Mental Illness More Malignant than Melanoma
If you throw mental illness and addiction into one cesspool, take the graduated weight for that side of the equation, and then go about seeing how your second side fares,…
Deval Patrick’s Wisdom (and lack thereof) on Health Reform
Governor Deval Patrick is rightly proud of the progress Massachusetts has made in health reform. Essentially every child has health insurance and nearly every adult, too. Businesses have not dropped…
The Zen of Angiography
When I heard about Siemens Healthcare’s new products for angiography -- aiding in diagnosis and therapy of diseases such as coronary heart disease, stroke and cancer -- I was intrigued…
Poll: Telemedicine Is Popular in Britain
A group of young bloggers conducted a poll on live, real-time telemedicine visits in the U.K. They found that more than half of those surveyed liked the idea, but there…
Osteoporosis Affects Your Oral Health
Osteoporosis…What Is It?Osteoporosis is a disease of bones that leads to a decreased density of bone and subsequent increase in risk of fracture. Inosteoporosis, the bone mineral density (BMD) isreduced, bone micro architecture deteriorates, and…
Leapfrog and the Hospital Safety Score
Three years and eight months ago I sat at a computer trying to compare facilities in the greater metropolitan area while my husband Fred was hospitalized in Maryland with stage…
Accessible HealthCare Drives Innovation for Siemens
Healthcare has changed from money is no object to money is THE object. With this in mind, Siemens Healthcare rolled out new cost-conscious systems in computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging,…
Asset Management the Siemens Way
Watch your assets! In healthcare delivery this has always been true and, with the advent of the Affordable Care Act, popularly known as Obamacare, there is a more pressing need…
Cutting the Cord in Ultrasound Systems
For many radiologists and other physicians, the Holy Grail in ultrasound imaging has been a system that features wireless transducers. Transducer cables have always been a cumbersome necessity, but they…
RSNA 2012: “Chemo Brain” Is For Real
Anyone who has a friend or loved one who is undergoing treatment for cancer has probably heard them say at some point, “Sorry, that’s my chemo brain.” It is meant…
