John McAfee, 82; work aided advance of blood cell labeling Aug 30, 2008
An early technique that he and cofounder Henry Wagner developed to make X-ray reports more accessible was superimposing nuclear scan results on chest or brain X-rays, a technique still widely used. "We both had lots of wild ideas," he told the Journal of Nuclear Medicine in 1999, "but only about one percent of them actually worked." Nevertheless, Dr. McAfee discovered a wide range of clinical applications in nuclear medicine. (Boston Globe)
Athlerosclorosis and Heart Health - Sponsored by Crestor - How New Heart-Scanning Technology Could Save Your Life - TIME.com Jul 24, 2008
Stress tests, which help doctors detect ischemia, or lack of blood flow to the cardiac muscle, can be performed using either echocardiograms or nuclear scans. "Echocardiograms and nuclear perfusion scanning are the bread and butter of cardiac care," says Dr. Pamela Douglas, chief of cardiovascular medicine at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C., and president of the American College of Cardiology. (Time.com)
Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding Apr 19, 2008
In some cases, the patient may undergo arteriography to visualize the blood vessels to the lower GI tract or a nuclear scan with tagging of red blood cells to detect the bleeding site. The remainder of treatment addresses the underlying causes of the bleeding. (Suite101.com)
BRAVE-3 Questions Value of Abciximab in PCI for Heart Attack Mar 31, 2008
The study was designed primarily to compare how the two treatment strategies affected the final amount of heart attack damage, as gauged by blood flow in the heart muscle on a nuclear scan five to 10 days later. The researchers found no difference between the two groups: The damage involved 10 percent of the left ventricle, on average, in the abciximab group and 9 percent of the left ventricle in the placebo group. (PR Newswire)
Wait a While sidelined with leg injury Mar 16, 2008
Pletcher said the injury was first discovered via a nuclear scan, then was confirmed with radiographs. "It's a bump. It could develop into a fracture if we'd have continued training and didn't stop," Pletcher said. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
* Reactor troubles in Ontario delay tests for patients Dec 8, 2007
O'Brien estimated that Ontario is now down to about half of its normal nuclear scan capacity, and even less in some smaller centers. As a result, about 1,000 patients a day are having their tests put off. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
New reactors were to have ended dependence on Chalk River Dec 8, 2007
The dependence was exposed only when repairs to the half-century-old Chalk River facility took longer than expected, sparking a worldwide shortage of a material needed for nuclear scans. But it didn't have to be this way. (Globe and Mail)
Hunt on for backup supplier of isotopes Dec 7, 2007
An isotope used to "label" body parts during a nuclear scan, technetium-99m, is a second-generation byproduct of nuclear fission ... Purified by the company MDS Nordion, the resulting substance is the source for the isotope used in the bulk of nuclear scans ... Instead of looking for changes in anatomy, the way an X-ray would, the nuclear scan assesses whether the body's functioning has changed in a way that indicates the presence of disease. (Globe and Mail -- National)
CT scanner put to new use at Odessa Regional Aug 13, 2007
A scan with the new machine can cost in the hundreds of dollars, Naidu said, where using an angiogram or nuclear scan, the previous standards in making cardiac diagnoses, runs well into the thousands. Naidu said the procedure is also much less invasive than cardiac catheterization, which involves running a tube thorough the patients leg through an artery. (Odessa American, TX)
Pixantrone Combination Therapy for First-line Treatment of Aggressive Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Results in Reduction in Severe Toxicities Including Heart Damage When Compared to Doxorubicin-based Therapy Jul 11, 2007
Cardiac function, as determined by serial multi-gated nuclear scans (MUGA), is evaluated prior to initiation of therapy and then at the completion of every two cycles of therapy. Thus far, routine prophylactic administration of G-CSF was utilized equally across treatment arms in approximately half of study participants. (PR Newswire)
Research Propels Advances in Clinical Cardiology Mar 27, 2007
