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Stress cardiac MRI tests may help improve angina diagnosis and treatment
Clinical practice should now change to include a stress cardiac MRI test for angina, especially for women with chest pain and no blockages in the main arteries Colin Berry After following all participants for at least 12 months, the analysis found: About half of all participants (53%) had a diagnosis change after the stress cardiac read more
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Thyroid gland: unexpected key to prostate cancer treatment
Jenny Persson, Professor, Department of Molecular Biology, Umeå University, Sweden Image source: Umeå University; photo: Mattias Petterson Blocking TRβ using NH-3 worked by leading to the elimination of a particular signal, the androgen receptor signal, which is otherwise activated by testosterone and then plays a central role in the development of prostate cancer. A review read more
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Ultrasound update for organ imaging
AI opens new possibilities When it comes to deeper anatomical structures, ultrasound quickly reaches its limits, and the physical limitations of air-filled structures remain unchanged, Dr Trenker pointed out. The high level of examiner dependency also continues to be an issue – but this could change in the future: New publications suggest, for example, that read more
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New material to make MRI contrast agents greener, safer, sharper
There is also risk, Stylianou said, from gadolinium retention in the body. Most agents are designed to be excreted within 24 hours of administration, but even in patients with normal kidney function, gadolinium can stay in tissues for months or years. Retention hasn’t been conclusively linked to disease, but the Food and Drug Administration has read more
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