Archive for July, 2006

Mammography – Ultrasound does more

Sunday, July 30th, 2006

Ultrasound does more
Enid News & Eagle – Breast ultrasound is useful for examining the breast of women who may not get good readings with mammography because of dense breast tissue or breast implants. More often this technology is used to evaluate a breast lump first found through

Community news in brief
Kentucky Post – Jewish Hospital’s Mobile Mammography Unit will be at the Crestview Hills Towne Center on Thursday, offering screening mammograms. Expert radiologists will review the results, and both the patient and her physician will receive a copy.For women who

Lifelong Friends – Schedule For Breast Exams And Mammograms
WREG – Annual screening mammography beginning at age 40 Women under age 40 with a family history of breast cancer and other concerns about their personal risk should consult a trained medical professional about risk assessment and when to begin

Bellefonte mammography services surveyed
Herald-Dispatch – ASHLAND — Mammography services at Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital (OLBH) were surveyed July 19 by the Food and Drug Administration. The FDA survey produced neither deficiencies at either the hospital or the mobile center nor any recommendations for

Summer Sports Without the Sprains
WOI-TV – consent agreement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which would resolve Hologic’s dispute with the FTC regarding Hologic’s acquisition of the Mammotest prone bed breast biopsy system intellectual property acquired as part of the mammography

Medical Imaging – Desert Radiologists Names William P. Moore II As New CEO (Medical News Today)

Sunday, July 30th, 2006

Desert Radiologists Names William P. Moore II As New CEO (Medical News Today)
Desert Radiologists, Nevada’slargest and most trusted medical imaging company today announced theappointment of William P. Moore II as Chief Executive Officer. “Mr. Moore has taken on a great responsibility. Desert Radiologists hasa long history of providing the best of care to Southern Nevadans, and weexpect Mr. [click link for full article]
Medical imaging businesses brace for cuts to Medicare – Houston Chronicle

Medical imaging businesses brace for cuts to Medicare
Houston Chronicle, United States - Jul 17, 2006
elsewhere. Executives leading some of the larger medical imaging businesses in Houston said the reductions set to take effect Jan.

Kodak Debuts New Integrated Portable X-Ray/CR System
WebWire – Las Vegas, Nevada, July 28 — Eastman Kodak Company introduced an integrated portable X-ray/computed radiography system for mobile medical imaging applications. The compact KODAK Point-of-Care CR-ITX 560 System delivers excellent image quality and an …
UI receives $1.6 million NIH lung study grant (Press-Citizen)
Medical imaging and its use in the study of lung mechanics will be the focus of a project by University of Iowa engineering and medical researchers who have received a five-year, $1.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
WVU professor gets $100K for medical-imaging research – Therapeutics Daily (subscription) (press release)

WVU professor gets $100K for medical-imaging research
Therapeutics Daily (subscription) (press release), PA - Jul 28, 2006
Jul. 28–A WVU math professor has received a $100,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for putting his numbers to use in the medical-imaging field.

Cardiology – Heart Pill to Be Sold by Itself

Sunday, July 30th, 2006

Heart Pill to Be Sold by Itself
Wilmington Morning Star – Steven Nissen, president of the American College of Cardiology, lauded Pfizer for its decision. Theyre doing the right thing, he said. Pfizer is allowing physicians to make intelligent choices for patients. Dr. Nissen, interim chairman of the

CV Therapeutics Announces MERLIN TIMI-36 Study to Continue as Planned
WKYT 27 – CV Therapeutics, Inc., headquartered in Palo Alto, California, is a biopharmaceutical company focused on applying molecular cardiology to the discovery, development and commercialization of novel, small molecule drugs for the treatment of

Pain free: Medication at the push of a button
Salisbury Post – A nurse simply uses a key pad and monitor on the device to choose one of seven programmed clinical care areas: cardiology, critical care, pediatrics, maternity, surgery, inpatient chemotherapy and outpatient chemotherapy. From there, the nurse

Pediatrix Acquires Pediatric Cardiology Practice in Central Florida
Genetic Engineering News – Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc. ( NYSE: PDX ), the nation’s leading provider of physician services to maternal-fetal, neonatal and pediatric patients, today announced the acquisition of a pediatric cardiology practice based in metropolitan Orlando

News in medicine
Poughkeepsie Journal – The findings were published in the July online issue of the journal Cardiology. While this study does offer evidence of an association between aortic dissection and heavy weightlifting, “this is not a reason to avoid weightlifting and strength

Here’s How to Get More ‘Good’ Cholesterol
KLTV – He is interim chairman of cardiovascular medicine at the Cleveland Clinic and president of the American College of Cardiology. “If [torcetrapib] works, it’ll be a revolution,” said Nissen, who’s also the principal investigator in an ongoing trial of

Ultrasound – Chiropractors Take a Holistic Approach to Health (Southern Illinoisan)

Sunday, July 30th, 2006

Chiropractors Take a Holistic Approach to Health (Southern Illinoisan)
You bend over to pick something up and…ouch! Or you slip and fall on a wet floor, or feel a twinge in your lower back after carrying a box of books up the attic stairs.
Pregnant Rowe breaks bone in fall – The Australian

