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Medical News Today Space Researchers Develop Ultrasound Technology That Detects, Treats Kidney Stones  - Thu, 02 Feb 2012 Just the mention of kidney stones can cause a person to cringe. They are often painful and sometimes...... Recommended Breast Screening MRI Not Followed Through  - Thu, 02 Feb 2012 A study of 64,659 women, recently published in the journal Academic Radiology, found that while 1,24...... Ultrasound Male Contraceptive, Overlooked For Decades, Confirmed To Work  - Wed, 01 Feb 2012 Imagine a contraceptive that could, with one or two painless 15-minute non-surgical treatments, prov...... Potential For Male Contraception By Sonicating Sperm  - Mon, 30 Jan 2012 The ideal male contraceptive would be inexpensive, reliable, and reversible. It would need to be lon...... Iodine Usage In Scans Affects Thyroid Function  - Wed, 25 Jan 2012 Using iodinated contrast media in imaging scans has been linked to alterations in thyroid function, ...... Risk Of Nerve Damage In Prostate Cancer Surgeries May Be Reduced By Preoperative MRI  - Wed, 25 Jan 2012 Preoperative MRI helps surgeons make more informed decisions about nerve-sparing procedures in men w...... Brain MRIs May Provide An Early Diagnostic Marker For Dyslexia  - Tue, 24 Jan 2012 Children at risk for dyslexia show differences in brain activity on MRI scans even before they begin...... Imaging Technology For Looking Inside Brain May Help Test New Brain Cancer Drugs  - Mon, 16 Jan 2012 Using imaging technology that reveals whether brain tumors have a particular genetic mutation known...... PET Effectively Detects Dementia Following A Decade Of Research  - Mon, 09 Jan 2012 In a new review of imaging studies spanning more than ten years, scientists find that a method of po...... EAE/ASE 3D Echocardiography Image Acquisition Recommendations  - Wed, 04 Jan 2012 For the first time, a joint committee of the European Association for Echocardiography and the Ameri...... Cellular-Imaging Center Gets Over $8 Million To Speed Search For Earlier Diagnostic Tests And Treatments For Cancer  - Fri, 30 Dec 2011 A team of cancer imaging experts at Johns Hopkins has embarked on a five-year research initiative to...... MRI Scan 'Better' For Heart Patients  - Fri, 30 Dec 2011 A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan for coronary heart disease is better than the most commonly-...... Cellular-Imaging Center Gets Over $8 Million To Speed Search For Earlier Diagnostic Tests And Treatments For Cancer  - Thu, 29 Dec 2011 A team of cancer imaging experts at Johns Hopkins has embarked on a five-year research initiative to...... MRI Scans Better For Suspected Heart Disease Patients  - Thu, 29 Dec 2011 In recent years, imaging techniques such as the most commonly used single-photon emission computed ...... ORNL Image Analysis Prowess Advances Retina Research  - Tue, 27 Dec 2011 Armed with a new ability to find retinal anomalies at the cellular level, neurobiologists at St. Jud...... MedPage Today Most Common Tx for Prostate Ca Not Best Value  - Thu, 02 Feb 2012 SAN FRANCISCO (MedPage Today) -- External beam radiation is the most toxic and expensive among commo...... Proton Beam No Better than IMRT for Prostate Cancer (CME/CE)  - Thu, 02 Feb 2012 SAN FRANCISCO (MedPage Today) -- For localized prostate cancer, proton beam radiation offers no adva...... Prostate Cancer Bone Mets Target of New Agent (with audio)  - Wed, 01 Feb 2012 SAN FRANCISCO (MedPage Today) -- A novel drug that emits bone metastasis-targeted radiation cuts dow...... Cancer Patients Say Cognition Worse Than Tests Show  - Tue, 31 Jan 2012 PHOENIX (MedPage Today) -- Head and neck cancer patients had pretreatment neurocognitive function si...... Life Quality in Head and Neck Cancer Gets Lift from IMRT  - Tue, 31 Jan 2012 PHOENIX (MedPage Today) -- Intensity modulated radiation therapy was better than other treatments in...... Oral Shield Cuts Radiation to Normal Tissue  - Tue, 31 Jan 2012 PHOENIX (MedPage Today) -- Patients with head and neck cancer had substantial sparing of oral mucosa...... Focused Radiation May Ease Facial Pain (CME/CE)  - Tue, 31 Jan 2012 (MedPage Today) -- Cyberknife radiosurgery may bring at least short-term relief to patients with ref...... Jaw Necrosis Common after Radiation for Oral Cancer  - Mon, 30 Jan 2012 PHOENIX (MedPage Today) -- Osteoradionecrosis