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Source: US FDA; Wall Street Journal You will recall that in October of 2009, we reported on the FDA’s investigation of Cedars-Sinai Hospital in LA and documented overdosing of radiation during CT scans. http://www.medicalmalpracticelawyerblogphiladelphia.com/?p=394 And you may further recall that I said this was likely an emerging trend. Well, you will be shocked to know that 50 [...] Source: Associated Press; The Wall Street Journal It seems like just last week (okay so it was 3 weeks ago) that I was blogging on the newly announced recommendations relative to mammography. http://www.medicalmalpracticelawyerblogphiladelphia.com/?p=439 I also suggested that there were larger forces at work behind such things as US Preventative Services Task Force recommendations which surface during governmental [...] Source: Journal of Urology; Medscape Medical News Research published in the Journal of Urology appears to demonstrate that adjuvant radiotherapy (radiation treatment) within 18 weeks of surgery significantly reduced the risk of recurrence and metastasis of prostate cancer. Additional associations were reduced need for hormonal therapy and increased survival. This compared with the typical “watch and [...] Source: Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) (Now available on Twitter, btw); with a nod to BBC Health for finding it too. An exercise study of those aged 45 to 55 of medically average weight found that damage to cartilage and ligaments was caused by those who perform high impact exercises. Shocking, I know. Knees [...] Source: US Department of Health and Human Services November 2009 Release The US Preventative Services Task Force has released the latest (11/2009) recommendations for Breast Cancer Screening. Were I a woman or performing breast self-examination (BSE) on, well myself, I’d be confused. The Task Force has un-recommended (hey if “un-friend” is now a word, this can’t be [...] Source: US Food & Drug Safety Administration (FDA) and The Wall Street Journal The FDA just announced a potential patient safety issue with perfusion CT imaging of the head. The issue? overexposure to dangerous levels of radiation. Where is this test most prominent? For imaging to diagnose stroke and to determine treatment for stroke. Over an 18 [...] Source: American Heart Association (AHA) and American Stroke Association (ASA) 05/2009 No, this will not help your golf game. But it may save your life. Remember Night Time Radiology? Yeah, it’s like that. High quality videoconferencing systems have been accepted as, “[A]n effective avenue to eliminate disparities in access to acute stroke and TIA (transient [...] Source: American Roentgen Ray (x-ray) Society 2009 Annual Meeting Researchers have found that a little known ultrasound feature may be beneficial in the detection of malignant breast masses. Elastography, literally testing the stretch of breast tissue, diagnosed all malignant masses in the study vs. 88.5% diagnosed by routine ultrasound. Elastography is generally available on ultrasound machines [...] The American College of Gastroenterology (the Group which certifies GI doctors) has updated the year 2000 guidelines issued to GI doctors for colorectal cancer screening. For 2009, prevention screening has replaced early detection as the stated goal. 50 is still the recommended age for the first 10 year colonoscopy for most of the population. However, [...] Our Case:*Ms. S was a 35 year old woman who entered the hospital for a laparacopic procedure to remove gallstones and her gallbladder (Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy). She began to experience significant pain and symptoms following this fairly routine procedure. An ERCP (a type of diagnostic study) was performed which demonstrated that the doctor had placed surgical [...] |
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