Pregnant Rowe breaks bone in fall
The Australian, Australia - Jul 27, 2006
Rowe underwent an ultrasound to check on her baby, with Overton by her side. "That was the first thing that flashed through my mind
Nine Network – Jessica Rowe Back On Today This Monday eBroadcast Australia
Rowe "slips" after meeting with McGuire The Chaser (satire)
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Microsoft acquiring medical software company
Seattle Business Journal – The software, Microsoft said, gives doctors information about a patient, including EKGs, X-rays, CT scans, MRI scans, PET scans and ultrasound images. The doctors who created the software, as well as about 40 employees from the development team at …
Desert Radiologists Names William P. Moore II As New CEO (Medical News Today)
Desert Radiologists, Nevada’slargest and most trusted medical imaging company today announced theappointment of William P. Moore II as Chief Executive Officer. “Mr. Moore has taken on a great responsibility. Desert Radiologists hasa long history of providing the best of care to Southern Nevadans, and weexpect Mr. [click link for full article]
Pregnant Rowe breaks bone in fall – The Australian

Pregnant Rowe breaks bone in fall
The Australian, Australia - Jul 27, 2006
Rowe underwent an ultrasound to check on her baby, with Overton by her side. "That was the first thing that flashed through my mind
Nine Network – Jessica Rowe Back On Today This Monday eBroadcast Australia
Rowe "slips" after meeting with McGuire The Chaser (satire)
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Mammography – Community Calendar (LeRoy Pennysaver & News)

Sunday, July 30th, 2006

Community Calendar (LeRoy Pennysaver & News)
SAT., JULY 29 Cornell Cooperative Extension of Genesee County Naturalist
Tasmanian woman alarmed by mammography breakdown – ABC Online

Tasmanian woman alarmed by mammography breakdown
ABC Online, Australia - Jul 4, 2006
The Tasmanian Opposition has called on the state Health Minister to guarantee the future of mammography services in north-west Tasmania.

Merge Technologies Will Continue to Be Listed on NASDAQ Pending Final …
Wave 3 – Cedara technologies and expertise span all the major digital imaging modalities including computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), digital X-ray, mammography, ultrasound, echo-cardiology, angiography, nuclear medicine, positron …
ART Advanced Research Technologies Announces Q2 2006 Financial Results Conference Call (SYS-CON Media)
ART Advanced Research Technologies Inc. (‘ART’)(TSX: ARA), a Canadian medical device company and a leader in optical molecular imaging products for the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries, invites you to participate in a conference call to discuss the company’s financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2006. The conference call will follow the press release issued earlier on
Three county companies compete in the mammography market – Fairfield County Business Journal

Three county companies compete in the mammography market
Fairfield County Business Journal, NY - Jul 23, 2006
Three Fairfield County companies are trying to build market share for their versions of digital mammography X-ray units, each claiming to be the world s

Medical Imaging – UI receives $1.6 million NIH lung study grant (Press-Citizen)

Sunday, July 30th, 2006

UI receives $1.6 million NIH lung study grant (Press-Citizen)
Medical imaging and its use in the study of lung mechanics will be the focus of a project by University of Iowa engineering and medical researchers who have received a five-year, $1.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Imaging Center offers medical imaging services – Kansas City Kansan

Imaging Center offers medical imaging services
Kansas City Kansan, KS - Jul 26, 2006
leave. We are committed to providing quality medical imaging services in a soothing, comfortable environment, Parsa said.

Summer Sports Without the Sprains
WOI-TV – Hologic Inc. is a leading developer, manufacturer and supplier of premium diagnostic and medical imaging systems dedicated to serving the healthcare needs of women, and a leading developer of innovative imaging technology for digital radiography and …
McKesson and Toshiba Target Small Hospitals and Imaging Centers With Combined Medical Imaging Solution (Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
McKesson announced that it has signed a distribution agreement with Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc. The agreement calls for Toshiba to offer McKesson’s No. 1 ranked Horizon Medical Imaging(TM) PACS solution with Toshiba’s innovative diagnostic imaging devices, including the Aquilion(TM) line of CT scanners. The agreement is designed to offer imaging centers and hospitals under 200 beds a
Desert Radiologists Names William P. Moore II As New CEO – Medical News Today (press release)

Desert Radiologists Names William P. Moore II As New CEO
Medical News Today (press release), UK - 1 hour ago
Desert Radiologists, Nevada's largest and most trusted medical imaging company today announced the appointment of William P. Moore II as Chief Executive Officer
Desert Radiologists Names William P. Moore II as New CEO PR Newswire (press release)
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Varian Medical Systems Introduces PaxScan(R) Digital X-ray Image …
WVLT – For medical imaging applications, the panel features an efficient Cesium Iodide (CsI) scintillator optimized for scanning at 80-90 kilovolts (kV) in order to minimize the X-ray dose to the patient. Semiconductor Inspection Applications For …