This week, the Obama Administration announced new plans to combat Alzheimer’s. This includes $50 million in immediate research funding, an additional $80 million in FY 2013 and $26 million for education, public awareness and caregiver support. Read More
This week’s must read: CT reduces cost for patients in ER with chest pain, Obama Administration boosts Alzheimer’s funding, study finds CT scans are better than stress tests to find heart blockages and PET helps doctors diagnose breast cancer. Read More
In this month’s edition of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine, researchers published two separate studies illustrating how innovative PET imaging and radiopharmaceuticals may be used to help doctors learn more about breast cancer by targeting estrogen receptors. Read More
While California’s low-dose reporting legislation becomes law this summer, doctors and hospitals across the state have already taken significant steps to lower the dose of life-saving medical imaging exams. Read More
This week’s must read: FDA and device industry reach deal on user fees, PET helps predict lung cancer survival, CT guidance helps brain hemorrhage outcomes and CT dose registry lets facilities compare CT doses regionally and nationally. Read More
In a study released last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that goals for cancer screening rates in the U.S. are not being reached. Read More
Oncologists, researchers, patients, advocates, and healthcare professionals convened in San Francisco last week for the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)’s Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium. Included in the groundbreaking research that was highlighted at the meeting was the role of PET/CT in diagnosing and managing care for patients with gastrointestinal cancers. Read More
This week’s must read: cancer screening rates low for minorities and uninsured, how combination therapy can add years to your life, keeping track of health screenings, January is national cervical cancer month and positive new results for CT lung screening. Read More
This week’s must read: U.S. aims for effective Alzheimer’s Treatment Strategy by 2020, repeat CT detects delayed hemorrhages in head trauma victims, proton radiation therapy effective against prostate cancer and researchers develop an MRI robot. Read More
This month, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Kathleen Sebelius announced an initial draft of the federal government’s strategic plan to combat Alzheimer’s disease. Read More
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