Patients with an intermediate likelihood of coronary artery disease can benefit from both multislice computed tomography and myocardial perfusion imaging, as the two technologies offer diagnostic information that is different from but complementary to one another, a new study concludes.

The findings support integration of the technologies, researchers in the Netherlands conclude in the study that appears in the Dec. 19, issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Several CT manufacturers are already reportedly developing hybrid imaging machines.

Breast cancer rates in the United States dropped dramatically in 2003, and experts attribute the sudden decline to the fact that many women have stopped taking hormone pills.

The 7.2 percent decline came a year after a federal study linked menopause hormones to a higher risk of breast cancer, heart disease and other problems. Within months, millions of women stopped taking the pills.

A new analysis of federal cancer statistics, presented Thursday at a breast cancer conference in Texas, revealed the drop.

Saitek Industries Ltd. has begun shipping its new keyboard, the Eclipse Red, a slim computer keyboard with backlighting which shines through laser-etched keys, targeted to the medical community.

New research offers this warning to consumers shopping for top-notch hospitals: Many that are highly rated by government regulators only have marginally lower patient death rates.

The researchers evaluated 3,657 hospitals nationwide that are listed on a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Web site. The Hospital Compare site shows how hospitals stack up on recommended treatments and is designed to help consumers comparison shop for health care.

Doctors have long encouraged older men with early-stage, low-risk prostate cancer to skip treatment until tests showed the cancer was growing aggressively. A new study suggests significant benefit from treating men over 65 surgically or with radiation therapy.

A new study published in the December 2006 issue of Gastroenterology that investigated the effect of CAD on readers' interpretation of CT colonography showed that Medicsight CAD (computer-aided detection) significantly improved reader interpretation of CT colonography.

The LIFEGARD II Multiparameter Monitor is a compact general-purpose monitor optimized for low-acuity areas and patient transport. It features a 10.4-inch color screen for exceptional visualization and a four-hour battery life that makes it ideal for patient transport.
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Deltex Medical’s esophageal Doppler cardiac output and fluid management system, the CardioQ, is a safe, easy-to-use and minimally invasive alternative to the pulmonary artery catheter (PAC). The CardioQ provides a determination of key cardiac function parameters in real time, based upon measurement of aortic blood flow and without the need for arterial or central venous access. As a flow-based system, the CardioQ is highly sensitive to changes in hemodynamic status and allows for early, rapid and safe intervention.

The Vigilance II monitor has the ability to present complex hemodynamic data in a simplified way to paint a clearer picture of the patient’s hemodynamic status. Continuous CO, SvO2, EDV, SVR and other measured and derived parameters are presented on customized displays selected by the clinician. Onscreen, customized trend, data relationship and stat displays provide a complete picture of blood flow and tissue oxygenation for precision patient management.

Cardiac output is a module of the "Envoy" modular multiparameter monitor and an input of the "Vitalogik" configured monitor. As a module it also has ports for two invasive blood pressures.
The bedside monitors are capable of meeting all major requirements of different hospital departments and have smooth interface with medical IT systems, standard communication protocols, continuity of patient data, archiving capabilities of monitoring patient data and research tools for analysis of patient's physiological parameters.

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