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MRI finds long-term concussion effects
Concussion is a known risk in many sports, but especially in soccer. Players may not realize that "heading" the ball or colliding with each other puts them at risk for neurologic damage. A group of researchers studies the link between concussion and possible long-term effects with MRI.
August 28, 2004
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Meniscal MRI studies highlight axial advantages, radial tear rates
Repeatedly jumping to spike and block on hard courts can take its toll on indoor volleyball athletes, even causing acute injuries like meniscal tears. MRI has long been used to visualize these injuries, but two new studies focus on the benefits of using standard axial images and identifying radial tear rates with MRI.
August 27, 2004
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Clinical News
Pitchers' shoulder injury throws a tough diagnosis
Pitchers are facing increased rates of elbow and shoulder problems, such as quadrilateral space syndrome, due to poor form and overuse of the muscles and joints. Sports medicine pros put their spin on this growing concern for athletes.
August 26, 2004
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Clinical News
Equine competitors get gold-medal care at Markopoulo clinic
Athletes aren't the only ones receiving expert medical care at the Olympic Games in Athens. Horses are getting state-of-the-art treatment at the Markopoulo Olympic Equestrian Centre. Their injuries, fortunately, have been few and far between.
August 25, 2004
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MRI
MRI pulls its weight in pectorals
Pectoralis injuries are rare, but they occur notably among athletes, particularly weightlifters and bodybuilders. Studies show how MRI weighs in when it comes to evaluating these injuries.
August 24, 2004
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Clinical News
Bone scans show footballers' limits after ACL repair
Playing American football sidelines many athletes with knee injuries, but the sport that the rest of the world calls football may be even more crippling. In fact, soccer players who return to competition after catastrophic knee injuries may be putting their joints at considerable risk.
August 23, 2004
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Nuclear Medicine
Rowers facing more rib stress factures
Rowing has been a competitive sport since it debuted in England in 1716. It became an international collegiate sport in 1793, and men made their Olympic rowing debut in 1900. Despite all that history, there’s not a great deal of medical literature about rowing injuries. But in recent years, rowers are getting hurt in greater numbers, suffering particularly from stress fractures of the ribs.
August 22, 2004
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Equine MRI clarifies navicular disease
For equine athletes, life just keeps getting better. The grueling long-distance endurance phase of the equestrian competition has been eliminated from the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. And if horses are injured, they can now be imaged with an MRI scanner designed just for them.
August 21, 2004
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Ultrasound
Doppler US shows near-ischemic catchers' hands
Baseball catchers are a strange lot. They choose to spend summer after summer squatting for hours in the heat, taking bat blows to the head and getting slammed by foul balls to the hand, wrist, throat, and worse. Now, a new study claims that catchers endure injuries they may not even be aware of: microvascular symptoms that point to a high risk of digital ischemia.
August 20, 2004
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Clinical News
Shoulders bear brunt of water polo's demands
Water polo is for the athlete not satisfied with mere sport. There may be no crying in baseball, but there’s no stopping in water polo. A match is 28 minutes of constant motion that is torture on players’ shoulders.
August 19, 2004
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Body composition analysis, MRI safety topped 2024's most read articles
While COVID and radiology salaries hit the top of AuntMinnie.com's Top 10 most-read posts of 2023, they rounded out the bottom of this year's list.
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Kidneys appear to tolerate Lu-177 treatments
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Body composition analysis, MRI safety topped 2024's most read articles
By Liz Carey
While COVID and radiology salaries hit the top of AuntMinnie.com's Top 10 most-read posts of 2023, they rounded out the bottom of this year's list.
December 20, 2024
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Neiman index outperforms Charlson for predicting imaging use
By Kate Madden Yee
The Neiman Imaging Comorbidity Index outperforms the Charlson Comorbidity Index for predicting advanced imaging use.
December 20, 2024
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40% of women in their 40s forgo biennial breast cancer screening
By Amerigo Allegretto
About two in every five women in their 40s do not undergo biennial breast cancer screening per USPSTF recommendations.
December 20, 2024
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Practices must comply with the Corporate Transparency Act
By Healthcare Administrative Partners
A new column from Healthcare Administrative Partners discusses the impact of the Corporate Transparency Act on medical practices.
December 20, 2024
Corporate Transparency
Kidneys appear to tolerate Lu-177 treatments
By Will Morton
Kidney-absorbed doses of lutetium-177 (Lu-177)-based treatments for prostate cancer and neuroendocrine tumors appear to be below toxicity thresholds.
December 19, 2024
Kidneys
Higher Medicaid-to-Medicare reimbursement ratios boost imaging use
By Kate Madden Yee
Higher Medicaid-to-Medicare reimbursement ratios are linked to increased likelihood of Medicaid patients receiving CT, MR, ultrasound, and x-ray imaging.
December 19, 2024
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AI algorithm 'harmonizes' brain MRI data from different scanners
By Kate Madden Yee
A novel machine-learning algorithm used with MRI can harmonize brain volumetric data of patients undergoing Alzheimer's disease assessment gathered from different scanners.
December 18, 2024
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Recommendations address AI bias, data transparency
By Amerigo Allegretto
New recommendations seek to make medical AI safe and effective for everyone by tackling the issues of bias and transparency.
December 18, 2024
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AdvaMed applauds House Task Force on AI report
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
AdvaMed commended the end-of-year report submitted to the U.S. Congress on December 17 by the House Task Force on AI.
December 18, 2024
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African American men respond more favorably to Ra-223 therapy
By Will Morton
African American men with metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer may respond more favorably than white men to treatment with radium-223.
December 17, 2024
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What radiology trainees should know heading into 2025
By Liz Carey
Radiologists discuss specialty and job market: 10 takeaways.
December 17, 2024
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Solis acquires San Antonio, TX imaging centers
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Solis Mammography has acquired Avestēe Women's Imaging Centers in San Antonio, TX.
December 16, 2024
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