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CT has advanced rapidly in recent years, in some cases empowering clinicians to gather huge amounts of data painlessly rather than through invasive procedures. However, there is a tradeoff for the ever-increasing resolution power of the newer scanners: They are picking up a growing number of incidental findings that clinicians must then determine whether to pursue.
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There still is work to be done, but researchers have concluded an initial clinical trial involving a new stereoscopic digital mammography system that eventually could help radiologists identify more breast cancers with fewer false-positive results.
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Performing imaging procedures on the very young often requires sedation, but when the child wakes up before the procedure is complete, it is not only a frightening experience for the patient and the parents, but it also usually means the procedure must be rescheduled.
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While ultrasound is generally accepted as the preferred imaging modality for the diagnosis of appendicitis in pediatric patients, investigators from the Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa, Israel, suggest that it should also be the initial imaging examination for most adult patients with suspected acute appendicitis.
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Two years after investigators from the Rochester, MN-based Mayo Clinic reported stunning data, suggesting that the use of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) to fragment kidney stones significantly increases the risk of diabetes and hypertension later on in life, clinicians remain unconvinced that there is a direct cause- and-effect relationship.
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By using state-of-the-art technology to ensure that members receive preventive care measures and rewarding staff, physicians, and members when the preventive services are rendered, Health Plan of Michigan has increased its membership dramatically and is ranked No. 10 among the Nation's Best Health Plans by U.S. News & World Report and NCQA.
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Lack of access to health care can keep people from learning how to self-manage a chronic disease and how to appropriately use medical care to achieve good health.
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The number of child sexual abuse cases could be dramatically cut by educating adults on how to prevent it from happening, says Nancy Chandler, ACSW, executive director of the Georgia Center for Child Advocacy in Atlanta.
