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Cancer > X-Ray
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X-Ray Defined
High-energy electromagnetic radiation used to diagnose and treat disease. Diagnostic test using high energy to visualize internal body organs. See Radiation therapy.
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Endoscopic ultrasound 99.1 percent accurate in diagnosing pancreatic neoplasms
Published August 27, 2008, 3:43 pm, News-Medical-Net
Researchers from St. Louis University School of Medicine in Missouri report that EUS and EUS-FNA is 99.1 percent accurate in diagnosing pancreatic neoplasms (abnormal growths or tumors) in patients who were referred for endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) because of CT and/or MRI reports of two common, though somewhat ambiguous findings - enlargement of head of pancreas (HOP) or dilation of the ...
Endoscopic ultrasound highly accurate in evaluating ambiguous radiographic findings of the pancreas
Published August 27, 2008, 9:21 am, EurekAlert!
( American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy ) Researchers from St. Louis University School of Medicine in Missouri report that EUS and EUS-FNA is 99.1 percent accurate in diagnosing pancreatic neoplasms (abnormal growths or tumors) in patients who were referred for endoscopic ultrasound because of CT and/or MRI reports of two common, though somewhat ambiguous findings -- enlargement of ...
U.S. online Ayurvedic meds have high levels of lead
Published August 26, 2008, 2:42 pm, CTV.ca
American researchers went online to order Ayurvedic medicines, and discovered lead, mercury or arsenic levels that exceed acceptable standards in their purchases, according to a study published Tuesday.
Gums, teeth give clues about what"™s going on inside the body
Published August 26, 2008, 3:11 am, The Wenatchee World
The way to a person’s heart is through his stomach, the adage goes. But researchers now think the way to a healthy heart might be through your gums and teeth.
Mobile BreastScreen Van Goes Digital
Published August 24, 2008, 4:42 pm, Parkes Champion-Post
Local Independent Dubbo MP Dawn Fardell last week officially opened the enhanced Dubbo BreastScreen Unit - which services the Parkes shire - following the installation of new, life-saving digital screening technology.
UPI NewsTrack Health and Science News
Published August 21, 2008, 3:13 pm, Moldova.org
Greenland glaciers still disintegratingCOLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists monitoring Greenland's glaciers say they expect two of the largest glaciers to disintegrate within the next year.Ohio State University Associate Professor Jason Box of the school's Byrd Polar Research Center says a massive 11-square-mile piece of the Petermann Glacier in northern Greenland broke away last ...
UPI NewsTrack Health and Science News
Published August 21, 2008, 2:59 pm, UPI
Greenland glaciers still disintegrating … Study shows how cancer gene PTEN works … Untreated wastewater used in agriculture … Hubble sees filaments from magnetic field ... Health/Science news from UPI.
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- Maurice Tabard: Composition | Work of Art | Timeline of Art History ...: This photograph is informed by the artist's experiences as an advertising photographer, X-ray technician, and assistant to Man Ray.
- Limb Lengtheneing.: Ridiculously censored photo of a young girl's leg being lengthened at the International Center for Limb Lengthening at the Rubin Institute for Advanced Orthopedics at Sinai Hospital in Baltimore Maryland.
- Manhigh II Capsule Launch.: Old photo of experimenters making observations from balloons in X-ray, gamma ray, and Ultraviolet bands from the Aerostar history and Scientific information collection.
- X-ray Fish!: The image encyclopedia has great pictures of x-ray fish.
- Portrait of Lady Frances Vane.: X-ray of John Michael Wright's Portrait of Lady Frances Vane from a Painting Conservation and Restoration Service Courses in Heritage Conservation, Artists' Technique and Art History class taught in the UK by Helen Draper.
- You Did Not Know: Beautiful X-Ray Pictures of Plants: Personal blog entry containing several great x-ray images of plants taken by Steven Meyers.
- Most important Viking Treasure in 150 years found by metal detectorists in North Yorkshire.: A major Viking hoard was discovered in the Harrogate area in January 2007 by metal-detector ists David and Andrew Whelan. The size and quality of the hoard is remarkable, making it the most important find of its type in Britain for over 150 years.
- Growing Spine Case: 5-Year-old with Increasing Spinal Deformity: 102-degree thoraco-lumbar curve with significant kyphosis.
- Northwest Health System - MOST ADVANCED CATH LAB IN ARKANSAS: Northwest Medical Center ? Springdale Cardiac Cath Lab, Arkansas' s new system provides sharper X-ray images, reduced radiation exposure, and faster imaging times. X-ray image of nervous system with Instant 3D imaging integrated with their new 64-multislice CT scanner.
- The new Roentgen Photography: "Look pleasant, please". Cartoon from LIFE, february, 1896. "the first instance of the scientist as the wizard's apprentice losing control. But a closer examination of the sources reveals that the media merely expected their readers to be titillated by the idea of nudity in public".
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