Topic: Medical Imaging and Diagnostics
AP Features | 2010-02-17 21:09:32
<div><p>The use of high-tech diagnostic imaging in emergency rooms has quadrupled since the mid-1990s, according to a new government report released Wednesday.</p><p>MRI, CT or PET scans were done or ordered in 14 percent of ER visits in 2007, the report from the Centers for Disease Control and ...
AP Features | 2010-02-16 07:03:05
<div><p>Nearly half the people who need potentially lifesaving checks for the nation's No. 2 cancer killer — colorectal cancer — miss them, despite years of public efforts to make colon screening as widespread as tests for breast and prostate cancer.</p><p>But what if you opened your mailbox one day ...
Reuters US Online Report Health News | 2010-02-12 15:28:21
<div><p>LONDON (Reuters) - Expensive extra scans using MRI on breast cancer patients make no difference to the number of patients who have a repeat operation, scientists said on Friday, raising questions about whether the scans are worth it.</p><p>A study of 1,623 women with breast cancer found that ...
AP Features | 2010-02-09 21:51:31
<div><p>Federal regulators will require manufacturers of high-grade medical imaging machines to include safety controls that prevent patients from receiving excessive radiation doses.</p><p>The proposal announced Tuesday is part of a multipronged effort to address reports of acute injuries as well as reduce lifetime exposure to radiation, which has ...
