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Yvette Kaweblum
Grateful that a breast examination as part of a study of an automated ultrasound device led to her cancer diagnosis, Yvette Kaweblum testified at a Food and Drug Administration hearing in Washington, D.C. in April. The device was approved by the FDA...
Tags: Food and Drug Administration, Hospitals and Clinics, Politics, Pembroke Pines, Boca Raton Regional Hospital
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3-D mammograms offer clearer view of breast cancer
Mary Shallcross is positioned in the 3D digitial mamography machine to have breast tomosynthesis at the Women's Imaging Center at Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood. Photo by Amy Beth Bennett. Bringing life-like detail to a hospital near you: the...
Tags: Food and Drug Administration, Hospitals and Clinics, Boynton Beach, Medical Specialization, Human Interest
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Breast Cancer Awareness: Revolutionary 3D Mammogramy
PIX11.comPIX11's Stephanie Tsoflias learns about 3D Mammography (also referred to as breast tomosynthesis), a revolutionary new screening technology that has been referred to as "the future of Breast Cancer detection" and a "breakthrough in Breast Cancer...Tags: Washington, DC, Women's Health, Medical Specialization, Medical Research, Hologic Incorporated
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A Look At The Pediatric Radiology Program
The Pediatric Radiology program practices state-of-the-art imaging. Radiologists utilize state-of-the-art equipment including PET/CT and MR imaging. "We do films, we do fluoroscopy, which is sort of like living x-ray, we can actually watch the function of...
Tags: Medical Specialization, Healthcare Provider, X-rays, MRI (imaging)
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Dr. Henry N. Wagner, medical professor
Dr. Henry N. Wagner Jr., a retired Johns Hopkins nuclear medicine professor who did early research in his field, died of complications from heart disease Tuesday at his Mount Washington home. He was 85.
Born in Baltimore and raised on West Fayette...Tags: Education, Internists, Medical Specialization, Teaching and Learning, Medical Research
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Screenings to help treat the right cancers
Cancer is running out of places to hide. A new blood test can ferret out a single cancer cell tucked away among a billion healthy cells. Radiologists are using crystal-clear 3-D mammograms to find suspicious spots and lumps that they never could have seen...
Tags: Chemotherapy, Medical Research, Breast Cancer, Mammogram, Health Treatments
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Kevin Hunt: Pelvic Ultrasound Fails, Woman Refuses To Pay
The Hartford CourantIt's hard to tell sometimes who's more challenged by health care, the consumer or the health-care provider. "The system needs greater transparency," says Dr. Ethan Foxman, president and chief executive officer of Jefferson Radiology, "with easy access to...Tags: Corporate Officers, Medical Specialization, Companies and Corporations, Medical Procedures and Tests, General Practitioners
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Problem Solver: Old debt sinks student loan
It started, as these problems often do, with a hospital billing error. After a visit to a Naperville radiologist, a bill that was supposed to be sent to Tim Ells' home wound up lost. The radiologist, Ells said, had been sending the bill to the wrong...
Tags: U.S. Department of Education, Medical Specialization, Equifax Incorporated, Jon Yates
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Windber Medical Center Receives MRI Accreditation
Windber Medical Center has been awarded a three-year term of accreditation in breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as the result of a recent review by the American College of Radiology. The ACR gold seal of accreditation represents the highest...Tags: Oncology, Medical Specialization, Radiation Therapy, MRI (imaging)
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OUR HEALTH: ER's and Urgent Care: When You Should Go Where
Dr. Burton agrees that cost issues are a major difference between ER treatment and urgent care options. “There is a substantial price difference, but it depends upon the medical problem and what level of treatment is required before you can make...
Tags: Insurance, Broken Bones, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Hospitals and Clinics, Internists
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PinnacleHealth Opens New Lab in Carlisle
PinnacleHealth opened a new lab in the Belvedere Professional Center, 850 Walnut Bottom Road, Suite 104, in Carlisle. This new lab location is for people who need routine blood draws and preadmission testing. Lab services are open to the entire...
Tags: Walnuts, X-rays, MRI (imaging)
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Magellan Health Begins $70 Million Contract To Manage Military Counseling Services
The Hartford CourantA subsidiary of Avon-based Magellan Health Services said it started a contract last week to manage counseling services for the U.S. military. The Military & Family Life Counseling program will be administered by Magellan Behavioral Health Inc. for...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Wars and Interventions, Armed Forces, Magellan Health Services Incorporated, Behavioral Conditions
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