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Mortgage discrimination tied to breast cancer outcomes

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Black women have a slightly lower rate of breast cancer incidence compared with white women, but they are more frequently diagnosed with later-stage disease, the researchers noted. This includes more aggressive forms of breast cancer such as ER-negative disease. or greater (redlined).

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REBEL Core Cast 107.0 – Vertebral Osteomyelitis

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cases per 100,000 people ( Zimmerli 2010 ) More common in males with M:F of 3:1 Rate is also increasing due to increased number of spinal procedures Typically affects adults, with most cases occurring in patients over 50 years old. The degree of elevation does not predict disease severity. Often used interchangeably with osteomyelitis.

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Ultrasound shows ties between uterine fibroid risk, family history

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Researchers led by Christine Langton, PhD, from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences in Research Triangle Park, NC, found that this trend was especially prevalent when mothers were diagnosed at a younger age. Of these, 442 (37%) had mothers who were diagnosed with fibroids.

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ISCT: AI continues surge into CT imaging

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They suggest that the technology can be used by radiologists as a clinical support tool in making diagnoses and handling time-consuming tasks. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has increased sharply from zero in 2010 to 882 as of May 2024. For CT, Gupta said that AI approaches can improve imaging quality and disease prediction.

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REBEL Core Cast 95.0 – Herpetic Keratitis

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Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2010; (12): CD002898. Epidemiology: Most frequent cause of corneal blindness in the United States Most common source of infectious blindness in the Western world. Surv Ophthalmol 2012; 57(5):448-462. PMID: 3652623 Wilhelmus KR et al. PMID: 4739528 Weiner et al. Demystifying the ocular herpes simplex virus.

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GE HealthCare Receives FDA Clearance of a New Deep Learning Solution for Enhanced Image Quality in PET/CT, Advancing its Leadership Position in AI

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We can’t treat what we don’t see, which is why we require precise image quality to help diagnose, plan treatment for, and monitor disease,” explains Prof. Medical imaging is a crucial tool for diagnosing disease, identifying a course of treatment, and determining whether therapy is successful for millions of patients around the world.

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What can global radiology learn from Singapore?

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Workforce issues Singapore is a young and very small country with challenges of a rapidly aging population, rising chronic disease load (e.g., since 2010. Value-based radiology ("doing the thing right") and improving access to radiological expertise and services ("doing the right thing") are vital to success, he stated.