CT radiation exposure increases brain cancer risk in children
Radiation exposure from CT imaging increases brain cancer risk in children b...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
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CT scans may be linked to brain cancer in kids (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - December 12, 2022 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
What is Diastasis Recti Abdominis?
Discussion
Ventral wall hernias are common. They can be congenital or acquired and it is estimated that approximately 25% of people will have one at some point in their life. True hernias have a fascial defect and therefore contents can protrude through and potentially become incarcerated and/or strangulated.
Common ones include:
Epigastric occurs between the sternum and umbilicus. It can appear midline or slightly off-center. In children they can spontaneously resole.
Umbilical occurs around the umbilical structures. These again often spontaneously resolve.
Spigelian occurs in anterior abdominal wall adjacent to the semi...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - December 12, 2022 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
A Single Pediatric CT Scan Raises Brain Cancer Risk A Single Pediatric CT Scan Raises Brain Cancer Risk
For every 10,000 children who received one head CT examination, about one radiation-induced brain cancer is expected during the 5 –15 years following the CT examination, researchers warn.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines - December 8, 2022 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news
Roche Alzheimer ’s disease Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) assays receive FDA clearance, supporting more accurate and timely diagnosis
TheElecsys® Alzheimer’s disease (AD) CSF assays will be available on thecobas fully automated immunoassay analyzers, enabling patients to get broad access to high quality testing in a timely manner.Greater accessibility and lower cost means these assays could accelerate the path to diagnosis for people with Alzheimer ’s disease.The assays are easily scalable to meet the imminent demand for Alzheimer ’s disease modifying therapies as they become available.Basel, 8 December 2022 - Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) today announced that its Elecsys ® beta-Amyloid (1-42) CSF II (Abeta42) and Elecsys® Phospho-Tau (181P...
Source: Roche Media News - December 8, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Roche Alzheimer ’s disease Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) assays receive FDA clearance, supporting more accurate and timely diagnosis
TheElecsys® Alzheimer’s disease (AD) CSF assays will be available on thecobas fully automated immunoassay analyzers, enabling patients to get broad access to high quality testing in a timely manner.Greater accessibility and lower cost means these assays could accelerate the path to diagnosis for people with Alzheimer ’s disease.The assays are easily scalable to meet the imminent demand for Alzheimer ’s disease modifying therapies as they become available.Basel, 8 December 2022 - Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) today announced that its Elecsys ® beta-Amyloid (1-42) CSF II (Abeta42) and Elecsys® Phospho-Tau (181P...
Source: Roche Investor Update - December 8, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Does contrast-enhanced CT boost kids' acute kidney injury risk?
Does contrast-enhanced CT boost the incidence of acute kidney injury in children...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
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CT scans may be linked to brain cancer in kids (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - December 8, 2022 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Utilization of torso computed tomography for the evaluation of ground level falls: more imaging does not equal better care - Zhu M, O'Brien M, Shaikh SP, Brahmbhatt TS, LeBedis C, Scantling D, Sanchez SE.
INTRODUCTION: Computed tomography (CT) of the chest (CTC), abdomen, and pelvis (CTAP) is common when assessing trauma patients in the emergency department. However, unnecessary imaging can expose patients to unneeded radiation and increase healthcare costs... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 7, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Radiomic features on CT help classify ovarian cancer subtypes
Radiomic features extracted from contrast-enhanced CT can help classify subtype...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
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Referring physicians consider radiation risk when ordering CT (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - December 6, 2022 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
A 2.5D deep learning-based method for drowning diagnosis using post-mortem computed tomography - Zeng Y, Zhang X, Kawasumi Y, Usui A, Ichiji K, Funayama M, Homma N.
It is challenging to diagnose drowning in autopsy even with the help of post-mortem multi-slice computed tomography (MSCT) due to the complex pathophysiology and the shortage of forensic specialists equipped with radiology knowledge. Therefore, a computer-... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 5, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Drowning, Suffocation Source Type: news
CT scans of toothed bird fossil leads to jaw-dropping discovery
Dating back more than 65m years, specimen ’s mobile palate challenges understanding of avian evolutionFossil experts have cooked the goose of a key tenet in avian evolution after finding a premodern bird from more than 65m years ago that could move its beak like modern fowl.The toothy animal was discovered in the 1990s by an amateur fossil collector at a quarry in Belgium and dates to about 66.7m years ago – shortly before theasteroid strike that wiped out non-avian dinosaurs.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - November 30, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Nicola Davis Science correspondent Tags: Fossils Biology Evolution Science Birds Animals Source Type: news
Visual and auditory hallucinations: an uncommon side effect of levetiracetam in an elderly patient - Tahir H, Ayyaz F, Ekwegh U.
This report focuses on a 77-year-old female who was admitted to an acute geriatrics unit at a tertiary care hospital with a history of recurrent falls and right leg weakness. Computed tomography o... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 30, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
Does hot weather cause a spike in CT scans?
Swiss researchers say trauma CT scan volume can be forecasted on the basis o...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
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Questions, dilemmas abound in fast-moving world of trauma imaging (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - November 30, 2022 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Lung Cancer Screening Pushes 20-Year Survival Rate to 80% Lung Cancer Screening Pushes 20-Year Survival Rate to 80%
Results of a large, international study show the benefit of annual, low-dose CT scans for those diagnosed early persists at 20 years.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines - November 28, 2022 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Radiology News Source Type: news
Lung Cancer Screening Can Catch Tumors When They ’ re Curable, New Research Finds
For the past six years, Elyssa Barbaro has gotten screened for lung cancer. The 71-year-old New Yorker smoked for about 50 years, but she doubts she would have gotten an annual preventative CT scan if her pulmonologist hadn’t told her she should. Even though the procedure takes just 15 minutes, it saved her life—more than once. During her CT scans in 2019 and 2020, cancer was discovered in Barbaro’s lungs.
At first, Barbaro was terrified to learn that she had cancer. But because her doctors had checked her lungs annually, and then every six months after her diagnoses, they were able to find the nodules so...
Source: TIME: Health - November 28, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Tara Law Tags: Uncategorized Cancer healthscienceclimate Wellbeing Source Type: news
Texas grandmother beat lung cancer the SAME DAY she was diagnosed after doctors decided to act fast
April Boudreau, 61, (pictured) was receiving yearly CT scans after having survived cancer three times already. One of her routine checks in January revealed a nodule on her right lung. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 23, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
