Fri.Jul 05, 2024

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A Primer on Disability Insurance for Doctors

Ben White

Introduction Disability Insurance is a boring and expensive but critical component of a physician’s financial plan. While life insurance pays your beneficiaries when you die, disability insurance pays you when you can’t work due to a medical condition. It insures your most valuable asset: your future earnings potential in a profession after you spent years investing in yourself.

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Former smokers who vape now still need to be screened for lung cancer. Many of them aren't

Health Imaging

Despite kicking their initial habit, these individuals remain at risk of developing lung cancer due to their history of smoking cigarettes, current use of e-cigarettes, or both, experts caution.

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Bipartisan senators urge CMS to bolster access to nuclear imaging in outpatient settings

Radiology Business

Lawmakers led by Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., made their plea in a June letter to the head of the agency.

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Researchers score $2M to examine side effects of radiation therapy in prostate cancer patients

Health Imaging

The grant will fund a team at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center working to identify genetic biomarkers capable of predicting RT side effects.

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Testing Innovations in Cancer: How to evaluate and use new technologies

Amidst rising cancer prevalence and soaring costs, new cancer technologies and innovations are emerging to support the early detection, treatment, and surveillance of cancer. Read this guide to understand how to evaluate these solutions for your employees and members – and to learn more about the current state of coverage, clinical and cost effectiveness, and impact on quality and outcomes.

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Implications for radiology following the FDA’s approval of new Alzheimer’s treatment from Eli Lilly

Radiology Business

Providers are required to obtain a recent baseline brain MRI prior to initiating treatment and individuals also must undergo scans prior to the second, third, fourth and seventh infusions.

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Swiss team produces 1st 3D PET/MRI image

AuntMinnie

Researchers at the University of Zurich in Switzerland say they have produced the first cinematically rendered image from a patient based on a standard clinical F-18 FDG-PET/MRI scan. The 3D image is from a patient with an oropharyngeal carcinoma in the right-sided soft palate and palatine tonsil, noted first author and nuclear medicine physician Martin W.

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Next-Generation PSMA Agent 225Ac-FL-020 Gets FDA Fast Track Designation for mCRPC

Diagnostic Imaging

In preliminary research, the targeted alpharadiotherapy agent 225Ac-FL-020 has demonstrated superior antitumor activity in xenograft models and a favorable safety profile.

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BLS Employment Situation Report: June 2024

MRI Network

As the tumultuous political environment builds momentum approaching election day, the focus on the monthly employment data intensifies. Today’s data provides the pundits with fuel for another round of competing analysis. Most labor market watchers from Wall Street to Main Street and in Washington DC were expecting to see a modest uptick in job growth and that is exactly what was delivered.

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Mammography and Breast MRI: Is it Time to Evaluate Strategies as Opposed to Modalities?

Diagnostic Imaging

The combination of mammography with breast MRI within 90 days had a 96.2 percent sensitivity in comparison to 48.1 percent for mammography and 79.7 percent for breast MRI performed within 91 to 270 days after index mammography, according to newly published research.

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Maximize Your Radiology Center’s Performance With Specialized Scheduling

Patient-centric scheduling can only be achieved through optimized radiology workflows, effective communications between staff and physicians, and, of course, through specialized schedulers. In this guide, we’ll take you through a step-by-step process to transform your radiology center into a high-performance hub of medical imaging.

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Next-Gen AI-Enabled Cardiovascular Ultrasound Platform Speeds Up Analysis

MedImaging Radiography

Royal Philips has unveiled its latest AI-enabled cardiovascular ultrasound platform designed to speed up the analysis of cardiac ultrasounds.

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Optimisation of monoenergetic images to reduce banding artifacts in the lower cervical spine using dual-layer spectral computed tomography: A retrospective study

ScienceDirect

Publication date: Available online 5 July 2024 Source: Clinical Radiology Author(s): Li Zhang, Bao-Gen Zhao, Shuo Wang, Yong Wang, Yun-Yu Yan, Xiao-Nan Tian

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Recruitment Compliance: Navigating Legal and Regulatory Challenges in Hiring

MRI Network

Recruitment is an essential part of any growing business, and research suggests that 46% of human resources managers state that it’s their top priority. With talent shortages impacting multiple industries from data management to healthcare, it’s easy to see why firms are channeling time and resources into sourcing top talent. However, recruitment isn’t as simple as posting a job description and hoping for the best.

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Breakthroughs in breast cancer screening technologies

AuntMinnie

Breast cancer remains the most commonly diagnosed cancer among women in the U.S. i Thankfully, the field of breast screening is not static, and advancements are revolutionizing how we detect and diagnose the disease. Erik Anderson, president, breast & skeletal health solutions at Hologic. While recent breakthroughs have improved our understanding of breast cancer and addressed many challenges, there's vast potential for future improvements to make screening even more effective.

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The Employers Guide to Controlling Cancer

About 40% of us will be diagnosed with cancer in our lifetime, and patients are getting younger. At the same time, the cost of treatment continues to rise, with employers spending 8.5% more on cancer care for each employee than they did last year. The best thing employers can do for their employees and business tomorrow is to invest in cancer detection and care today.