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PET imaging before radiation not ideal for determining boost radiation doses

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PHILADELPHIA) Positron emission tomography (PET) imaging of non-small cell lung cancer prior to receiving radiation therapy should not be the basis for determining areas that may benefit from higher doses of radiation, according ...


One scan per patient is not always enough

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Seven medical imaging groups wrote a joint letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to formally request coverage of two fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) scans for a patient ...


PET imaging response a prognostic factor after thoracic radiation therapy for lung cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A rapid decline in metabolic activity on a PET scan after radiation therapy for non-small cell lung cancer is correlated with good local tumor control, according to a study presented by researchers at Thomas Jefferson University ...


Unlocking mysteries of the brain with PET

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Inflammatory response of brain cells—as indicated by a molecular imaging technique—could tell researchers more about why certain neurologic disorders, such as migraine headaches and psychosis in schizophrenic patients, occur ...


Singapore scientists describe novel method for 3-D whole genome mapping research

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In this week's Nature, Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) scientists report a technological advance in the study of gene expression and regulation in the genome's three-dimensional folding and looping state through the de ...


Electronic Arts acquires Playfish for $275 million

Technology / Business

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- As its packaged video games business lags, Electronic Arts Inc. has snapped up Playfish Inc., the creator of popular social networking games such as "Who Has the Biggest Brain" and "Pet Society," for $275 million ...


Largest turtle-linked salmonella outbreak detailed

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Two girls who swam with pet turtles in a backyard pool were among 107 people sickened in the largest salmonella outbreak blamed on turtles nationwide, researchers report.


New experiment could reveal make-up of the universe

New experiment could reveal make-up of the Universe

Physics / General Physics

created Aug 06, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (10) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the University of Liverpool are constructing highly sensitive detectors as part of an international project to understand the elements that make up the universe.


A 12-foot (3.65m) Burmese python that was captured in the backyard of a home in south Miami, Florida

Florida grapples slippery giant snake invasion

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Florida homes and swamps more used to dealing with dangerous critters like alligators now face a more foreign invader -- giant pet snakes escaped into the wild whose numbers are growing at an alarming rate.


Air Pollution

New Pollution Monitoring: Our Air is Dirtier Than We Thought

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 14, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (18) | comments 21

(PhysOrg.comOne of my pet peeves is the focus we have on global warming. While global climate change is important, it continues to provide a red herring of sorts, taking attention away the public health concern ...



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