Notify women with dense breasts about increased cancer risk, proposes FDA Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli27 March 2019 7:30 PM ISTFDA proposes a policy to notify women with dense breasts about increased cancer risk and imprecise mammograms.The U.S. Food and Drug Administration,...
New minimally invasive treatment as effective as surgery for uterine fibroids Medha Baranwal Baranwal26 March 2019 7:20 PM ISTUSA: Uterine fibroid embolization (UFE) is the new minimally invasive and effective treatment of uterine fibroids. This minimally invasive uterine...
Non contrast MRI good enough to monitor disease progression in multiple sclerosis Medha Baranwal Baranwal25 March 2019 7:15 PM ISTNon contrast MRI good enough to monitor disease progression in multiple sclerosis.Administration of gadolinium-based contrast material is widely...
First-ever MRI waistcoat shall improve breast cancer screening Deepanjana Sarkar24 March 2019 8:10 PM ISTFirst-ever MRI waistcoat shall soon detect breast cancer in a more efficient and effective manner.Breast cancer is the second most common cancer in...
Adding Ultrasound to Mammography does not improve breast cancer detection: JAMA Medha Baranwal Baranwal23 March 2019 1:17 PM ISTAdding ultrasonography to mammography in screening for breast cancer carries risks for overdiagnosis that outweigh its benefits and is not beneficial...
3D mammography brings down breast biopsy rates significantly Hina Zahid22 March 2019 7:25 PM IST3D mammography reduces the effect of tissue overlap, allows for improves reader accuracy for better cancer diagnosis and brings down breast biopsy...
Lung Ultrasound better than X-ray chest for detecting Pulmonary edema Deepanjana Sarkar21 March 2019 8:20 PM ISTLung ultrasonography, LUS is more preferable than Chest X-Ray for detecting acute decompensated Heart Failure as it offers higher accuracy in...
Minimally invasive ultrasound technology for measuring cardiac output in children Medha Baranwal Baranwal19 March 2019 7:20 PM ISTDELHI: To date, there are not clinically practical, accurate, and precise noninvasive methods for measuring cardiac output in small children. Now, a...
Coronary artery calcium scan, an effective tool to predict future risk of heart attack Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli18 March 2019 8:28 PM ISTCoronary artery Calcium, CAC scan may predict short and long term risk of heart attack. It may be a non invasive,cost effective tool to predict...
Noninvasive ultrasound stimulation of spleen promises future treatments for inflammatory arthritis Hina Zahid17 March 2019 7:10 PM ISTInflammatory arthritis is common autoimmune disease, where body's immune system attacks healthy tissue in addition to germs, viruses and other foreign...
CT scan better than Ultrasound for assessing abdominal trauma in children Medha Baranwal Baranwal10 March 2019 7:30 PM ISTCT scan is more useful in assessing abdominal trauma in children as compared to an ultrasound scan. Point‐of‐care sonography (POCS) can be a useful...
Ultrasound may soon monitor clot formation for timely thrombolysis Hina Zahid7 March 2019 7:30 PM ISTUltrasound may soon monitor clot formation for timely thrombolysis.Researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) and the...
