s Dave Robb Dies: Dean Of Hollywood Labor Reporters Was 74
Longtime Deadline reporter Dave Robb has passed away at age 74. Considered the dean of the Hollywood labor beat, Robb was recently diagnosed with inoperable cancer of the brain stem. This diagnosis came last month. Robb experienced what was initially diagnosed as a small stroke. He and wife Kelly…#daverobb #hollywood #davedeadlines #nra #deadline #hollywoodreporter #variety #laweekly #losangelesdailynews #spy (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 9, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
HER2+ Combo Shows Promise in Breast Cancer Brain Mets HER2+ Combo Shows Promise in Breast Cancer Brain Mets
In previously treated patients with locally advanced unresectable or metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer, tucatinib and trastuzumab emtansine improved progression-free survival vs T-DM1 alone.MDedge News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - December 7, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Hematology-Oncology Source Type: news
Peterborough father's brain tumour shock after new baby born
The wife of a man diagnosed with terminal brain cancer says their lives have become a nightmare. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - December 7, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
What Pigs and Squirrels Can Teach Us About Managing Pain
Over the past several decades, there have been many supporting studies of the health-promoting effects of an optimistic personality. Much research has been done on the connection between a high level of optimism and good health, described well in clinical psychologists Burel R. Goodin and Hailey W. Bulls’ 2014 research paper, appropriately titled, “Optimism and the Experience of Pain: Benefits of Seeing the Glass as Half Full.” The authors state that optimism “is linked to both enhanced physiological recovery and psychosocial adjustment to coronary artery bypass surgery, bone marrow transplant, post...
Source: TIME: Health - December 4, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Dr. David B. Agus Tags: Uncategorized Books freelance Source Type: news
Upstate medical student earns New York Senate commendation for brain cancer advocacy
Nneka Onwumere received the commendation from State Sen. Rachel May. (Source: SUNY Upstate Medical)
Source: SUNY Upstate Medical - November 30, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: News Source Type: news
Malpractice dos and don'ts: Primer scoops top RSNA award
The authors of a practical guide designed to help radiologists avoid malpractice claims have received one of 17 magna cum laude awards handed out by the RSNA 2023 judges. Another prizewinner is about imaging of syphilis.
"The majority of radiologists will face litigation in their careers," noted Luke Michael Wojdyla, a second-year radiology resident, and radiologist James Y. Chen, MD, both of UC San Diego Health in California, adding that in a 2021 survey, 71% of radiologists said they had been sued.
"Despite this, dedicated teaching of medicolegal issues is often lacking or incomplete in radiology training programs. Res...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - November 29, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: Philip Ward Tags: MRI RSNA 2023 Source Type: news
Drugs already licensed could be trialled to potentially treat secondary brain cancer, new research finds
The largest review of papers for brain cancer that has spread from the lungs has found abnormalities in the brain cancer and for which licensed drugs could be clinically trialled to find out if they could treat the disease. The research led by the University of Bristol and published in Neuro-Oncology Advances also found genetic differences between smokers and non-smokers. (Source: University of Bristol news)
Source: University of Bristol news - November 29, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Health, International, Research; Faculty of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Translational Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School; Press Release Source Type: news
Racial disparities found in outpatient imaging for cognitive impairment
CHICAGO – Black patients receive fewer MRI scans for Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis and undergo imaging at an older age than other racial groups, according to research presented November 27 at RSNA 2023. Out of 1,699 people who underwent outpatient imaging to assess cognitive impairment at Boston Medical Center, Black patients were less likely to undergo MRI than CT and were significantly older than white and Hispanic patients at the time of imaging, according to presenter Joshua Wibecan, MD.“If disparity in obtaining access to neuroimaging is one possible barrier that delays diagnosis, it is important to identify thi...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - November 27, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: Will Morton Tags: Subspecialties MRI Neuroradiology 2023 Source Type: news
Long travel distances, excessive wait times, doctor shortages
According to a study published recently in Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology (AAN), almost one in five people on Medicare travel 50 or more miles one way to see a neurologist. Patients who require specialized neurologic care for diseases including brain cancer,…#aan #medicare #als #brianccallaghan #annarbor #chunchiehlin #phd #mba #ohiostateuniversity #columbus (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Unleashing viruses aimed at killing cancer
During breaks from his doctoral research in London, Richard Vile, Ph.D., would visit a pediatric brain tumor clinic next to his lab for inspiration. Seeing children suffer changed the course of his career, igniting his passion for finding cancer treatments that would be easier for people to tolerate. "I became very, very motivated to try and appl y the science I learned to make cancer treatments gentler," says Dr. Vile. "My goal was to deliver an option that would… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - November 25, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Road to RSNA 2023: MRI Preview
The RSNA meeting always showcases the particular benefits MRI brings to the healthcare enterprise, and this year will be no exception. One of the modality's exciting growing edges is cardiac imaging, and attendees can expect to hear a broad range of research on the topic, from how real-time MRI can be combined with deep learning to assess cardiac volumetry and how it can help clinicians "map" the effects of stroke, to using 7-tesla MRI to evaluate ventricular structure and function in patients with high blood pressure and identifying myocarditis after COVID-19 vaccination.
Along with cardiac imaging, other MRI themes at t...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - November 17, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: Kate Madden Yee Tags: 2023 2023 MRI Preview Source Type: news
AI can enable lower breast MRI contrast dose
In this study, the researchers repurposed a deep learning-based dose reduction model that was trained to synthesize full-dose contrast-enhanced brain MRI images from precontrast and 10% low-dose images. Now, it was used to synthesize post-contrast breast MRI images from precontrast images and synthetic low-dose breast images, which were simulated by a vision transformer using pre- and postcontrast images.
After quantitatively and qualitatively assessing the algorithm’s performance on a dataset of dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) breast MRI data from 60 patients, the researchers concluded that their method was feasible.
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Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - November 16, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: Erik L. Ridley Tags: 2023 MRI Preview Source Type: news
Road to RSNA 2023: Imaging Informatics Preview
In many respects, AI has come to dominate the field of imaging informatics research, a trend that will be evident at RSNA 2023. In this stop on the Road to RSNA, we take a look at AI as it is being tested in various imaging modalities for communication, analysis, efficiency, organization, and problem-solving. Among them are tests of the effectiveness and accuracy of large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT, Bard, and others. We bring you previews of comparison studies of LLMs in generating radiology reports and consumer-friendly health information to support lung cancer prevention, screening, and education. With th...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - November 16, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: Liz Carey Tags: 2023 2023 Imaging Informatics Preview Source Type: news
Cancer deaths among kids have fallen sharply
Data: NCHS; Chart: Axios Visuals Rates of cancer deaths among children and teens fell precipitously over the last decade, driven by advances against childhood leukemia in particular, new CDC research shows. Why it matters: While the number of new cancers are up across all age groups, this study…#nchs #chart #cdc #brain #hispanic #sallycurtin (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 16, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic and Columbia University receive $10.6 million grant from NCI to advance glioblastoma research with mathematical oncology
Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center and Columbia University received a five-year, $10.6 million U54 center grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to further study combining the molecular analysis of glioblastoma with MRI. Glioblastoma is a fast-growing and aggressive brain tumor that begins as a growth of cells in the brain or spinal cord. As it grows, it can invade and destroy healthy tissue. There is no cure, but treatments may slow the cancer's growth… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - November 15, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
