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PET/CT: The Best Test For Women With Ovarian Cancer
June 4, 2007 An advanced molecular imaging technique influenced the management of women with ovarian cancer, detected more sites of disease and identified women whose disease was likely to progress, according to ... > full story -
Focused Ultrasound Relieves Fibroid Symptoms In Women
May 29, 2007 A noninvasive ultrasound procedure effectively shrinks uterine fibroids and significantly relieves fibroid-related symptoms in women, according to a recent clinical trial. Magnetic resonance-guided, ... > full story -
Alcohol Use During Pregnancy Leads To Greater Risk Of Extreme Preterm Delivery
May 24, 2007 Preterm delivery, and particularly "extreme prematurity" -- defined as less than 32 weeks of gestation -- are major contributors to perinatal sickness and death worldwide. A new study has found that ... > full story -
Dynamic Sonography Accurate In Diagnosing Muscle Tears
May 24, 2007 Dynamic sonography is useful in the diagnosis, management and follow-up of muscle tears and hematomas, according to a recent ... > full story -
Screening Men Over 65 For Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms Could Save Lives
May 15, 2007 Between 5 and 10 percent of men aged 65 to 79 have abdominal aortic aneurysms, but don't know it. If their weakened arteries burst they stand a very high risk of dying. Ultrasound screening of men in ... > full story -
Clues To 'Broken Heart Syndrome'
May 10, 2007 The causes of "broken heart syndrome" remain a mystery, but doctors will soon have an easier time recognizing and treating this rare, life-threatening condition thanks to new ... > full story -
Mechanoluminescence Event Yields Novel Emissions, Reactions
May 8, 2007 A new study of mechanoluminescence revealed extensive atomic and molecular spectral emission not previously seen in a mechanoluminescence event. Mechanoluminescence is light generated when a crystal, ... > full story -
New Ultrasound Fingerprint Identification System Suggested
May 4, 2007 Diagnostic 3-D ultrasound of fingers could be used for biometric identification based on matching paired images using internal fingerprint structures that would be difficult to fake, offering the ... > full story -
Secondhand Smoke Increases Risk Of Dementia
May 1, 2007 Exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke increases the risk of developing dementia, according to new research. Based on preliminary results, the scientists found that elderly people with high lifetime ... > full story -
Ultrasound Upgrade Produces Images That Work Like 3-D Movies
April 24, 2007 Parents-to-be might soon don 3-D glasses in the ultrasound lab to see their developing fetuses in the womb "in living 3-D, just like at the IMAX movies," according to researchers at Duke University's ... > full story
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