Month: May 2013

Source: NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – According to researchers, women in their 40s didn’t stop having annual mammograms during 2010, the year after a government-backed panel suggested annual breast cancer screening should be optional for them. Researchers found that the odds of U.S. women between the ages of 40 and 49 getting a mammogram remained […] Read More

Breast cancer was in the spotlight again this week. With the announcement of Angelina Jolie’s decision to have a double mastectomy, many womens websites were buzzing about genetic testing and the benefits of determining genetic risk for breast cancer. Over 1600 comments were registered on the Jolie’s New York times article reflecting significant public interest […] Read More

I received numerous emails and phone calls about todays article published in Radiology May 14, 2013, Digital Mammography: Direct Outperforms Computed Radiography by Laurie Barclay, MD. So what is CR and DR mammography anyhow? A CR (computed radiography) Mammogram is an offline system using a cassette-based removable detector and an external reading device to generate […] Read More

From Reuters Health: World Health Organization (WHO) officials reported that a new coronavirus could be passed between humans, but only after prolonged contact. It has killed at least 18 people in the Middle East and Europe. A virus from the same family killed 775 people in 2003, the year of SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Distress […] Read More