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FTC Red Flags Rule Nears Enforcement Deadline

Health care professionals must comply with rule preventing identity theft; experts explain why and how. Are you ready for the August 1 deadline?

Improving standard of Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Care while increasing MRI revenues

Standalone Performance AUROC curve of Bot Image's ProstatID AI Software obtained during clinical studies using retrospective Imaging and Pathology data from various MRI vendors and locations.

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President Says He's Pleased on Progress

Obama likes HELP Committee legislation, but there are still detractors.

EXPMT 2000 External Pacemaker Analyzer by Netech Biomedical

Tests all functions of external pacemakers, including transcutaneous and transvenous
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FDA Warns Arthroscopic Shavers May Be Unclean

In some instances pieces of tissue have remained within arthroscopic shavers--devices used in orthopedic surgical procedures--even after the cleaning process.

Economy Forces Most Wired Hospitals to Look Closely at IT Spending

Clinical IT remains a priority, AHA says.

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New Generation DNA Test Uses Single Fluorescent Probe

Naohiro Noda and colleagues in Japan are developing a faster, less expensive polymerase chain reaction (PCR).

DOTmed Industry Sector Report: Nuclear Medicine

Nuclear medicine looks to the future: Molecular imaging will play a leading role in clinical, research and health care reform efforts.

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology: New Patient Radiation Safety Guidelines

Journal Supplement provides new and previously published clinical practice resources for daily reference, practice of interventional radiology.

MRI Accurately Depicts Deep Endometriosis

Using 3-Tesla (3-T) MRI, radiologists can diagnose and stage deep endometriosis for surgery.

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47,000 Older Adults Treated in Emergency Departments Annually for Fall Injuries Related to Walkers and Canes

Fractures most common injury; one in three injuries required hospitalization.

Severe COPD Related to Cognitive Impairment

Severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is associated with lower cognitive function in older adults, according to research from Mount Sinai School of Medicine.

Physicians Are Eligible for HIT Payments Under Investment Act

An estimated 45,000 physicians qualify for Medicaid Hit Adoption Incentive Payments under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

Tongue Drive System: New Mobility for People With Spinal Cord Injuries

People with spinal cord injuries can successfully drive a "souped-up" wheelchair and even maneuver curves using tongue movements, according to the results of a recently completed clinical trial.

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Imaging Technique Allows Researchers to Monitor Protein Changes in Mouse Tumors

A new imaging technique can monitor the HER2 protein found in above-normal amounts.

Kids May Have Sleep Apnea if Overweight or Bedwetters

Children who are overweight and wet their beds at night could have obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), researchers from Robert Wood Johnson Medical School have found.

Orthopedic Update

A report on the intersection of orthopedics and nuclear medicine, from DOTmed Business News.

Researchers Photograph a Memory in the Making Using Fluorescent Imaging

In the first study of its kind, scientists at UCLA and McGill University have used fluorescent imaging to visualize protein synthesis at individual synapses, which occurs while people or animals learn.