Cycling News Roundup 29 August 2008 (Daily Peloton)

Injury List Lampre - Enrico Baldato Baldato, who had to quit Eneco Tour because of a crash in the 4th stage had a CAT scan performed by Dr Bonato in Vicenza hospital and confirmed that the collar bone is broken and that there’s a fracture of the hip. Continue…

New radiation machine in Myrtle Beach improves treatment (Florence Morning News)

A new radiation treatment in Myrtle Beach is helping patients by reducing side effects from the procedure, while also improving the treatment method. Continue…

Woman sues CAMC doctor over lung cancer diagnosis (The Charleston Gazette)

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - For more than a year, Charlotte Mollohan thought she had small cell lung cancer. Read more…

Doctors debate ‘entertainment’ ultrasounds (Chicago Tribune)

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CT scanner suite officially opens in Wick (John O’Groat Journal)

A LONG time coming but well worth the wait! That was the verdict on the new 800,000 CT scanner officially opened at Caithness General Hospital on Monday night. Continue…

Statin Therapy Is Underused For Atherosclerosis Patients (Medical News Today)

Statins, a group of drugs used to lower cholesterol levels in people with or at risk of having cardiovascular disease, should be used more frequently to combat the adverse cardiovascular outcomes from atherosclerosis, according to new research published in the September 2008 issue of the Journal of Vascular Surgery. Read more…

Newer Cardiac Imaging Machines Effective In Detecting Coronary Artery Stenosis (Medical News Today)

The first multicenter study of the accuracy of some of the latest cardiac imaging technology found it was 99 percent as effective in ruling out obstructive coronary artery stenosis - or narrowing of these arteries - as the more expensive and invasive coronary angiography traditionally used by physicians, according to research published online by the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. More…

Scoring system predicts risks of heart procedure (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

A new scoring system may help doctors and patients get a better handle on the potential risks of undergoing a common procedure to open blocked heart arteries, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday Continue…

More debris, body parts washed ashore (Mindanao Times)

MORE PLANE debris and body parts were washed ashore at Bucana, Barangay 76-A as the search and retrieval operation for the ill-fated C-130 Hercules cargo plane dragged on for the second day in Pakiputan Strait of the Davao Gulf. Read more…

A rare survival story in a brush with a rare and deadly cancer (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)

Heather Von St. James calls herself “the poster child for hope after meso.” She has been disease free for 2 1/2 years after a radical surgery and treatment for the asbestos-related cancer — mesothelioma. More…

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