Ultrasound May Spare Blood Vessel Biopsy
LIVERPOOL (MedPage Today) -- Cranial duplex ultrasound was more sensitive for confirming the diagnosis of giant cell arteritis than temporal artery biopsy, which has been considered the gold standard, a researcher said here. (Source: MedPage Today Radiology)
Source: MedPage Today Radiology - May 6, 2014 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
A Surprising FDA Warning, Sleep-Talking Monks: That?s Improbable!
(MedPage Today) -- A weekly report from our friends at Improbable Research. (Source: MedPage Today Radiology)
Source: MedPage Today Radiology - April 4, 2014 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Glucosamine Study: No Help for Knee Pain (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- The popular dietary supplement glucosamine showed no evidence of structural benefits among patients with chronic knee pain typical of osteoarthritis, a randomized trial found. (Source: MedPage Today Radiology)
Source: MedPage Today Radiology - March 12, 2014 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Biopsy May Be Avoidable With IPF Imaging Alone
(MedPage Today) -- Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) diagnosis in the absence of the tell-tale honeycombing pattern on radiology might not always require surgical lung biopsy, a study showed. (Source: MedPage Today Radiology)
Source: MedPage Today Radiology - February 19, 2014 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Adrenal Masses May Carry Heart Risk (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Patients with adrenal incidentalomas may have worse cardiovascular outcomes if their tumors secrete even low levels of cortisol, researchers found. (Source: MedPage Today Radiology)
Source: MedPage Today Radiology - January 29, 2014 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Cardiologists Should Mind Radiation Doses, ESC Says
(MedPage Today) -- Cardiologists need to be aware of the radiation doses associated with the tests they order for their patients, according to a position document from the European Society of Cardiology. (Source: MedPage Today Radiology)
Source: MedPage Today Radiology - January 9, 2014 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Mummies and the Tale of the Clogged Arteries, an Update
(MedPage Today) -- Looking for atherosclerosis in mummies brings the thrill of scientific discovery, but getting access to the "patients" can prove difficult. (Source: MedPage Today Radiology)
Source: MedPage Today Radiology - January 3, 2014 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Breast Screening to Take Center Stage at RSNA
CHICAGO (MedPage Today) -- Healthcare professionals attending this year's meeting of the Radiological Society of North America will get a look at the latest data on digital breast tomosynthesis, as well as other screening and treatment modalities. (Source: MedPage Today Radiology)
Source: MedPage Today Radiology - November 28, 2013 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Death Spurs GE to Recall Scanning System
(MedPage Today) -- The FDA announced on Monday a class I recall of GE Healthcare's nuclear medicine systems stemming from a patient death reported last month. (Source: MedPage Today Radiology)
Source: MedPage Today Radiology - July 31, 2013 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
ASCO: No Benefit from Avastin in Glioblastoma
CHICAGO (MedPage Today) -- Patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma lived no longer with the addition of bevacizumab to chemoradiation than they did without it, results of a large multicenter trial showed. (Source: MedPage Today Radiology)
Source: MedPage Today Radiology - June 3, 2013 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
ASCO: More Radiation No Good in NSCLC (CME/CE)
CHICAGO (MedPage Today) -- Boosting the dose of radiation therapy in stage III non-small cell lung cancer actually compromises outcomes and cuts survival, a randomized trial showed. (Source: MedPage Today Radiology)
Source: MedPage Today Radiology - May 15, 2013 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Cardio Notes: Valve Repair Aids LV Function
(MedPage Today) -- Using a minimally invasive approach to correcting mitral regurgitation improves function. Also, women's smaller myocardial scar burden, cooling MIs, and the effect of statins on plaque. (Source: MedPage Today Radiology)
Source: MedPage Today Radiology - May 6, 2013 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Cone-Beam CT Better to Guide Biopsies (CME/CE)
NEW ORLEANS (MedPage Today) -- For obtaining routine biopsies, using cone-beam CT instead of conventional CT for needle navigation cuts down on radiation exposure and the number of times the needle has to be repositioned, a randomized trial showed. (Source: MedPage Today Radiology)
Source: MedPage Today Radiology - April 18, 2013 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Anticoagulant Boosts Benefit of Antiplatelet After Stenting (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Add-on anticoagulant therapy after stent deployment for acute coronary syndromes significantly reduced the risk of stent thrombosis and mortality in patients already receiving dual antiplatelet therapy, researchers found. (Source: MedPage Today Radiology)
Source: MedPage Today Radiology - April 18, 2013 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Fracture Rate High in Dialysis Patients (CME/CE)
ORLANDO (MedPage Today) -- The hip fracture rate among older dialysis patients is still higher now than it was in the 1990s, but the fractures are less deadly than they once were, researchers reported. (Source: MedPage Today Radiology)
Source: MedPage Today Radiology - April 5, 2013 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
