Cannabis may influence bowel motility
Physicians, health care providers, and medical staff caring for patients who use cannabis should be familiar with the effects of the drug on gut motility and thus nuclear medicine imaging, a recent report advises.
“Understanding the effects of cannabis and weight loss drugs on gut motility – that is the movement of food throughout the body – is essential for nuclear medicine providers,” said Rutger Gunther, MD, in a March 5 news release from the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging.
Gunther, a radiologist at UT Health San Antonio, and colleagues penned an article published in the March issue of the J...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 11, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Will Morton Tags: Subspecialties Nuclear Medicine Nuclear Radiology Source Type: news
Does breast radiation therapy raise risk of skin cancer?
Radiation therapy for breast cancer treatment leads to an increased risk of skin cancer, according to research published March 8 in JAMA Network Open.
A team led by Shawheen Rezaei from Stanford University found that the risk of non-keratinocyte skin cancer diagnosis such as melanoma and hemangiosarcoma after breast cancer treatment with radiation was more than 50% higher.
“Although occurrences of non-keratinocyte skin cancers are rare, physicians should be aware of this elevated risk to help inform follow-up care,” the Rezaei team wrote.
While breast cancer treatment strategies have improved over the decades, survi...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 11, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Subspecialties Womens Imaging Breast Breast Imaging Source Type: news
Lunit secures two East and Southeast Asia contracts
Lunit has secured two East and Southeast Asia supply contracts.
The company will provide its Insight CXR to Chung Shan Medical University in Taiwan and its Insight MMG to Gleneagles Hospital in Singapore. Chung Shan Medical University plans to integrate Insight CXR into its national lung cancer screening program, while Gleneagles Hospital plans to use Insight MMG to streamline breast cancer screening workflow, it said. (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 11, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
ClearPoint Neuro touts clinical study results
ClearPoint Neuro is highlighting clinical study results that show that its Prism Neuro Laser Therapy system demonstrates "accurate, near real-time temperature of the brain tissue with a mean absolute error of less than 1° C."
Results from the study were published March 8 in the Journal of Neurosurgery and also showed that the morphology of lesions visualized by ClearPoint Neuro's Thermoguide MRI-thermometry software matched histopathology results.
The research was conducted by ClearPoint Neuro and its partner Clinical Laserthermia Systems of Lund, Sweden, the company said. (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 11, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Subspecialties Neuroradiology Source Type: news
ASRT elects four officers to 2024-2025 board of directors
The American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) has elected four officers to its 2024-2025 board of directors.
Daniel DeMaio of the University of Hartford in Connecticut is president-elect.
Marissa Mangrum of the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in Oklahoma City is vice-president elect.
Jennifer Thompson, EdD, of Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, TN, is secretary-elect.Beth Vealé, PhD, of Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, TX, is treasurer-elect.
The new officers will begin one-year terms after the society's June annual governance meeting.
Additionally, ASRT president-elect ...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 11, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
