Medical Imaging News

Bruker BioSpin Announces the World’s Highest Field Actively-Shielded
Genetic Engineering News - At the Experimental NMR Conference (ENC), Bruker BioSpin Corporation announces the 950 US2 - the world’s first actively-shielded 950 MHz superconducting magnet. With the new 950 US2, Bruker BioSpin breaks its own previous world record for actively

Understanding strokes could save your life
Baltimore Sun - Life After Stroke, by three prominent doctors - two are with Harvard Medical School - is clear, concise and a joy to read because it’s easy to understand. More importantly, it could save your life. Consider this: Someone has a stroke every 45 seconds

Harden’s injury clouds victory
San Jose Mercury News - Athletics’ Rich Harden left the game in the fourth inning with a back injury. We was to head back to Oakland for futher examinations. Four `who have stunk’ play key roles in victory A.L. roundup: Yanks draw 14 walks in loss Baseball notebook: Player

Ailing Sheffield unable to start Sunday
MSNBC - NEW YORK - Yankees slugger Gary Sheffield did not start Sunday against Toronto because his left hand was sore following a collision with Blue Jays first baseman Shea Hillenbrand the previous day. We re going to look into it a little bit and do

Interactive Human Atlas:
WXIX - Abdominal Aneurism Achilled Tendon Tear ACL Tear Acne ADHD Allergies AIDS Alzheimers Disease Amniocentesis Angioplasty Ankylosing Spondylitis Anthrax Appendicitis Assisted Delivery Asthma Astigmatism Atrial Fibrillation Benign Prostate Hyperplasia

On The Move
Charlotte Observer - Lamar Austin was promoted to industrial products manager at the John Boyle Co., Statesville. Todd Beacham joined Welcomat Services as marketing account manager. Andy Bernardini joined the Charlotte office of McAngus Goudelock & Courie. Raquel Bliss

Movers & Shakers
Portsmouth Herald - Tibault promoted at Hoyle Tanner Assoc. NOTTINGHAM - Hoyle, Tanner & Associates Inc. has promoted Nelson L. Tibault to executive vice president. Nelson joined HTA as a resident construction engineer in 1978. He is a graduate of the University of New

Medical Staffing Network Holdings Announces First Quarter 2006
dBusinessNews.com - South Florida — Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: MRN), a leading healthcare staffing company and the largest provider of per diem nurse staffing services in the nation, today reported revenues of $95.0 million for the first quarter of

CCS gets five projects on short list Printer-Friendly Version
Spokane Journal of Business - Five proposed Community Colleges of Spokane building projects, with a combined value of about $89 million, have made a statewide short list of projects competing for future state funding. Making the list, issued in February by the State Board

Cancer - a minor setback
Echo Press - Grant Lindberg is like any other 17-year-old junior in high school. He went to prom. He has a part-time job and he has chores he has to do around the house. He has hobbies he loves tractors and the animals on his family’s farm. He has a younger

Civil hospital awaits Islamabad s approval for 9-storey trauma
Daily Times - KARACHI: A new nine-storey accident and emergency centre and ancillary services complex would be built at Civil Hospital Karachi (CHK) to offer emergency treatment facilities to some 110,000 patients annually. The cost of the Rs 1.438-billion

MRI Of The Head
NBC 11 - An MRI of the head is a non-invasive procedure that uses powerful magnets and radio waves to construct clear, detailed pictures of brain tissues. Unlike conventional radiography and computed tomography (CT), which make use of potentially harmful x

Optic Glioma
NBC 10 - Gliomas are tumors that can be found in various parts of the brain. They are created by the growth of abnormal cells. Optic gliomas can affect: One or both optic nerves — these are the nerves that carry visual information to the brain from each eye

Cardiovascular Ills Kill Black Men Most
Post Chronicle - MILWAUKEE, April 27, 2006 (UPI) — U.S. scientists say African-American men are more likely to die of cardiovascular disease, but have fewer cases of coronary obstruction than white men. “Our findings suggest the need for greater understanding of

Study finds heart disease paradox
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Researchers at the Medical College of Wisconsin have raised a paradox in heart disease in black men, finding they are less likely to have severe artery blockages than white men with similar symptoms even though black men are more likely to die of