For patients with plantar fasciitis, a notoriously difficult condition to treat, an Italian team has come up with a novel approach that uses dry-needling combined with a steroid injection, researchers said here.
Dec 02, 2008
<ѻýҕl>ASNC: Caffeine Screens Before Stress Tests Often Miss Positives
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SAN DIEGO -- Routine screening by questionnaire for caffeine intake before pharmacologic cardiac stress testing fails to identify most patients who have detectable serum levels of the stimulant, investigators said here.
Sep 12, 2007
<ѻýҕl>FDA Orders Black Box Warning for Gadolinium-Based Contrast Agentsѻýҕl>
ROCKVILLE, Md. -- The FDA today ordered black-box warnings for all gadolinium-based contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging, detailing an increased risk for nephrogenic systemic fibrosis with kidney-disease patients.
May 23, 2007