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Pets cause falling injuries by PetDoc Doctor of Veterinary Medicine

Posted Fri 27 Mar 2009 9:33am According to a CNN article, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that each year 86,000 injuries are caused by their pets. Estimates were based... or cat. Over half the injuries with dogs were either falls or tripping over the pet or they were pushed or pulled by the pet." The CDC also estimates that about 9 percent Read on »

Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Markets --- Aarkstore Enterprise by aarks222 Posted Thu 25 Nov 2010 6:22am formats. Part of that medical imaging improvement is coming from positron emission tomography (PET). PET is a scanning technique used in combination with small amounts of radio... imaging market called PET scanning. This sector includes all of the generally accepted imaging activities that are currently used in PET, including equipment for PET, PET/CT Read on »

Pet Scans Detect Dementia and Differentiate Between Alzheimer, Frontotemporal, and Lewy Bodies Dementia by Bob DeMarco Patient Expert

Posted Tue 10 Jan 2012 10:29am Dementia is not a specific illness but a pattern of symptoms characterized by a loss of cognitive ability. These disorders can be caused by injury or progressive disease..., scientists find that a method of positron emission tomography (PET) safely and accurately detects dementia, including the most common and devastating form among the elderly, Alzheimer Read on »

A PET scan (positron emission to ... by Medical Quack Patient Expert

Posted Mon 10 Nov 2008 4:22pm A PET scan (positron emission tomography) that measures uptake of sugar in the brain significantly improves the accuracy of diagnosing a type of dementia often mistaken for Alzheimer's disease, a study led by a University of Utah dementia expert has found. The scan, FDG-PET, helped six doctors from three national Alzheimer's disease centers correctly Read on »

Do PET scans have a role in pretreatment evaluation? by Dr. Arnon Krongrad Medical Doctor

Posted Thu 13 May 2010 12:00am there is a new report on the potential of positron emission tomography (PET) compared to MRI in a similar (but not precisely the same) situation. Watanabe et al. have carried out a direct comparison of two types of PET scan as well as MRI scanning in the pre-treatment detection of Japanese patients at risk for prostate cancer or scheduled for radical Read on »

PET Scans As Cancer Diagnostic Tool – CMS Says OK now without the additional reporting information by Medical Quack Patient Expert

Posted Tue 14 Apr 2009 11:49pm & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final national coverage determination (NCD) to expand coverage for initial testing with positron emission tomography (PET) for Medicare beneficiaries who are diagnosed with and treated for most solid tumor cancers. This NCD removes a clinical study requirement for PET scan use in these patients. This decision applies Read on »

PET Scans by fire_sign67 Posted Sat 16 Oct 2010 7:09pm Clink on the link below to better understand how it works and the rationale for use What is a PET scan? Positron Emission Tomography (PET) A PET scan allows...), Brain Disorders (such as Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease, and epilepsy), and Heart Disease (such as coronary artery disease). PET scans are simple, painless Read on »

Dementia PET Scans Become Another Diagnostic Tool by Susan L. Patient Expert

Posted Mon 10 Nov 2008 4:45pm We've talked before about the recent use of PET (a specialized brain scan which is short for positron emission tomography) scans as a means for clinicians to make a tentative diagnosis of dementia. The downside of PET scan use has been the high cost and availability as some physicians might not think to use them in the diagnostic process. A new Read on »

CardioGen-82 PET Scan: Drug Safety Communication - Increased Radiation Exposure by FDA Posted Tue 26 Jul 2011 1:00pm [UPDATED 07/26/2011] FDA notified healthcare professionals to stop using CardioGen-82 for cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) scans... tomography (PET) scans with rubidium (Rb)-82 chloride injection from CardioGen-82 manufactured by Bracco Diagnostics, Inc. BACKGROUND: A CardioGen-82 PET scan is one of a variety Read on »

Early Identification Of Alzheimer's Disease With PET Scan by Susan Berg Posted Tue 23 Mar 2010 12:00am Imaging (WMI) of Beverly Hills announce the benefit of early positron emission tomography (PET) scanning to identify Alzheimer's in its early more treatable phase. According to Dr... as the population ages." According to Dr. Elliot Kolin, lead radiologist at WMI, "the NYU research team used PET with a fluorescent imaging agent called Pittsburgh Compound B that lights up Read on »