PET Scans Used For Better Understanding Of Alzheimer's Disease

Researchers from The Karolinska Institute, Sweden, revealed in the medical journal Brain that it was found, for the first time, through an Alzheimer's disease  patient who was detected to have amyloids while conducting PET scans on his brain regularly as his disease progressed, and then his brain was analyzed after he died. The researchers said that the study gave important data on the pathological course of Alzheimer's disease. 
Alzheimer's disease, which also known as SDAT (Senile Dementia of the Alzheimer Type), is a serious neurologic brain disease that results in irreversible loss of neurons and intellectual abilities such as reasoning and memory. Brain cells die due to the developed plaques in the structure of the brain during the course of the disease. "The method of forming the plaques in the brain and whether they are the main reason of Alzheimer's are still unknown" the authors explained.

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Advanced Radiology Presents A New Open 1.2T MRI

Recently, Advanced Radiology, the largest medical imaging provider in the state of Maryland, has presented Baltimore area's first 1.2 Tesla High Field Open MRI, thanks to the new system, patients and physicians will not have to sacrifice image quality when using an Open MRI. Patients who cannot be subjected to MRI in a traditional closed-bore unit as a result of claustrophobia or height/weight limitations, can now use the new high-strength, boreless magnet as it is considered a major improvement for those patients.
While having an acceptable picture quality in comparison with 1.5 Tesla MRIs, Claustrophobic patients can avoid receiving sedatives or anesthesia. Advanced Radiology's new magnet has created more comfortable and convenient experience for patients, while offering highly precise images that can help in detecting orthopedic, body and other disorders in an accurate way.
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SPECT-CT Can Reduce Lymphedema In Breast Cancer Patients.

According to the radiation oncologists at Mayo Clinic, they were capable of decreasing the number of lymph nodes critical for removing fluid from the arm that subjected to damaging radiation doses by 55% with the utilization of a specialized scan.


The researchers reported that integrating single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) with the computerized tomography (CT) scans used for breast cancer radiotherapy planning may provide patients substantial protection against lymphedema, chronic swelling of tissue and an incurable that results from damage to lymph nodes sustained during breast cancer radiation.

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Ultrasound Not Needed For Medical Abortion, Study.

Despite a lot of females looking for medical abortion usually undergo an ultrasound scan, a new study is indicating that this procedure may not necessary for them. The findings of the study were published in the British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Medical abortion is usually carried out by giving the pregnant female a dose of mifepristone and then another one of misoprostol. This type of abortion in conducted in the United States within nine weeks of a female's last menstruation.

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WellDoc Integrates mHealth Diabetes Coaching Platform Into An EHR System.

WellDoc, a leading healthcare company innovating technology solutions to improve chronic disease management outcomes and reduce healthcare costs, has revealed today the first integration of a clinically tested mHealth coaching platform with a leading electronic health records (EHR) system.

The integration of the WellDoc DiabetesManager solution into an EHR will ease and enhance patient care by combining a best-in-class patient coaching platform and clinical decision support with the workflow efficiency of an EHR system.

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Ultrasound Is Used To Detect Endometrial Cancers.

Researchers found that transvaginal ultrasound screening can show many cases of endometrial cancer in postmenopausal women before any appearance of symptoms. According to Ian Jacobs, MD, of University College London, and colleagues more than 80% of cases can be determined by this test and about 15% of them is false. 
Jacobs and colleagues reported online in The Lancet Oncology that in order to develop the sensitivity and specificity, the ultrasound screening would be restricted to a high-risk population. Many experts disagree with this technique as it can't be cost-effective.  Jonathan Berek, MD, of Stanford University School of Medicine in Stanford, Calif, said in an e-mail "Symptoms usually vaginal bleeding will be improved in all women with endometrial cancer before it spreads. Once symptoms appear the diagnosis will be performed by an endometrial biopsy".
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MRI Used For Imaging Birth Process In Germany.

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is one of the most important diagnostic imaging techniques, as it offers highly detailed images in a very safe procedure, as the imaging technique does not involve radiation. Recently, MRI scans were used to generate images of a baby while being born. The imaging procedure took place at Charite Hospital in Berlin, Germany.

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Researchers Use Patient's Own Blood to Treat Hamstring Injury

CHICAGO—Researchers in London say they have found an effective two-part treatment for microtears in the hamstring: injections of the patient's own blood and a steroid along with "dry-needling," in which repeated needle punctures cause controlled internal bleeding in the injured area. Results of the study were presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).

A magnetic resonance (MR) image depicting increased signal on a fat saturated sequence to confirm hamstring complex enthesopathy—tendinopathy. Image and caption courtesy of the RSNA.

"By injecting the patient's own blood where it is needed at the site of a damaged tendon, we help the patient heal themselves," said lead researcher Waseem A. Bashir, M.D., a radiologist at Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital and Ealing Hospital in London. "Blood contains many growth factors, and the injections have been shown to promote faster healing of certain injuries."

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CT Best at Uncovering Drug Mule Payload

CHICAGO—According to a study presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), the best way to detect cocaine in the body of a human drug courier, known as a mule, is through the use of CT.


"Cocaine from South America is making its way to Europe through Africa," said Patricia Flach, M.D., a radiologist at University Hospital of Berne and Institute of Forensic Medicine of Berne in Switzerland. "From Africa, drug mules most commonly try to enter the European Union and Switzerland.
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People With Sleep Apnea at Higher Risk for Aggressive Heart Disease

CHICAGO—People with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), a sleep disorder associated with obesity, have more non-calcified or "bad" plaque in their coronary arteries, according to a study presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).

A CT image of individual heart vessels showing calcified atherosclerotic plaque (arrows) and abundant non-calcified ("soft") plaque (arrowheads) in a patient with obstructive sleep apnea. Image and caption courtesy of the RSNA.

"Our study reveals that individuals with obstructive sleep apnea are prone to developing an aggressive form of atherosclerosis that puts them at risk for impaired blood flow and cardiovascular events," said U. Joseph Schoepf, M.D., professor of radiology and medicine and director of cardiovascular imaging at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, S.C.

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