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Radiation dose less with digital mammograms
Jan 21, 2010 16:14 EST
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Newer digital mammograms may deliver significantly lower radiation doses than conventional film mammograms, especially for women with larger and denser breasts, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.
U.S. issues standards to spur e-health records
Dec 31, 2009 11:50 EST
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. health officials released standards for electronic medical records on Wednesday, seeking to spur the technology in hopes of cutting health costs and reducing medical errors.
U.S. issues standards to spur e-health records
Dec 31, 2009 11:50 EST
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. health officials released standards for electronic medical records on Wednesday, seeking to spur the technology in hopes of cutting health costs and reducing medical errors.
At-home technology can monitor seniors for safety
Dec 29, 2009 20:54 EST
At 88, Grif Crawford knows he's at risk of a fall or other sudden health problem. So he wears a pendant around his neck that can summon help if something goes wrong.
U.S. panel narrowly backs Photocure cancer test drug
Dec 17, 2009 14:49 EST
GAITHERSBURG, Maryland (Reuters) - A U.S. advisory panel on Thursday narrowly backed Photocure ASA's proposed imaging drug to help detect bladder cancer.
Patients urged to weigh CT scan risks and benefits
Dec 15, 2009 18:47 EST
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Patients should not let recent studies showing that exposure to radiation from a CT scan may raise their cancer risk scare them away from getting this type of X-ray when it is needed, radiology specialists said on Tuesday.
Radiation from CT scans may raise cancer risks
Dec 14, 2009 16:30 EST
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Radiation from CT scans done in 2007 will cause 29,000 cancers and kill nearly 15,000 Americans, researchers said on Monday.
U.S. panel sees higher skin risk with some MRI drugs
Dec 08, 2009 18:18 EST
GAITHERSBURG, Maryland (Reuters) - U.S. advisers felt MRI imaging drugs from GE Healthcare and Covidien appear to carry a higher risk of a serious skin disease in some patients than similar products, a Food and Drug Administration official said on Tuesday.
U.S. probing more cases of CT radiation overexposure
Dec 07, 2009 18:29 EST
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators are probing more cases of patients who were exposed to excess radiation from brain scans performed with equipment from General Electric and Toshiba, government officials said on Monday.
FDA investigating more dangerous brain scans
Dec 07, 2009 16:18 EST
FDA probing additional reports of excessive radiation from brain scans at California hospitals. Federal health regulators are investigating reports of dangerous radiation levels at two more California hospitals, following earlier unsafe medical scans at a Los Angeles facility.
FDA: more dangerous brain scans at LA hospital
Dec 07, 2009 13:16 EST
Federal health regulators are investigating reports of dangerous radiation levels at two more California hospitals, following earlier unsafe medical scans at a Los Angeles facility.
GE Healthcare expands home health business
Dec 01, 2009 14:36 EST
GE Healthcare expands home health business with acquisition of Living Independently Group. GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Co., said Tuesday it has bought Living Independently Group Inc. to expand its home health care business.
Abdominal CT scans overused: study
Nov 30, 2009 18:32 EST
CHICAGO (Reuters) - More than half of patients receiving abdominal CT scans, an advanced type of X-ray, got them for tests they did not need, exposing them to excess radiation that could raise the long-term risk of cancer, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
Greater risks seen with certain imaging agents: FDA
Nov 25, 2009 17:27 EST
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Food and Drug Administration review found the risk of a serious skin disorder is greater with MRI imaging contrast agents made by GE Healthcare, Bayer AG's and Covidien, according to an agency memo released on Wednesday.
FDA sees varying risk from MRI agents
Nov 17, 2009 13:04 EST
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Imaging agents used with MRI scans appear linked to varying risks for a potentially fatal skin disease, U.S. Food and Drug Administration staff said in documents released on Tuesday.
Just one heart attack leads to 725 X-rays
Nov 16, 2009 18:33 EST
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - The battery of tests given to a patient having a heart attack in a U.S. hospital adds up to a dose of radiation equivalent to 725 chest X-rays, researchers reported on Monday.
Just one heart attack leads to 725 X-rays
Nov 16, 2009 18:33 EST
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - The battery of tests given to a patient having a heart attack in a U.S. hospital adds up to a dose of radiation equivalent to 725 chest X-rays, researchers reported on Monday.
GE launches $250 million health care tech fund
Oct 21, 2009 18:46 EDT
GE Healthcare said Wednesday it plans to expand a cancer drug research partnership with Eli Lilly & Co., making a two-year-old partnership official in the process.
GE launches $250 million health care tech fund
Oct 21, 2009 18:46 EDT
GE Healthcare, Eli Lilly to expand cancer research partnership, GE buys ONI Medical Systems. GE Healthcare said Wednesday it plans to expand a cancer drug research partnership with Eli Lilly & Co., making a two-year-old partnership official in the process.
Imaging Technology Gets A Grim Picture
Jul 17, 2009 11:06 EDT
Before the specifics of the Democrats' health reform plans were known, one medical technology sector was already feeling the pain of government cost-restraint: imaging.
