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05/07/2009

Pulmonary hypertension: New drugs improve quality of life

Today help is often available for those suffering from high blood pressure in the pulmonary circulation (pulmonary arterial hypertension/PAH). New drugs – so-called endothelin …

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05/07/2009

Neuer Prognosemarker für Brustkrebs

Wird in Brusttumoren viel Claudin-4 gebildet, so sinken Überlebensrate und Therapieerfolg. Das berichten Wissenschaftler in der aktuellen Ausgabe des International Journal of …

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05/07/2009

Kontrastmittel vorsichtig einsetzen

Der Einsatz von Kontrastmitteln bei Röntgenuntersuchungen kann die Funktion der Nieren stören. Zwar sind die Probleme meist vorübergehend. Doch in 30 Prozent der Fälle führen …

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05/01/2009

Magnetic resonance mammography

Women in families with a history of breast cancer have a significantly higher risk of developing the disease. …

 

05/01/2009

The switch from analogue to digital

Analogue screening systems are gradually being replaced by digital mammography systems, and breast cancer screening programmes are increasing sales. The majority of European …

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05/01/2009

Edan Instruments Incorporated

In the Forbes China report this year, Edan is not only listed in the ‘Top 200 Chinese Enterprise with the Best Growing Potential’ (ranking 17th), but also this unlisted …

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05/01/2009

The Shenzhen Comen Medical Instruments Company

Founded in 2001, Shenzhen Comen Medical Instruments Co. Ltd. is one of the few Chinese firms to possess comprehensive core technologies for the manufacturing of monitors and …

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05/01/2009

Operating Theatre One

Tuttlingen Municipal Clinic occupies two sites, the result of merger in 2002 of two clinics in Tuttlingen and Spaichingen, following a merger of the two clinics in Tuttlingen and …

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05/01/2009

Mammobiles encourage attendance of rural women

Among the most important EU guidelines for efficient breast cancer screening is the assumption that it is a low-threshold offer, which, after an initial start-up period, will …

 

05/01/2009

Post-menopause physical activity reduces breast cancer risk

The breast cancer risk of women who are regularly physically active in the postmenopausal phase is reduced by about one third compared to relatively inactive women, according to a …

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05/01/2009

Why low dose really matters in mammography screening

Although breast cancer, the most common disease affecting women, accounts for over 30% of all the cancers they suffer (far ahead of colon, ovary or lung cancer), breast cancer is …

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05/01/2009

Radiographers share expertise at ECR 2009

Although the majority of the 18,000 participants at ECR 2009 were radiologists, medical writer Rob Skelding reports that a specific session for radiographers was well attended. …

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05/01/2009

Manipulating parahydrogen promises greater MR sensitivity

A new technology that dramatically improves the sensitivity of Magnetic Resonance techniques including those used in hospital scanners and chemistry laboratories has been …

 

05/01/2009

The 90th German Radiology Congress – interdisciplinary and realistic

The German Radiological Society, the congress organising body, expects over 7,000 participants from Germany and abroad at this year’s event. …

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05/01/2009

‘Ode’ to the liver

‘Like the original Ode to the Liver, by Pablo Neruda, I too hope not to be betrayed by my liver. At least, not today!’ …

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05/01/2009

The 90th German Radiology Congress

‘Radiologists often see cancer patients over a period of years and continuously deliver important information for the treatment process,’ says Claus D. Claussen MD, Professor of …

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05/01/2009

20 years of hospital-based proton therapy

Although the potential of proton therapy was recognised over half a century ago, and since its development is now known to deliver a radiation beam accurately into a tumour …

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05/01/2009

Austria’s ground-breaking ion-therapy and research centre

Not long after the first earth was moved on a site in Wiener Neustadt (Vienna’s Newtown), in the County of Lower Austria, and tests were carried out to ensure the long-term …

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05/01/2009

Radiologists and patients prefer CO2 insufflation

Many randomised trials have shown that endoscopic colonoscopies as well as virtual colonoscopies via CT scans are equally efficient in detecting colon polyps and tumours. With an …

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05/01/2009

"Children are at the other end of physics"

As in every medical field, children have special needs in radiology. Increasingly aware of this - and just as they must adapt scanners for increasing numbers of obese patients - …

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