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ACR responds to recent concerns over CT use, possible cancer risk
The American College of Radiology (ACR) is concerned that certain conclusions and comparisons made in a CT study published in the Nov. 29, 2007 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, and reexamined in a June 27 Time article, may be inappropriate and cause patients to mistakenly avoid getting life-saving medical imaging care.
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FDA clears Abbott’s drug-eluting stent as fourth to enter U.S. market
The FDA today approved Abbott’s Xience V everolimus-eluting coronary stent system for the treatment of coronary artery disease.
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Agfa’s healthcare division attracts interest from Siemens, Gores Group
A U.S. private equity firm, Gores Group, has expressed interested in acquiring Agfa-Gevaert’s healthcare division, which has also attracted the interest of Siemens, according to the Financial Times.
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California physician sentenced for ultrasound Medicare fraud
Armond Tennyson Tollete, MD, who pled guilty on Sept. 19, 2007 to conspiring with four owners and operators of ultrasound companies to commit Medicare fraud, was sentenced June 26 to 30 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release and ordered to pay restitution to Medicare amounting to $909,000.
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FDA warns that spread of computers creates new dangers for medical devices
Microprocessors, which run everything from patient monitors to artificial pancreases, have potential software flaws that are a growing concern for lifesaving medial devices.
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