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Medical Imaging Saves and Extends Lives:
Patients Should Not Avoid Medical Imaging Care Due to Concerns Raised in Recent NEJM Article

August 27, 2009

Medical imaging exams and image guided procedures are increasingly replacing more invasive and often more costly techniques while saving and extending lives everyday...
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Radiologists, Medical Physicists Work to Make Imaging Procedures Safer

August 26, 2009

The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) reaffirmed its commitment to patient safety today in responding to a study and accompanying perspective on radiation dose from medical imaging procedures in The New England Journal of Medicine...
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New Treatment Option for Ruptured Brain Aneurysms

August 25, 2009

Researchers in Finland have identified an effective new treatment option for patients who have suffered a ruptured brain aneurysm, a potentially life-threatening event...
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High Calcium Level in Arteries May Signal Serious Heart Attack Risk

July 28, 2009

Researchers may be able to predict future severe cardiac events in patients with known, stable coronary artery disease (CAD) using coronary calcium scoring...
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Obesity Contributes to Rapid Cartilage Loss

July 14, 2009

Obesity, among other factors, is strongly associated with an increased risk of rapid cartilage loss...
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MRI Accurately Depicts Deep Endometriosis

July 7, 2009

MRI Accurately Depicts Deep Endometriosis

This MR image shows deep endometriosis of the vesicouterine pouch infiltrating the bladder wall (arrow).

Using MRI, radiologists may be able to diagnose deep endometriosis and accurately locate lesions prior to surgery...
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