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Study: Virtual colonoscopy effective at detecting polyps

September 18, 2008 — 1:13pm ET | By Anne Zieger
A new study suggests that virtual colonoscopies are as effective as traditional colonoscopies at detecting large and medium-sized polyps that can be precursors to colon cancer, a conclusion that... Read more...

FDA says CT scans can make medical devices malfunction

July 15, 2008 — 9:39am ET | By Anne Zieger
The FDA has issued a warning that some critical electronic devices may malfunction when patients get CT scans. In fact, CT scans may actually cause some medical devices to shock patients using them,... Read more...

Trend: Providers increase use of CT scans

July 1, 2008 — 2:04am ET | By Anne Zieger
To date, CT scans have never been proved in large medical studies to be better than other forms of imaging. Worse, they expose patients to larger doses of radiation than other scans, equivalent to... Read more...

MI sets strict limits on building costly cancer centers

May 1, 2008 — 6:59am ET
Working to avoid a costly healthcare "arms race," a commission in Michigan has ruled that it will allow the construction of only one costly proton beam therapy center for cancer treatment.... Read more...

Study: Self-referral fuels growth in imaging scans

April 25, 2008 — 6:59am ET
A new study suggests that the outcome feared by both legislators and payers--a growth in services ordered--is coming to pass when physicians invest in imaging centers and equipment. The study,... Read more...

Tobacco giants funding MA universities' research

March 31, 2008 — 7:59am ET
It's discomforting--the more you look, the more you find tobacco companies funding medical research. Last week, we learn that a 2006 study concluding that 80 percent of lung cancer deaths could be... Read more...

Medicare will keep paying for heart CT scans

March 13, 2008 — 7:59am ET
Medicare has agreed to continue paying for heart CT scans, despite earlier grumblings that there wasn't enough clinical evidence that they were effective enough to justify the extra costs. Heart CT... Read more...

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