Abdominal Imaging
MedWorm Query: (abdom* pelv* liver gastr* pancrea* intestin* ) (imag* scan ultrasound mri ct tomography magnetic radiolog*)
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Endometriosis likely in girls with chronic pelvic pain
Nearly all adolescent girls with chronic pelvic pain that doesn?t respond to conventional medical therapy were found to have endometriosis. What accounts for the higher-than-expected rate of endometriosis in such adolescents? (Source: Modern Medicine Contemporary Pediatrics)
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What we did when it happened: a timeline analysis of the social disorder in London - Briggs D.
Purpose - Over the course of the early part of August 2011, we saw revolving images of social disorder in London yet very thin explanations for the events. Yet the disorder continued and each time it evolved in different areas. Then the politicians came ba... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
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16.05.12: Not intended for U.S. and UK media - 48th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO):
Bayer to Present Data on Late-Stage Development Oncology Compounds at ASCO 2012First data from Phase III trial for regorafenib in gastrointestinal tumors (GIST) presented as Late-Breaking Abstract in Oral Abstract Session / Updated survival results from Phase III trial for Alpharadin (radium-223 chloride) in castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) presented as Late-Breaking Abstract in Oral Abstract Sessionmehr ... (Source: Bayer IR Newsfeed: Events)
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The Onder Law Firm Announces Pradaxa Internal Bleeding Lawsuit Website
National lawyers provide free Pradaxa lawsuit consultation to persons who have experienced internal bleeding or gastrointestinal bleeding while taking the blood-thinner Pradaxa.(PRWeb May 16, 2012)Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/pradaxa/lawsuit/prweb9514187.htm (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
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Researchers Link PFOA, PFOS To Marker For Liver Damage
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. - The serum levels of perfluorooctanoate (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) in participants in the C8 Health Project participants are positively correlated with a marker for liver cancer, researchers report in a study published in the May 2012 Environmental Health Perspectives. (Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Emerging Toxic Torts Legal News)
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Is Tubal Ligation Reversal Effective?
A frequently repeated posting on the Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center Message Board was created today by a recent tube reversal patient: "It's a girl! She measured 19 weeks 3 days and she is 10 oz!" This comment was posted by a pregnant patient after having her ultrasound at her obstetrician's office. Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center is a unique medical facility exclusively for women who want to get pregnant after tubal sterilization. Dr. Berger and Dr. Monteith are able to perform surgery to repair tubal ligation in 98% of the patients they see. Women who are interested in tubal reversal can view pregnancy success rates after tubal reversal procedures on the website of Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center. (Source: Tubal Ligation Reversal News)MedWorm Message: Please support the Doctors In Chains campaign for the medics tortured and sentenced for up to 15 years in Bahrain. #FreeDoctors
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Damaged connections in Phineas Gage's brain: Famous 1848 case of man who survived accident has modern parallel
In 1848, Phineas Gage survived an accident that drove an iron rod through his head. Researchers, for the first time, used images of Gage’s skull combined with modern-day brain images to suggest there was extensive damage to the white matter “pathways” that connected various regions of his brain. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
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Antibacterial resistance testing necessary before H. pylori treatment
Susceptibility testing is crucial before treatment for Helicobacter pylori infection in European patients, say researchers who found that antibacterial resistance in this setting is linked to outpatient use of antibiotics. (Source: MedWire News - Gastroenterology)
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Zyprexa Reduces Nausea from Chemo
(MedPage Today) -- A well-known anti-psychotic drug can help cancer patients bear some of the side effects of chemotherapy, a researcher said. (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
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Laxative-Free CT Colonography Detects Most Larger LesionsLaxative-Free CT Colonography Detects Most Larger Lesions
Laxative-free CT colonography accurately detected adenomas 10 mm or larger, with better patient experience than with colonoscopy, but sensitivity was lower for smaller lesions. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Radiology Headlines)
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Monitoring Pediatric CT Dose at Adult Hospitals
Children’s hospitals use dedicated pediatric technologists and more closely follow protocols, resulting in dramatically lower radiation doses. Adult hospitals must take greater care in monitoring dose. Here’s how. (Source: Diagnostic Imaging)MedWorm Message: Please have a look at this new site driven by MedWorm: The Breast Cancer Daily
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Laxative-free bowel examination feasible
Laxative-free computed tomographic colonography is as effective for detection of polyps of 10 mm in size or larger as conventional imaging techniques, research suggests. (Source: MedWire News - Oncology)
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Phineas Gage's connectome
Modern technology provides a fresh perspective on the most famous case study in the history of neuroscienceAnyone who has studied psychology or neuroscience will be familiar with the incredible case of Phineas Gage, the railroad worker who had a metre-long iron rod propelled straight through his head at high speed in an explosion. Gage famously survived this horrific accident, but underwent dramatic personality changes afterwards. In recent years researchers reconstructed his skull and the passage of the rod through it, to try to understand how these changes were related to his brain damage. Now, neuroscientists from the University of California, Los Angeles have produced Gage's connectome - a detailed wiring diagram of his brain, showing how its long-range connections were altered by the ...
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UCLA researchers map damaged connections in Phineas Gage's brain
Poor Phineas Gage. In 1848, the supervisor for the Rutland and Burlington Railroad in Vermont was using a 13-pound, 3-foot-7-inch rod to pack blasting powder into a rock when he triggered an explosion that drove the rod through his left cheek and out of the top of his head. As reported at the time, the rod was later found, "smeared with blood and brains." Miraculously, Gage lived, becoming the most famous case in the history of neuroscience — not only because he survived a horrific accident that led to the destruction of much of his left frontal lobe but also because of the injury's reported effects on his personality and behavior, which were said to be profound. Gage went from being an affable 25-year-old to one that was fitful, irreverent and profane. His friends and a...
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Trusting Tiger Woods: How do facial cues affect preference and trust?
People respond to facial cues and this affects their level of trust, according to a new study that looks at the way consumers react to morphed photo images. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
