September 11, 2014
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
Mayo Clinic in the News is a weekly highlights summary of major media coverage. If you would like to be added to the weekly distribution list, send a note to Laura Wuotila with this subject line: SUBSCRIBE to Mayo Clinic in the News. Thank you. Karl Oestreich, manager enterprise media relations Featured KARE11 KARE 11 Investigates: High school football […]
Tags: 9to5Mac, A Smarter Planet Blog, ABC News, Active Times, Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Albert Lea Tribune, American News Report, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, AppAdvice, Apple, Apple Insider, ASU
March 9, 2010
CT scans may pose cancer risk, new research indicates
After an imaging test revealed a small nodule in Dr. Len Lichtenfeld’s lung, his doctor ordered a series of CT scans. But Lichtenfeld turned them down. As deputy chief medical officer of the American Cancer Society, Lichtenfeld knew the tiny nodule probably wasn’t dangerous and that new research has documented an increased risk of cancer […]
Tags: cancer risks, CT Scans, Cynthia McCollough
December 21, 2009
National radiation dose index registry?
With the rise in the number of CT scans over the last two decades, as well as increasing concerns over the impact cumulative radiation dose can have on patient health, there are moves afoot to try to establish some kind of national dose registry that could be used to compare CT dose indices across facilities. […]
Tags: CT Scans, Radiation Dose
October 9, 2009
MRI Inventor Points Non-Irradiated Finger At CT Scans
The inventor of the recently much-maligned MRI machine said Thursday his creation has taken enough abuse in the national debate over how to reduce health-care costs. “Naturally it annoys me,” said Raymond Damadian, who built the first magnetic resonance imaging machine prototype in 1977. “We’re saving lives the world over.” MRIs use magnetic […]
Tags: CT Scans, health care costs, MRI