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Be Smart About Electronic Communications
Radiologists can benefit from sharing information electronically, but here are a few reminders about keeping it professional. (Source: Diagnostic Imaging)
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Poll of the Week: Do You Use a Tablet?
Tablet use among physicians has nearly doubled since 2011, with 62 percent of doctors using them on the job. Do you? (Source: Diagnostic Imaging)
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EDAP to Showcase New Data at 2012 American Urological Association Annual Meeting
LYON, France, May 17, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- EDAP TMS SA (Nasdaq:EDAP), a global leader in therapeutic ultrasound, announced today that its Ablatherm(r) High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) will be featured in two presentations supporting the technology's efficacy for the treatment of localized prostate cancer, both as a primary care option and as a salvage treatment. The data, as well as EDAP's extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) platform, the Sonolith(r) i-move, will be featured at the American Urological Association (AUA) 2012 Annual Meeting, held May 19-23 in Atlanta, GA. (Source: Medical News (via PRIMEZONE))
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Child Philosophers Envision Unlimited Possibility
One of my favorite discussions with children is their awareness that they have a life that is uniquely their own, a life for which they are responsible, partially now and completely soon enough. What's possible?read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
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AG Mednet launches clinical trial QA software
Imaging exchange network AG Mednet has launched software designed to reduce (more) (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
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Puzzling abdominal pain and vomiting? Consider ACE inhibitor-induced visceral angioedema
Lisinopril-induced visceral angioedema 3.5 out of 5 stars Visceral angioedema due to angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor therapy. Korniyenko A et al. Cleve Clin J Med 2011;78:297-304. Full Text The most adverse reactions associated with ACE inhibitors are cough and angioedema of the upper airway. This latter complication occurs in less than 1% of patients taking this class of drugs, and can occur anywhere from days to years after therapy is initiated. A much rarer complication — and one that many physicians are not aware of — is visceral angioedema, affecting primarily the small intestine but sometimes involving the stomach or colon. Patients typically present with abdominal pain and vomiting. This paper presents a case report of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor-induced vis...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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San Onofre's future hinges on finding cause of abnormal tube wear
The root of the problem at the nuclear plant is still a mystery. A key issue is whether Edison or ratepayers will have to cover the cost of replacement power.On Jan. 31, alarms alerted the control room at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station that a radiation leak was occurring in one of the nearly 39,000 tubes that carry radioactive water in the steam generators. (Source: Los Angeles Times - Science)
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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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Voluntary Dismissal Granted In Personal Injury Suit Against Nuclear Plant Operator
CHICAGO - The parents of an 18-year-old who allege that their daughter is incapacitated by a brain tumor caused by exposure to fugitive radioisotopes released from a nuclear power plant were granted a motion to voluntarily dismiss without prejudice May 4 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois; the defendants filed a joinder in the motion for conditional dismissal (Cynthia Sauer, et vir v. Exelon Generation Co., et al., No. 10-3258, N.D. Ill.; See 3/20/12, Page 18). (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)
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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)MedWorm Message: Please have a look at this new site driven by MedWorm: The Breast Cancer Daily
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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)
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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 ...
