The administration of President George W. Bush, touting its online effort to rate healthcare providers, launched a $1.9 million advertising campaign on Wednesday, encouraging patients to check a government website, Hospital Compare, before choosing a hospital.
The American College of Radiology (ACR) and the American Roentgen Ray
Society (ARRS) are exploring increased collaborative efforts to benefit
members of both organizations and advance the profession of radiology.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has initiated a
national coverage analysis for the use of screening CT colonography
(CTC) for colorectal cancer, which will evaluate the available evidence
for screening CTC and determine if a national coverage determination is
warranted.
Smaller tumors in U.S. patients are now much more likely to be
diagnosed in the earliest, most treatable stage of kidney cancer
compared to a decade ago, leading to a slightly higher survival rate,
according to the results of a national study published online for the
May 2008 edition of Cancer.
The nuclear research reactor OPAL in Australia is working again after a
10-month break in the production of radioisotopes due to faulty uranium
alloy fuel plates in the reactor's core.
CryoCor, a medical device company focused on cardiac arrhythmia
treatments, reported that on May 8, two alleged holders of CryoCor
common stock filed a complaint in the Superior Court of the State of
California, County of San Diego, naming as defendants each member of CryoCor's board of directors, CryoCor and Boston Scientific.
Volcano, a provider of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS), functional
measurement and optical coherence tomography products, has acquired
Novelis, a privately held company with proprietary ultrasonic
visualization and therapy technology for minimally invasive diagnostic
and therapeutic devices.
Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. (AECL) has stopped the development of two
isotope-producing reactors in Chalk River, Ontario, but will continue to provide an ongoing supply of medical isotopes.
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