AdvanceWeb.com | October 29 - Like most telephone calls that come in the middle of the night, the one that woke Dr. Javad Jamshidi, MD, alerted him of disaster. Luckily, no one was hurt or in danger. Unfortunately the call, which he received on an early Sunday...
American College of Radiology | November 5 - The National Cancer Institute (NCI) released initial results from a large-scale clinical trial evaluating whether lung cancer screening with low-dose helical computed tomography (CT) or standard chest X-rays saves lives. Lung cancer, most frequently caused by cigarette smoking, is...
DiagnosticImaging.com | November 4 - For the vast majority of medical imaging devices, passing FDA review is a snap: Show equivalence to a device already on the market, wait a few months, and release the announcement that your new product is ready for U.S. patients....
AuntMinnie.com | November 4 - Too many connections in the frontal lobe of the brain may help explain some of the learning problems experienced by people with autism, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday. They said autistic children with a common autism risk gene appear to have...
The Journal Sentinel | November 2 - Terry Kopplin didn't let a heart attack prevent him from voting. Kopplin, 69, used an absentee ballot. Nothing unusual about that. Except that Kopplin had a heart attack at 7:30 a.m. on Election Day and while he was recovering in his...