Just the mention of kidney stones can cause a person to cringe. They are often painful and sometimes difficult to remove, and 10 percent of the population will suffer from them. In space, the risk of developing kidney stones is exacerbated due to environmental conditions. The health risk is compounded by the fact that resource […]
Filed under: MRI / PET / Ultrasound on February 3rd, 2012 | No Comments »
Using iodinated contrast media in imaging scans has been linked to alterations in thyroid function, which in turn raises the risk of developing hyperthyroidism, researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, reported in Archives of Internal Medicine…
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Filed under: MRI / PET / Ultrasound on January 25th, 2012 | No Comments »
Preoperative MRI helps surgeons make more informed decisions about nerve-sparing procedures in men with prostate cancer, according to a new study published online in the journal Radiology. Excluding skin cancer, prostate cancer is the most common cancer diagnosed in American men, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…
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Filed under: MRI / PET / Ultrasound on January 25th, 2012 | No Comments »
For the first time, a joint committee of the European Association for Echocardiography and the American Society of Echocardiography have issued recommendations on image acquisition using three-dimensional echocardiography (3DE)…
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Filed under: MRI / PET / Ultrasound on January 4th, 2012 | No Comments »
At a morning ceremony, New York City Council Member James Vacca, along with administrators and faculty members of Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, celebrated the re-launch of Einstein’s Gruss Magnetic Resonance Research Center (MRRC)…
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Filed under: MRI / PET / Ultrasound on December 20th, 2011 | No Comments »
Medical researchers at the University of Alberta have discovered a new way to track the progression of multiple sclerosis (MS) in those living with the disease, by using a powerful, triple strength MRI to track increasing levels of iron found in brain tissue…
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Filed under: MRI / PET / Ultrasound on December 18th, 2011 | No Comments »
New research from the University of Southampton could lead to enhanced MRI scans, producing brighter and more precise images, and potentially allowing the detection of cancerous cells before they cause health problems. Professor Malcolm Levitt of the University of Southampton, and co-workers, have been awarded a grant from the European Research Council of 2…
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Filed under: MRI / PET / Ultrasound on December 18th, 2011 | No Comments »
A new study published in the journal Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology reveals that fetal tracheal occlusion (FETO) improves infant survival rate in severe cases of congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH)…
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Filed under: MRI / PET / Ultrasound on December 17th, 2011 | No Comments »
According to an investigation published Online First by the Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) prior to administration of epidural steroid injections (ESI), does not seem to improve outcomes for individuals with chronic lower back pain or for those with conditions like sciatica, and only has a small […]
Filed under: MRI / PET / Ultrasound on December 14th, 2011 | No Comments »
Johns Hopkins-led research suggests that routine MRI imaging does nothing to improve the treatment of patients who need injections of steroids into their spinal columns to relieve pain. Moreover, MRI plays only a small role in a doctor’s decision to give these epidural steroid injections (ESIs), the most common procedure performed at pain clinics in […]
Filed under: MRI / PET / Ultrasound on December 13th, 2011 | No Comments »