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Picture is cloudy over virtual colon exam
May 15, 2009 |
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The federal government's decision this week to not reimburse for high-tech colonoscopy exams may pose trouble for emerging companies that specialize in managing complex data from increasingly powerful imaging machines.
Miami VA: Steps taken to prevent contamination
May 12, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The top Veterans Affairs official in Miami said Tuesday she has taken steps locally to prevent the kind of problems that exposed patients to contaminated medical equipment at VA hospitals in three states.
VA: 5th HIV case linked to unsterile equipment
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
May 03, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A fifth patient has tested positive for HIV, and seven more tested positive for hepatitis after being exposed to contaminated medical equipment at three Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals, the agency said Friday.
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Primary-care physicians can fill gap in colorectal cancer screening
Jan 12, 2009 |
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The number of people who need colonoscopies to screen for colorectal cancer is outpacing the number of endoscopists available to perform them, Medical College of Georgia researchers say.
Study: Cancer survivors not getting needed tests
Jun 01, 2009 |
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(AP) -- New research finds that people who had radiation treatments for cancer as children are less likely than the general public or even their healthy siblings to get recommended screening tests.
Hearing to air VA mistakes with hospital equipment
Jun 15, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A congressional panel is pressing the Department of Veterans Affairs to disclose on Tuesday whether non-sterile equipment that may have exposed 10,000 veterans to HIV and other infections was isolated to three Southeast ...
Research offers road map to safer pain control, cost savings during colonoscopies
Mar 11, 2008 |
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At a time when several U.S. health insurers have discontinued payment for use of the sedative propofol during most screening colonoscopies, physicians at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have discovered that ...
Cancer caught early with colonoscopies
Dec 25, 2006 |
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Medicare's extension of coverage for colonoscopies led to a significant increase in the number of cancers caught early, a U.S. study finds.
Music may help relieve medical anxiety
Sep 25, 2006 |
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A U.S. study suggests music might allow colonoscopies to be preformed using less sedation without sacrificing comfort.
Colon cancer screening more effective earlier in day, study finds
Nov 03, 2009 |
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The effectiveness of a screening colonoscopy may depend on the time of day it is performed. According to a new UCLA study, early-morning colonoscopies yielded more polyps per patient than later screenings, and fewer polyps ...
Study finds that competency in colonoscopy requires experience with 150 cases or more
Apr 23, 2008 |
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Researchers from Korea have found that technically efficient screening and diagnostic colonoscopy generally requires experience with 150 cases or more. The study appears in the April issue of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, the mo ...
Study shows how to lower costs, waiting times for colonoscopies
Oct 06, 2009 |
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Colorectal cancer is a leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States, leading to over 50,000 fatalities every year. But it can be prevented with early screening using a procedure called a colonoscopy. Now researchers ...
High-definition colonoscopy detects more polyps
Oct 28, 2009 |
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High-definition (HD) colonoscopy is much more sensitive than standard colonoscopy in finding polyps that could morph into cancer, say researchers at the Mayo Clinic campus in Florida.
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