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<title><![CDATA[&lsquo;Big Data&amp;#39; Shows Promise in Breast Cancer Research]]></title>













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		Only eight months into its $100 million, five-year enterprise analytics effort, UPMC and its research partners at the University of Pittsburgh are starting to see the potential of this “big data” technology for accelerating scientific discoveries and the promise of personalized medicine.With the f...

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<title><![CDATA[ASHP Publishes Analysis of Infections Related to Compounding Pharmacies]]></title>













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		In the wake of the deadly infections in 2012 from drugs compounded at the New England Compounding Center (NECC), a new study examines similar outbreaks in the US over the last 12 years in an effort to discover factors that may hinder outbreak detection. The article, “Description of Outbreaks of Heal...

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<title><![CDATA[St. Louis CyberKnife Promotes SSM Cancer Care, Offers Treatment]]></title>













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		St. Louis CyberKnife joins efforts to raise awareness for its partner, SSM Cancer Care at St. Clare Health Center, newly launched preventive lung cancer screenings as part of the International Early Lung Cancer Action Program (I-ELCAP).The screenings use annual spiral low-dose CT scans to search f...

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<title><![CDATA[Brain-Imaging Technique Can Help Diagnose Movement Disorders]]></title>













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		A new University of Florida study suggests a promising brain-imaging technique has the potential to improve diagnoses for the millions of people with movement disorders such as Parkinson’s disease.Utilizing the diffusion tensor imaging technique, as it is known, could allow clinicians to assess pe...

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<title><![CDATA[Frequent Soccer Ball &lsquo;Heading&amp;#39; May Lead to Brain Injury]]></title>













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		Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have shown that soccer players who frequently head the ball have brain abnormalities resembling those found in patients with concussion (mild traumatic brain injury). The study, which used advanced imaging techniques and cognit...

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<title><![CDATA[Study on Radiation Risk from Pediatric CT Scans]]></title>













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		The American College of Radiology (ACR) urges parents not to delay or forego needed medical imaging care for their children based solely on a study (Miglioretti et al) on radiation risk from pediatric computed tomography (CT) scans to be published online in JAMA Pediatrics. Parents should, however, ...

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<title><![CDATA[Cardiac MRI Use Reduces Adverse Events for Patients with Acute Chest Pain]]></title>













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		Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center doctors have found that using stress cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging in an Emergency Department observation unit to care for patients with acute chest pain is a win-win—for the patient and the institution.In a small, single-center clinical trial, Chadwic...

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<title><![CDATA[Health Center Selects CoActiv for Digital Conversion]]></title>













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		Saint Francis Occupational Health Center has selected CoActiv EXAM-ESSENTIALS™ Plus for the ongoing management of x-ray images as part of its conversion from film to digital imaging.  The facility evaluates patients for work-related injuries and provides immediate care as well as ongoing physical th...

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<title><![CDATA[Dogs, Humans Affected by OCD Have Similar Brain Abnormalities]]></title>













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		Another piece of the puzzle to better understand and treat obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) has fallen into place with the publication of new research that shows that the structural brain abnormalities of Doberman pinschers afflicted with canine compulsive disorder (CCD) are similar to those of h...

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<title><![CDATA[Evidence Mounts That Four Lifestyle Changes Will Protect Your Heart and Significantly Reduce Your Risk of Death]]></title>













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		A large, multi-center study led by Johns Hopkins researchers has found a significant link between lifestyle factors and heart health, adding even more evidence in support of regular exercise, eating a Mediterranean-style diet, keeping a normal weight and, most importantly, not smoking.The research...

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<title><![CDATA[Therapy That Heats and Destroys Bone Tumors Eases Patients&amp;#39; Pain]]></title>













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		Patients with cancer that has spread to their bones are often treated with radiation therapy to reduce pain. But if that treatment doesn’t work, or can’t be used again, a second, effective option now exists. Results of a clinical trial on the new therapy, presented by a researcher at Jefferson’s Kim...

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<title><![CDATA[New Method to Test Breast Lesions Could Better Detect Cancer, Save Money by Reducing Repeat Biopsies]]></title>













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		A newly developed, single-step Raman spectroscopy algorithm has the potential to simultaneously detect microcalcifications and enable diagnosis of the associated breast lesions with high precision, according to data published in Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Resea...

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<title><![CDATA[$1.6 Million Study of Appendicitis Treatment Could Help Children Avoid Surgery]]></title>













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		In the first study of its kind in the United States, researchers at Nationwide Children’s Hospital will examine the effectiveness of antibiotic therapy alone to treat appendicitis in children, research that could allow patients to avoid a surgery many may not need. The $1.6 million project also will...

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<title><![CDATA[Diagnostic Imaging Covers Women in Radiology]]></title>













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		Diagnostic Imaging, an online publication for news and commentary of the medical imaging market, recently explored the challenges and opportunities for women in radiology.Women represented about half of medical student applicants last year, but only 24% of radiologists are women. Why are so few wo...

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<title><![CDATA[ACR Offers Resident and Fellow Scholarships to Attend RLI Annual Event]]></title>













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		Residents and fellows can now apply for one of up to five scholarships to attend the American College of Radiology (ACR) Radiology Leadership Institute (RLI) Annual Event, July 25–28, 2013, at the Kellogg School of Management on  Northwestern University’s Evanston, Illinois, campus. This all-new eve...

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<title><![CDATA[ROI Requests Research Proposals to Examine the Comparative Value of Radiation Therapy]]></title>













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		The Radiation Oncology Institute (ROI) is seeking proposals to examine the comparative value of radiation therapy and will provide support for the research project in the amount of $200,000 over two years. A Letter of Intent is due to ROI by Friday, June 21, 2013, with the full project proposal due ...

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<title><![CDATA[Baby&amp;#39;s Life Saved with Groundbreaking 3D Printed Device That Restored His Breathing]]></title>













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		Every day, their baby stopped breathing, his collapsed bronchus blocking the crucial flow of air to his lungs. April and Bryan Gionfriddo watched helplessly, just praying that somehow the dire predictions weren’t true.“Quite a few doctors said he had a good chance of not leaving the hospital alive...

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<title><![CDATA[Two New Trustees Named to ARRT Board]]></title>













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		Lisa Bartenhagen, MS, RT(R)(T)(ARRT), and Barbara J. Smith, MS, RT(R)(QM)(ARRT), FASRT, FAEIRS, have been appointed to four-year terms on the ARRT Board of Trustees, beginning August 1, 2013.They are assuming the Trustee positions of Kevin L. Rush, MHA, RT(R)(T)(ARRT), FASRT, and Eileen M. Maloney...

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<title><![CDATA[Tavenner Confirmed as CMS Administrator]]></title>













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		Marilyn Tavenner was easily confirmed by the Senate Wednesday to run the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The 91-7 vote makes Tavenner the first confirmed CMS leader since 2006.When Tavenner was first nominated in late 2011 she did not receive Senate confirmation. She succeeded form...

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<title><![CDATA[Alzheimer&amp;#39;s Association, SNMMI Publish First Appropriate Use Guidelines for Brain Amyloid Imaging in Alzheimer&amp;#39;s]]></title>













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		Only recently has it become possible to create high-quality images of the brain plaques characteristic of Alzheimer’s disease in living people through positron emission tomography (PET). Even so, questions remain about what can be learned from these PET images and which people should have this test....

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