Colon Cancer Tests Catching On

WebMD - For the first time, those guidelines allow for the use of “virtual colonoscopy,” which isn’t yet on the CDC’s list of recommended tests. In the CDC’s surveys, people aged 50 and older were asked if they had gotten FOBT within the previous year or Read more

Australian shares lower in afternoon trade led by financial sector

Stockhouse Canada - The US Federal Reserve’s move to create a market for assets essentially at the heart of the credit crisis made the market Scan Hundreds of Sources For Financial News Categories: More

A cancer that can be cured

Boston Globe - The radiologists have their own procedure - the computed tomographic colonography (CTC), or virtual colonoscopy. It uses X-rays and computers to produce multiple images of the inside of the colon. Click here for more

Laughter’s best & cheapest medicine

New York Daily News - Raymond Meng , an oncologist at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center , read Garvey the results of his latest PET scan. This was like a body dropping from a rooftop. His body. He said, “Well, if I take chemo or radiation that’ll help, right? Full story

The Rose hosts open house for new weapon

North Channel Sun - to another level, the SomoVu Whole Breast Cancer Ultrasound is the latest and most significant breakthrough in the diagnostic re looking at the outside of the breast: then you go a millimeter in and then another millimeter in - just like a CAT scan Full story

How Is Colorectal Cancer Diagnosed?

American Cancer Society - Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan Like CT scans, MRI scans provide detailed images of soft tissues in the body. But MRI scans use radio waves and strong magnets instead of x-rays. The energy from the radio waves is absorbed and then released Full story

Action Line: Renter can’t sign away his rights under law

San Jose Mercury News - Q I want to add my pet peeves to your list - manufacturer coupon shopping at Walgreens where I am an avid coupon user. When I If the coupon does not scan correctly the first time, the clerk will, most times, give me the coupon back and tell me the Continue

‘She is the same person’: Orangeburg woman shares mom’s struggle with

Times and Democrat - Livingston said the results weren’t good, so doctors ordered a CT scan and MRI for her mother. Alzheimer’s is a progressive, incurable brain disease that is also the most common form of dementia. More

Cape Wide News

Cape Cod Today - After a hands-on inspection of the kitchen wall and a scan with a thermal imaging camera showed no hot spots, firefighters secured from the scene around 12:40 a.m. The victim was transported to Cape Cod Hospital suffering from what fortunately Continue

Busansky seeks elections post

St. Petersburg Times - Busansky, who months ago had surgery for lung cancer that she pronounced a success, lost a bid in 2006 for the 9th She also faulted him for recently hiring a public relations firm to help educate voters on how to use new optical scan voting Full story

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