St. V. clinic gets to heart of the matter

Connecticut Post - Lisk would perform a test that would determine a person’s body fat composition, and give recommendations to get into a Other stations showed more technologically advanced tools used by the hospital such as the echocardiogram and CT Scan, which Click here for more

Measuring fats and sugar abnormalities

Aidsmap - There are five different types of lipoproteins including low density lipoprotein (LDL) and Dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) scan is a method which can show the distribution of fat, muscle and bone in the body, and can detect changes in More

Computed Tomography and Radiation Exposure

New England Journal of Medicine - exposure than for exposure in the early years of postnatal life. 1 Case control studies have shown a 40 to 50% increase in the risk of cancer after intrauterine exposure to medical diagnostic radiation at doses of a single abdominal CT scan (10 to 20 Click here for more

Iraq’s last brain surgeon refuses to budge

Mail & Guardian Online - I am frightened.” The surgeon’s voice is soft but his gestures are firm, almost brutal, as he screws his patient’s head into a frame that will keep it still during the first stage of the operation — an MRI brain scan. The apparatus uses a very weak Continue

UPDATE: One person killed in multi-car accident that shut down Toll

22 WSBT - He moves MRI and PET scan units to the local clinics and hospitals in and around Elkhart and South Bend and uses the toll road to do so. I am the first to know that while my husband drives legally (his company demands it) others do not. He and 2 Continue

InvestMidwest Venture Capital Forum to feature 11 St. Louis companies

Stockhouse Canada - The company’s OL-202 would be used to treat stroke and traumatic brain injury. Medros Inc. is a drug discovery company that Scan Hundreds of Sources For Financial News Categories: Continue

Legislation would prohibit driver’s license scan in Oklahoma

Daily Oklahoman - Bass, accompanied during a news conference by representatives of the American Cancer Society and American Heart Association , said the tobacco companies are going into bars offering free cigarettes to people there and asking to see their IDs. They More

Ruby man dies after beating

Stabroek News - The man’s family then moved him to Woodlands where he was admitted and underwent a CT scan. At Woodlands medical personnel reportedly told relatives that he needed surgery since he was hemorrhaging in the brain. However this was not done since he had Continue

Medical errors expected to go up Hospitals, surgery centers will

FortWayne.com - Holly Platt, R.N., shows how staff scan special bar codes on medicine bottles in Parkview Hospital s Heart Institute to ensure accuracy. Hospitals are required to report such incidents as medicine mix-ups to the state. By Brian Tombaugh of The News Full story

Boning up on calcium

Toronto Star - counting out 25 almonds for a snack or walking down the street with weights on my ankles, don’t worry I’m just boning up on my calcium. This odd routine began a few months back, when my family doctor announced that my first bone density scan Continue

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