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Thyroid medication linked to bone loss

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Levothyroxine – a common medication taken for hypothyroidism – may be associated over time with bone loss, according to a study to be presented at next week’s RSNA meeting in Chicago.

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New DEXA Scan Study Links Thyroid Medication Levothyroxine to Higher Bone Loss Risk in Seniors

Diagnostic Imaging

Use of the medication levothyroxine, commonly prescribed for hypothyroidism, was associated with greater long-term loss of total body bone mass in seniors, according to new DEXA research to be presented at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) conference.

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‘Publication pressure’ evident albeit not overwhelming in medical imaging

Health Imaging

Radiology researchers feel no less squeezed to “publish or perish” than academics working in any other medical specialty.

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Giving patients access to their medical imaging could improve health literacy

Health Imaging

However, medical image sharing could also produce an influx of questions from patients who have concerns about what they're looking at, authors of a new paper suggest.

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Maximize Your Radiology Center’s Performance With Specialized Scheduling

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. Patient-centric scheduling can only be achieved through optimized radiology workflows, effective communications between staff and physicians, and, of course, through specialized schedulers.

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LLMs outperform medical student in solving imaging cases

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Large language models (LLMs) outperformed a medical student but fell short of junior faculty and an in-training radiologist when solving imaging cases in a quiz, suggest findings published December 10 in Radiology. However, many doubt the ability of LLMs to perceive and accurately interpret medical images. Medical student 47.1%

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New details emerge on looming medical isotope shortage

Health Imaging

The supply of Mo-99 and Tc-99m—the most commonly utilized medical isotopes in the world—could be cut by as much as 40% until the reactor in the Netherlands is up and running again.

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