completed the acquisition of eight diagnostic imaging centers located in Phoenix, Arizona, El Paso, Texas, and Las Cruces, New Mexico areas. The acquired imaging centers were belonging to MedQuest, Inc. and Novant Health, Inc.
Health to implement its latest version of CARESTREAM RIS. The implementation will take place in two Royal Marsden’s sites in, Chelsea and Sutton, both located in London. According to the signed contract, the implementation will take place during the second half of 2010. RMH was the first hospital in the world to be built specially for cancer treatment and researches. Currently, The Royal Marsden Hospital and its partner, The Institute of Cancer Research, are representing the largest cancer center in Europe. The center provides services for more than 40,000 patients from the UK and other countries each year.
function abnormalities in long-term. The study was published in the July 26 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. The researchers of the study noted that the survival rate of cancer in childhood has improved from only 20% during 1940s to reach 80% roughly in the current time.
survival rate for glioblastomas (a type of brain cancer) patients by almost the double. The study was published in the online edition of the journal BMC Cancer.
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography (CT) are used in certain provinces in Canada more than the others. For instance, in 2009, MRI scans carried out in Alberta or New Brunswick were more than those conducted in Prince Edward Island (P.E.I.) or Newfoundland and Labrador by almost the double. The data reported that 54 MRI scans per 1,000 people in Alberta and 51 per 1,000 in New Brunswick against 23 per 1,000 in P.E.I. and 24 per 1,000 in Newfoundland and Labrador.
opened its first factory in Brazil, also the first in South America, in order to provide the Brazilian population with more affordable healthcare technologies, in addition to establishing a exportation center in South America. The factory is located in the Brazilian city of Contagem. It involved planned investments of $50 million during a ten-year period.
stillbirth or infant mortalities in later stages of their lives. Researchers mentioned that delivering radiotherapy to the pelvic area in childhood elevates the risk for losing babies by up to 12 times. The study was published in the online edition of The Lancet medical journal.
