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03 Nov Stroke Mortality Rate Higher for Weekend Admissions

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HealthLeadersMedia.com | November 3 - Stroke patients admitted to the hospital on weekends are slightly more likely to die compared to stroke patients admitted on weekdays, regardless of the severity of the stroke, according to a Canadian study published by the American Academy of Neurology. "We...

02 Nov MRI may help determine time of stroke onset

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DiagnosticImaging.com | November 2 - Brain MRI could expand the number of stroke patients eligible for a potentially life-saving treatment, according to a new study, published online and in the December issue ofRadiology. In the study, Dr. Catherine Oppenheim and her team of researchers reviewed data from...

01 Nov New standards for physicians’ ‘certified’ status

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Statesman.com | October 29 - Doctors working in Texas emergency rooms and their allies lined up once again to tell the Texas Medical Board on Friday that a year-in-the-making rule restricting the claims that doctors can make about their credentials was a "food fight" that would...

28 Oct Why it makes sense to consult ER patients before sending them to CT

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DiagnosticImaging.com | October 27 - It’s all too easy to reduce medicine to facts, practices to technology. Patients need to be consulted when it comes to making decisions involving the use of CT, according to a recent emergency room survey, even when time is in...

26 Oct French radiology faces crisis due to lack of scanners

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AuntMinnie.com | October 26 - PARIS - It's radiology's equivalent of the French paradox: France has one of the world's best healthcare systems as measured by patient outcomes, yet it also seems to have one of the most poorly equipped systems in Europe. "For the number...

03 Nov Stroke Mortality Rate Higher for Weekend Admissions

02 Nov MRI may help determine time of stroke onset

01 Nov New standards for physicians’ ‘certified’ status

28 Oct Why it makes sense to consult ER patients before sending them to CT

26 Oct French radiology faces crisis due to lack of scanners

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