The third study concluded that an investigational drug called regadenoson appears to be better tolerated and better able to deliver high quality nuclear scan images of the heart than the widely-used adenosine. The study found that regadenoson could be safely combined with mild exercise, which improves image quality. (Health-Finder)
Surgeon works on life after Barbaro Mar 5, 2007
" At the moment, Richardson is again treating a Kentucky Derby winner. The 1998 champion Real Quiet, who had been standing at stud at Dr. William Solomon's Pin Oak Lane Farm in New Freedom, Pa., arrived at New Bolton Feb. 19, suffering from lameness. Since then, a nuclear scan identified a problem in his back feet, where his pulse was high and there was a lot of heat in both feet. Richardson was able to get abscesses to pop out of each of Real Quiet's hind feet last week, and is to give the... (Sunspot.net -- Sports)
Multislice CT Speeds Diagnosis Of Chest Pain In Emergency Room Feb 24, 2007
The researchers then randomly assigned half of the patients to have a CT scan of the heart and the other half to a standard diagnostic plan, which included additional rounds of ECG and blood testing, plus a nuclear scan of the heart ... Nuclear scanning is a two-part test that uses radioactive material to evaluate blood flow to the heart during rest and again during stress, when the heart is pumping faster as the result of exercise or medication ... In the new study, patients with a clearly... (Science Daily)
A better way to detect heart attacks from chest pains Feb 23, 2007
The remaining 25 percent also had a nuclear scan. The cost and the time it took to reach a diagnosis were significantly lower for the CT group. (Herald Online, SC -- Health)
Prediction of heart disease risk improved Feb 15, 2007
Commonly given tests include an electrocardiogram (EKG or ECG), a cardiac enzyme blood test, a nuclear scan, and a coronary angiogram (or arteriogram). At the hospital, don't let anyone tell you that your symptoms are "just indigestion" or that you're overreacting. (Food Consumer)
What’s a Pound of Prevention Really Worth? Jan 24, 2007
In cardiac care, nuclear scans and invasive procedures like bypass surgery bring in the money. Medicare alone paid almost $15 billion, or about 5 percent of its total budget, for bypasses, stents and other invasive cardiology in 2005, according to Jonathan Skinner of Dartmouth. (Shoals TimesDaily)
Bringing heart disease into focus Dec 22, 2006
By contrast, other tests such as stress echo or electrocardiograms (EKGs) or nuclear scans give a 30 percent false-positive rate. Economics comes into play here, Robins said. (North County Times)
U.S. plans nuclear scans of cargo Dec 8, 2006
" The program was created by Congress in September, but the agency said it was going beyond the legislation's requirement of screening in three foreign ports. The Homeland Security and Energy departments will split the nearly $60 million cost of the detection equipment, ranging from large portals to handheld scanners. The Southampton facility is operated by Dubai Ports World, the United Arab Emirates company whose purchase of U.S. port operations was approved by the Bush administration, but... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
DRF: Horse Greeley too sore for Juvenile Oct 11, 2006
Mandella said that Horse Greeley would undergo a precautionary nuclear scan and possibly X-rays. His ankles are a bit jarred up, Mandella said. (MSNBC -- Sports)
Medical assurance Jul 17, 2006
Both hospitals have an array of devices, from CT and nuclear scans to radiology, endoscopy and arthroscopy that facilitate identifying problems and treating them in ways remarkably similar to what is done with humans. The Helen Woodward Center also has a water recovery pool, a donation from racehorse owners Sid and Jenny Craig, in which postoperative animals can be placed via a conveyor system. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
More of this story Jun 21, 2006
An ultrasound revealed Hall had an enlarged thyroid, and a nuclear scan on that gland revealed it wasn't controlling his metabolism, which caused the weight gain. Hall visited the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas, on July 24 and scheduled a biopsy for the next day. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Overlooked Lady blazes past a pair of favorites May 11, 2006
"She came out of that race with something wrong in her hind, and a nuclear scan lit up in her tibia," Hollendorfer said. "It was a microfracture, so we gave her a lot of time off.". (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