of the jaw occurred more than twice as often in patien...... Avastin May Extend Survival in Some Throat Cancers (CME/CE)  - Mon, 30 Jan 2012 PHOENIX (MedPage Today) -- Patients with advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma achieved favorable overal...... Study Identifies Mucositis Risk Factor  - Mon, 30 Jan 2012 PHOENIX (MedPage Today) -- Small temperature changes in the oral mucosa early in the course of chemo...... PET/CT May Spare Neck Dissections  - Sun, 29 Jan 2012 PHOENIX (MedPage Today) -- PET/CT imaging showed good accuracy for identifying head and neck patient...... Combined Therapy Results Mixed in High-Risk Head, Neck Cancer  - Fri, 27 Jan 2012 PHOENIX (MedPage Today) -- Adding chemotherapy to radiation therapy failed to improve disease contro...... Brachytherapy Ups Prostate Cancer Survival (CME/CE)  - Fri, 27 Jan 2012 (MedPage Today) -- Treatment of high-grade prostate cancer with brachytherapy significantly reduced ...... Prostate Surgery Plans Often Change After MRI (CME/CE)  - Thu, 26 Jan 2012 (MedPage Today) -- Preoperative magnetic resonance imaging of the prostate changed the surgical plan...... Iodine in Contrast Material Poses Thyroid Threat (CME/CE)  - Wed, 25 Jan 2012 (MedPage Today) -- The use of contrast media that contains iodine is associated with an increased ri...... Radiology Recommended Breast Screening MRI Not Followed Through  - Thu, 02 Feb 2012 A study of 64,659 women, recently published in the journal Academic Radiology, found that while 1,24...... CPOE System With Clinical Decision Support For Radiology Successfully Implemented By Large Hospital  - Thu, 02 Feb 2012 In an effort to reduce the inappropriate use of medical imaging and improve quality of care, a large...... Cyberknife Radiation Successful For Treating Tigeminal Neuralgia  - Mon, 30 Jan 2012 A small study published online in the Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery shows that a technique ...... Accuracy Of Mammogram Readings Improved With Visual Nudge  - Mon, 30 Jan 2012 In 2011 - to the consternation of women everywhere - a systematic review of randomized clinical tria...... Head And Neck Cancer Recurrences Detected Earlier By Routine Follow-Up Scans  - Sun, 29 Jan 2012 Routine use of positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) scans in head and neck canc...... Creation Of New Atomic X-Ray Laser Offers Potential For New Medicines, Devices And Materials  - Sun, 29 Jan 2012 Lab scientists and international collaborators have created the shortest, purest X-ray laser pulses ...... Too Many CT Scans Performed In The ER For Dizziness  - Sun, 29 Jan 2012 Performing CT scans in the emergency department for patients experiencing dizziness may not be worth...... Brachytherapy Alone Or In Combination With External Beam Radiation Therapy May Be An Effective Option For High-Risk Prostate Cancers  - Sat, 28 Jan 2012 Brachytherapy for high-risk prostate cancers patients has historically been considered a less effect...... In HIV-Positive Patients, Standard Treatments For Head And Neck Cancer Are Less Effective  - Fri, 27 Jan 2012 Radiation therapy with or without chemotherapy is less effective for patients with HIV when compared...... Long-Term Positive Results From Radiation Plus Chemotherapy For Head And Neck Cancer Patients  - Fri, 27 Jan 2012 A select subgroup of advanced head and neck cancer patients treated with radiation therapy plus the ...... IMRT Improves Head And Neck Cancer Patients' Long-Term Quality Of Life  - Fri, 27 Jan 2012 Patients treated with IMRT for head and neck cancer report an increasingly better quality of life po...... Iodine Usage In Scans Affects Thyroid Function  - Wed, 25 Jan 2012 Using iodinated contrast media in imaging scans has been linked to alterations in thyroid function, ...... Use Of Iodinated Contrast Media In Imaging Procedures Appears To Affect Thyroid Function  - Wed, 25 Jan 2012 Exposure to iodinated contrast media during imaging procedures is associated with changes in thyroid...... Oxygen Starvation Reverses Radiation-Induced Damage To Brain Tissue In Mouse Model  - Fri, 20 Jan 2012 Treating brain tumors with whole brain radiation therapy can damage healthy brain tissue, but a new ...... Novel Approach To View Inner Workings Of Viruses  - Mon, 16 Jan 2012 Since the discovery of the microscope, scientists have tried to visualize smaller and smaller struct......