Breast Thermography Raises Concerns In New Zealand

A number of health and medical groups in New Zealand expressed their concerns about using thermography as breast cancer screening procedure, after elevation in its use by both women and doctors. Thermography is a medical imaging technique that uses heat distribution on the surface of the body to generate images. The technique has been used as a tool for early diagnosis of breast cancer. However, several medical organizations are question the effectiveness of thermography in detecting the disease, among these organizations are the Cancer Society of New Zealand, the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists, the New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation, and the National Screening Unit in the Ministry of Health.

Radisphere Installs Its On-Site Radiology Bridge In Ohio

Radisphere National Radiology Group, a major company providing full-service radiology interpretations, announced that it has recently installed its On-Site Radiology Bridge (ORB™), which is software technology used by on-site radiologists, at Wooster Community Hospital, Wooster, Ohio. The On-Site Radiology Bridge represents a link between on-site staff radiologists and radii™, the custom engineered radiology workflow solution from Radisphere.

PET And Flutemetamol To Detect Alzheimer’s, Study

Alzheimer’s disease is one of the conditions that are very difficult to diagnose early, this is because there is no certain imaging procedure that can be used for detecting the disease. However, a new study shows that this fact may be changed soon. The study included using Positron Emitting Tomography (PET) and a new imaging agent, flutemetamol, which was designed by GE Healthcare, for detection of Alzheimer’s disease. The findings of the study are highlighted in the September issue of the Annals of Neurology.

New Mobile Mammography Units In South Australia

Breast cancer is one of the frequently seen types of cancer developing in women. However, it shows high cure rates provided that it is detected early. Mammography is the technique used to screen women against breast cancer. Recently, the government of South Australia announced that more than 30,000 women, who are staying in remote or rural regions, will be able to have the advantages of free mammography breast cancer screening service, which will be offered following the implementation of  a couple of mobile screening units.

ReCor Announces Successful First-In-Human Trial To Treat Mitral Regurgitation Using Ultrasound

ReCor Medical, ultrasound heart valve therapy company, is proud to announce that it has successfully accomplished the first-in-human procedure using its ultrasound therapy to treat mitral regurgitation (MR).  Full details about the study will be presented today at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) scientific meeting in Washington, D.C.

Doctors Seek For Efficiency By Implementing Ambulatory EHR, Study

A new study has showed that American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) incentives are not the main drive for doctors to use electronic health records (EHRs) but the actual derive is to achieve high quality and efficiency in their work. CapSite, healthcare technology research and advisory company, has launched its 2010 U.S. Ambulatory EHR and Practice Management Study, a strategic analysis of the U.S. electronic health record market in response to the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) component of the ARRA.